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.
-
Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Monday in a quiet pre-holiday-shortened trading session.
July 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.
July 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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 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 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Wednesday, sending yields as much as four basis points higher, according to traders, as two large deals from New York issuers priced.
June 28 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, as two large deals from New York issuers came to market.
June 28 -
Municipal bond traders are waiting to see the institutional pricing of the big DASNY deal as a host of other offerings hit the market on Wednesday.
June 28 -
Top-quality municipal bonds ended weaker on Tuesday, according to traders, as the first of the week’s new supply lit up their screens, led by a big DASNY deal.
June 27 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were weaker at midday, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s new supply light up their screens, led by the big DASNY deal.
June 27 -
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling the state legislature back into session take action on mayoral control of the New York City school system.
June 27 -
Municipal bond traders are prepped for the week’s new supply to light up their screens on Tuesday, with the retail pricing of the big New York Dormitory deal on tap.
June 27 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on Monday, according to traders, who were looking ahead to Tuesday, when the first of the week’s new issues head into the market.
June 26 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to Tuesday when the first of the week’s new issues head into the market.
June 26 -
Municipal bond traders are looking to see an average sized new issue slate price into the market this week as they eye yields which have been little changed as of late.
June 26
