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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The recent rally in municipal bond prices stalled out a bit on Friday, traders said, as yields finished mixed on the day, with price strength on the short end balanced off by weakness on the long end. Trading will resume on Tuesday after the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday on Monday.
January 16 -
Municipal bond yields were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, as a recent rally in prices slowed slightly.
January 16 -
The municipal bond market on Friday is looking ahead to the many new issues coming to market in the holiday-shortened trading week while traders keep watch as yields of top-rated munis continue to decline.
January 16 -
The municipal bond market on Thursday is seeing the last of the week's big issues come to market while eying a slight pause in the recent rally in muni prices that has left yields lower.
January 15 -
The municipal bond market on Thursday is digesting the relatively hefty new issuance that hit the screens this week while eying the recent rally in muni prices that has left yields markedly lower this week.
January 15 -
The municipal bond market on Wednesday is watching the New York City Transitional Finance Authority issue, which has been priced for institutions.
January 14 -
The municipal bond market on Wednesday is set for the New York City Transitional Finance Authority to be priced for institutions after a two-day retail order period.
January 14 -
The municipal bond market on Tuesday saw a big California issuer sell the largest competitive deal of the week while a New York issuer is holding the second day of retail orders for its bonds.
January 13 -
The municipal bond market on Tuesday will see a big California issuer sell the largest competitive deal of the week while a New York issuer will hold a second day of retail orders for its bonds.
January 13 -
The municipal bond market saw the $750 million New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal priced for retail investors on Monday while the $743 million King County, Wash., bonds were priced for institutions.
January 12 -
The municipal bond market on Friday was looking ahead to next week's new issue supply.
January 9 -
The municipal bond market on Friday was looking ahead to next week after finishing off the last of this week's big deals on Thursday.
January 9 -
The municipal bond market was winding up the new supply calendar on Thursday as issuers from Tennessee and Florida sold bonds competitively.
January 8 -
The municipal bond market was winding up the new supply calendar on Thursday as competitive sales from Tennessee and Florida issuers are set to come to market.
January 8 -
The municipal bond market saw more supply hit the screens on Wednesday as New York, Texas and Oregon issues were priced.
January 7 -
California once again topped the issuer league table as it came to market with more bonds than any other issuer in 2014. Meanwhile, Public Financial Management remained in the number one spot for financial advisors in 2014.
January 7 -
The municipal bond market was set to see more supply on Wednesday as New York and Florida issues are set to hit the market.
January 7 -
The municipal bond market welcomed the first of the week's new supply as Miami-Dade County, Fla., sold three separate general obligation bond deals totaling $398.745 million.
January 6 -
The municipal bond market is set to welcome the first of the week's new supply as the top negotiated sale of the week is ready to be priced for retail investors.
January 6 -
The municipal bond market on Monday was ready to absorb this week's new supply, the first substantial new issuance in over two weeks. Yields on high-quality municipal bonds were lower as Treasuries gained, traders said.
January 5
