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 were gearing up to take on more supply Tuesday as the biggest deal of the week is set to hit the market.
March 22 -
Top shelf municipal bonds ended weaker on Monday, traders said, as the first of the weeks new issues began to sell.
March 21 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, as the first of the weeks new issues began to sell. The market is looking at a short week, with trading closed on Friday ahead of the Easter holiday.
March 21 -
The municipal bond market is looking at a short week, with trading closed Friday for the Good Friday holiday.
March 21 -
Justin Rodriguez has been named as a Senior Vice President at Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., the firm announced on Monday. Rodriguez, who will be based in the firms San Antonio office, is responsible for transaction origination with municipal issuers in the South, Central and West Texas markets.
March 21 -
Stephen Adnopoz has been named a resident partner in charge of Pearlman & Miranda LLC's newly opened New York office and expanded public finance practice, the firm announced on Friday.
March 18 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dropped two basis points to 4.08% from 4.10% in the previous week.
March 17 -
It was 1935. Across the United States millions of people were out of work during the Great Depression. But Herbert J. Sims had a vision -- so he borrowed some money from his mom and started a municipal bond business on Wall Street.
March 16 -
Squire Patton Boggs promoted public finance tax lawyer John W. Johnny Hutchinson to partner, the firm announced on Tuesday.
March 8 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, ahead of next weeks $8.6 billion calendar, which is headlined by large deals from California, New York and Nevada issuers.
March 4 -
After a busy week of heavy new issuance, traders catch a break for a day before heading into the upcoming week which features more sales of size from California and New York issuers.
March 4 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, traders said, as Massachusetts $1.12 billion of general obligation bonds came to market. Bank of America Merrill Lynch priced the Bay States GO deal for institutional investors after a one-day retail order period.
March 3 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were steady at mid-session, traders said, as Massachusetts $1.12 billion of general obligation bonds came to market. Bank of America Merrill Lynch priced the Bay States GO deal for institutional investors after a one-day retail order period.
March 3 -
More muni volume is set to come to market on Thursday as traders await the institutional pricing of Massachusetts' $1.11 billion of general obligation bonds. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is set to price the Bay State's GO deal for institutional investors after a one-day retail order period.
March 3 -
Municipal bond traders on Wednesday saw the weeks second big wave of new issuance sweep over the market as prices of top-shelf munis continued to erode. Yields on some top-quality munis rose as much as two basis points as big deals from New York and Massachusetts issuers came to market.
March 2 -
Top shelf municipals continued to weaken on Wednesday, traders said, as more supply kept on coming, with big deals from New York and Massachusetts being offered up to investors.
March 2 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see a second wave of new issue supply sweep over the market on Wednesday, the busiest primary week of 2015.
March 2 -
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March 1 -
Top quality municipal bonds were steady to weaker at mid-session, traders said as a raft of new issue supply hit the market.
March 1 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see the first of the week's healthy new issue supply come to market on Tuesday.
March 1
