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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Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Monday in a quiet pre-holiday-shortened trading session.
By Chip BarnettJuly 3 -
The municipal bond market was quiet on Monday ahead an early close to trading and Tuesday’s full close for the Fourth of July holiday.
By Chip BarnettJuly 3 -
Issuance is forecast to screech almost to a halt during the July 4th holiday shortened week.
June 30 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as traders prepared for next week’s almost non-existent new issue calendar. Ipreo estimates volume at $130.4 million, down from a revised total of $6.02 billion sold this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.
By Chip BarnettJune 30 -
Municipal bond traders are preparing for next week’s almost non-existent new issue calendar as they get ready for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday.
By Chip BarnettJune 30 -
Bonds were hit Thursday by a combination of global central bank comments, strong Eurozone economic data, and rising expectations of another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this year.
By Chip BarnettJune 29 -
Aetna is moving its corporate headquarters to Manhattan, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday. The health insurance company will move from Hartford, Conn., to its new headquarters at 61 9th Avenue by the end of 2018.
By Chip BarnettJune 29 -
Municipal bonds were weaker as yields rose as much as seven basis points. In the primary, the N.Y. MTA postponed its $700 million green bond deal while Goldman priced the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s bonds.
By Chip BarnettJune 29 -
Municipal bond traders are eyeing yields on the rise as the primary gets set to see the last of the big deals of the week hit the market on Thursday.
By Chip BarnettJune 29 -
Puerto Rico Title III Judge Laura Taylor Swain retained control over deciding about the island's sales tax bonds and diminished the Oversight Board’s role in the case at Wednesday’s hearing.
June 28