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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With almost half of June being done and dusted, yield movement is nearly unchanged from May’s closing levels, sources said.
June 15 -
New York, Texas and Pennsylvania issues headline the new-issue slate.
June 12 -
Proceeds from the sale would go to providing direct grants to non-profit organizations.
June 12 -
Yields on the long end of the curve dropped as much as seven basis points while very short yields rose.
June 11 -
Lynn Martin, president & COO of ICE Data Services, also owner of the New York Stock Exchange, talks about ICE's role in pricing, its municipal evaluation services and just how the municipal market itself is resilient. Chip Barnett, senior markets reporter hosts with another Lynn(e), innovation editor at The Bond Buyer.
June 11 -
The market looks forward to Thursday's $3.3 billion note deal from DASNY after handling a sizable calendar Wednesday.
June 10 -
Traders will be looking closely at Wednesday's FOMC meeting and whether the Fed will set target yields for some U.S. Treasury securities.
June 9 -
The new-issue calendar is filling up with deals formerly on the day-to-day slate, however net supply over the summer is expected to total negative $55B, including negative $15B in June, negative $21B in July and negative $19B in August.
June 8 -
In secondary trading municipals ended weaker after a strong employment report.
June 5 -
New deals thrive and inflows continue as Lipper reports $1.2 billion into municipal bond mutual funds.
June 4 -
Getting crisis leadership right is vital to the well-being of employees, customers, and ultimately the business itself.
June 4 -
Primary market deals generated strong demand, and municipals were little changed in secondary trading.
June 3 -
The fragility of the economy amid protests and the continuing coronavirus threats have dealers unloading some risk.
June 2 -
Some investors expressed concern over the market‘s muted reaction to the country’s depth of effects over the current crises.
June 1 -
Consumer spending plunged while the Chicago Business Barometer fell in May.
May 29 -
Municipal to U.S. Treasury ratios have been a focus for many participants of late. Historically attractive ratios, low supply, and continued fund inflows are creating some strength in the municipal market.
May 28 -
Richard Taormina, portfolio manager and head of tax aware strategies at JPMorgan Asset Management talks about the effects COVID-19 is having on credits in the municipal bond market and why crossover buyers think this an attractive asset class. Chip Barnett hosts.
May 28 -
Even with the news that New York City is looking to potentially borrow $7B through its Transitional Finance Authority as it faces $9B in lower revenues, the market didn’t blink and TFAs traded firmer.
May 27 -
Credit concern is being lost somewhat in pricing munis and traders said they are looking for alternative benchmarks, even turning to corporates and U.S. Treasuries to price the market.
May 26 -
The primary supply for the holiday-shortened week is projected to dip to just over $4 billion, with a mix of tax-exempt and taxable issuance led by Colorado’s $500 million of certificates of participation.
May 22
