Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Municipal bond traders are finishing up a sleepy week where very little happened in the secondary and the primary was even quieter.
By Chip BarnettJuly 7 -
Top rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, traders said, as only a few smaller-sized bond sales hit the primary market.
By Chip BarnettJuly 6 -
Drexel Hamilton hired Roger Anderson as senior vice president, expanding its municipal finance team.
By Chip BarnettJuly 6 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker in quiet midday trading, traders said, as only a few smaller-sized bond sales hit the primary market.
By Chip BarnettJuly 6 -
The municipal bond market was expected to remain quiet on Thursday, with only a few smaller-sized bond sales set to be priced in the primary, and action in the secondary expected to remain muted.
By Chip BarnettJuly 6 -
Municipalities across the U.S. have an opportunity to re-purpose underused and undervalued assets, according to RBC Capital Markets and HR&A Advisors.
By Chip BarnettJuly 6 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Wednesday, according to traders, who returned to work after the Fourth of July holiday to see a $130.4 million new issue calendar, the smallest of the year.
By Chip BarnettJuly 5 -
College-bound high school seniors from across New York City got their first introduction to the world of public finance on Wednesday when they attended a special bond class organized by The Municipal Forum of New York and Futures and Options.
By Chip BarnettJuly 5 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders who returned to work after the Fourth of July holiday to see a $130.4 million new issue calendar, the smallest of the year.
By Chip BarnettJuly 5 -
Municipal bond traders are returning to work after the Fourth of July holiday only to see a $130.4 million new issue calendar, the smallest of the year.
By Chip BarnettJuly 5