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 on Friday were looking ahead to next week's new issue slate, which looks to be heavy on negotiated deals and light on competitive sales.
May 8 -
The Municipal Forum of New York presented awards to three members of the public finance community at its 26th annual Awards and Urban Leadership Fellows Fundraising Dinner in New York on Wednesday night. Richard Raphael, Marian Zucker and Kent Hiteshew were all honored at the function.
May 7 -
The state of Louisiana defied naysayers on Wednesday and sold $335 million of municipal bonds in the primary market.
May 6 -
The state of Louisiana defied naysayers and sold $335 million of municipal bonds on Wednesday.
May 6 -
The municipal bond market was preparing to handle a second big day of this week's new supply, which is mostly coming from the competitive sector on Wednesday.
May 6 -
Prices of top-quality municipal bonds closed weaker on Tuesday, traders said, with yields on some maturities rising by as much as four basis points.
May 5 -
Prices of top-quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, with yields on some maturities rising by as much as four basis points.
May 5 -
The first of the week's new deals are set to come to market on Tuesday, led by a three-pronged competitive general obligation bond sale from the state of Ohio totaling $345 million.
May 5 -
Lumesis Inc. has formed a strategic relationship with Pershing LLC that will give immediate access to DIVER Advisors municipal bond reports and compliance solutions to Pershings clients.
May 5 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday, as trading was expected to remain subdued this week ahead of Friday's release of the April employment report.
May 4 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, as the market looks ahead to this week's $9.2 billion new issue slate. Trading is expected to remain subdued throughout the week, ahead of Friday's release of the April employment report.
May 4 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Friday, according to traders, leaving yields on the week as much as four basis points higher.
May 1 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, with yields on some maturities up by as much as three basis points.
May 1 -
Municipal bond traders are looking ahead to next week's manageable slate of new issue supply, with no issues topping $350 million.
May 1 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were higher at mid-session, traders said, as the market prepares to take a breather next week when only about $3.98 billion of bonds are scheduled to be sold.
April 24 -
Municipal bond traders are looking ahead to the upcoming week's dramatically lighter calendar, which has no new issues over $250 million on it.
April 24 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds finished out the week little changed, according to traders, as the market worked off the weeks hefty volume. Almost $8 billion of bonds came to market during the week ended April 17, according to Thomson Reuters, with the calendar consisting of about $5.4 billion of negotiated deals and $2.6 billion of competitive sales.
April 17 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, traders said, as the market looks ahead to an almost $9 billion slate of new bonds for next week, topped off by several big deals from Far West issuers.
April 17 -
Traders of municipal bonds were taking a breather on Friday as they look ahead to next week's spate of new supply, topped off by big deals from Far West issuers.
April 17 -
Prices of top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, with yields on some longer-dated maturities falling by as much as two basis points.
April 10
