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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Many minority and women-owned businesses say they can't make it through the next six months without financial help.
By Chip BarnettJuly 13 -
Supply-hungry buyers look forward to all of the week's new bond issues.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJuly 10 -
Long-dated municipals end strong as new supply hits the screens while taxable issuance continues its run to near-record levels.
By Chip BarnettJuly 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.
By Chip BarnettJuly 9 -
Municipal bond prices remained steady as more supply hits the screens.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJuly 8 -
Municipals showed strength Tuesday in the face of new supply as long yields dipped as much as two basis points.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJuly 7 -
Municipals finished little changed ahead of this week's new-issue slate while retail investors are coming back into the market.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJuly 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.
By Chip Barnett and Lynne FunkJuly 2 -
Marc Pfeffer, chief investment officer at CLS Investments, talks about today’s municipal bond market and looks to the future.
By Chip BarnettJuly 2 -
Traders and strategists say the dearth of tax-exempt debt and the surge of taxable issuance is keeping the market steady.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJuly 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.
By Chip BarnettJuly 1 -
Municipal bonds were little changed as the first half of a tumultuous year comes to a close.
By Christine Albano and Chip BarnettJune 30 -
Municipals finished little changed as a deluge of taxable deals get ready to hit the market.
By Chip BarnettJune 29 -
Municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Friday ahead of a $7.2 billion holiday week new issue calendar.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJune 26 -
As some states see new coronavirus lockdowns, municipals maintain stalwart position.
By Chip BarnettJune 25 -
Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, talks about the bifurcation in the market and what investors should look at during the rest of the year.
By Chip BarnettJune 25 -
Municipal bond funds and ETFs saw combined inflows of $2.942 billion in the week ended June 17, ICI said.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJune 24 -
Municipals finished little changed on Tuesday in light trading activity with the summer seeming to settle in.
By Christine Albano and Chip BarnettJune 23 -
Despite this week’s smaller calendar, the recent surge of bond deals could make June the most active month of 2020.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoJune 22 -
The family of Alan Anders is holding a virtual memorial on Saturday, July 11, the day that he was born.
By Chip BarnettJune 22


















