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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For the 10th week in a row, investors put cash into tax-exempt mutual funds with Refinitiv Lipper reporting a $857 million inflow.
July 16 -
Rick Kolman and Al Kirton of Academy Securities talk about the state of the public power sector today – the challenges and opportunities that exist for investors.
July 16 -
New York issuers jump in for retail and Texas Transportation also makes an appearance as attractive low yields lure more issuers in. However, some participants say caution is warranted as the coronavirus spread widens in the South and West.
July 15 -
Long-term munis strengthened as investors bank on recoveries and navigate an uncertain credit landscape.
July 14 -
Municipals finished little changed ahead of this week's almost $14 billion of new issues.
July 13 -
Many minority and women-owned businesses say they can't make it through the next six months without financial help.
July 13 -
Supply-hungry buyers look forward to all of the week's new bond issues.
July 10 -
Long-dated municipals end strong as new supply hits the screens while taxable issuance continues its run to near-record levels.
July 9 -
Jim Colby, senior municipal strategist and author of the Muni Nation blog at Van Eck, talks about what’s happened in the municipal bond market since March 20. He looks at the big picture after COVID-19 and drills down into municipal bond funds and ETFs. Chip Barnett hosts this remote podcast.
July 9 -
Municipal bond prices remained steady as more supply hits the screens.
July 8 -
Municipals showed strength Tuesday in the face of new supply as long yields dipped as much as two basis points.
July 7 -
Municipals finished little changed ahead of this week's new-issue slate while retail investors are coming back into the market.
July 6 -
Yields have essentially remained flat since mid-June as the market has digested new issues well and investors are starved for paper, especially tax-exempts.
July 2 -
Marc Pfeffer, chief investment officer at CLS Investments, talks about today’s municipal bond market and looks to the future.
July 2 -
Traders and strategists say the dearth of tax-exempt debt and the surge of taxable issuance is keeping the market steady.
July 1 -
While few observers are content with the new balanced budget, many say they can live with it as they look to an uncertain economic future.
July 1 -
Municipal bonds were little changed as the first half of a tumultuous year comes to a close.
June 30 -
Municipals finished little changed as a deluge of taxable deals get ready to hit the market.
June 29 -
Municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Friday ahead of a $7.2 billion holiday week new issue calendar.
June 26 -
As some states see new coronavirus lockdowns, municipals maintain stalwart position.
June 25
