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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Rick Kolman and Rachel Washburn of Academy Securities talk with Chip Barnett about the firm's robust geopolitical intelligence capabilities. They discuss today's hot topics such as China-U.S. relations and Hong Kong, North Korea, Iran, Turkey and Venezuela. And they look at the importance that cybersecurity has for municipal bond issuers.
September 10 -
Issuers jump into the market as yields remain near record low levels.
September 9 -
Peter Clarke, 40-year JPMorgan muni vet, will begin his new role immediately.
September 9 -
With supply looking up, traders and analysts expect new issues to be well absorbed even if Treasuries correct futher.
September 6 -
The Chicago Public Schools also came to market with a $349 million GO deal.
September 5 -
California's $2.4 billion GO deal was priced for retail investors on Wednesday.
September 4 -
A pre-marketing scale was released on California's $2.3 billion GO deal.
September 3 -
IHS Markit reported its PMI slipped in August as the ISM manufacturing index declined.
September 3 -
The market will see $7.6 billion of bonds plus a $1 billion note sale coming up in a holiday-shortened week.
August 30 -
Many market participants were already planning their getaways before the unofficial end of summer hits next Monday.
August 29 -
Lynn Martin, President and COO of ICE Data Services, talks with Chip Barnett about ICE's acquisitions and expansion, and discusses transparency and liquidity in the municipal bond market and the firm's introduction of a real-time AAA muni curve.
August 29 -
NYC to continue Wells' muni underwriting ban as Fed's Powell opines on the firm's woes.
August 28 -
Deals from Atlanta, Massachusetts, Ohio and Miami-Dade County led Tuesday's primary activity.
August 27 -
Massachusetts taxable deal hits $858 million.
August 26 -
The last full trading week ahead of the Labor Day holiday will see a variety of credits come to market.
August 23 -
Houston issued bonds in the negotiated sector, while Long Beach competitively sold two issues.
August 22 -
The Lone Star State sold $8 billion of notes to buyers with an endless appetite for short-term muni paper.
August 21 -
The municipal team at PIMCO see several areas of opportunity for muni investors in the second half of 2019.
August 20 -
The number of NYC residents receiving cash assistance has dropped to the lowest level since 1963, according to the Independent Budget Office.
August 20 -
Texas issues are headlining this week's slate of supply.
August 19
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