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 bonds were stronger at midday, as traders get set to see about $9 billion of new issues come to market this week.
December 3 -
Municipal bonds finished stronger on Friday ahead of the upcoming $9 billion new issue calendar.
November 30 -
Municipal bond investors will get to feast on a big new issue calendar, led by an almost $2 billion airport deal coming out of Chicago.
November 30 -
Mary Jane Darby, Rob Kanzer and James Still have over 50 years of combined experience in the industry and most recently all worked at Prager & Co. They will be working at the firm’s New York office starting later this month.
November 27 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell to 4.23% from 4.28% last week.
November 21 -
After a week that offered under $1 billion of deals, the market will look ahead to almost $6 billion of supply.
November 21 -
Even as stocks turned higher on Wednesday, municipal bonds remained stronger before the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 21 -
As stocks continued to plunge, municipal bonds remained stronger along with Treasurys.
November 20 -
The three previous PAFRs won financial reporting awards from the Government Finance Officers Association.
November 20 -
Municipal bonds continued to show strength along with Treasuries as equity prices continued their downward spiral.
November 20 -
Amid a volatile equity market landscape, municipal bonds remained strong.
November 19 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as the market prepares for a quiet Thanksgiving holiday week.
November 19 -
Opportunities and risks face the municipal market as baby boomers retire while millennials begin to buy houses and settle down.
November 19 -
The muni market is lined up for just two deals $100 million or larger before the holiday.
November 16 -
The municipal bond market is in for a sleepy Thanksgiving holiday week with a small slate of supply ahead as trading activity is confined to two and a half days.
November 16 -
Chicago came to market Thursday with its two-week delayed sales tax securitization bonds.
November 15 -
Chicago is heading to market Thursday with a scaled-down version of sales tax securitization bonds.
November 15 -
Chicago is coming to market Thursday with its delayed sales tax securitization bonds.
November 15 -
The municipal bond market saw several large deals hit the screens on Wednesday, led by issuers in Michigan and South Carolina.
November 14 -
Municipals were mixed at mid-session as the market prepared to take on a spate of new supply.
November 14
