Christine Albano is a reporter in the Investor’s & Investing beat, which she has covered for the past two decades. She has a wide range of buy side sources in the municipal market and has covered trends affecting retail investors, institutions, municipal mutual funds, tax-exempt money market funds, and the high-yield beat. She has also written about some of the industry’s biggest issues, such as historic defaults in Orange County, Calif., Puerto Rico, and Jefferson County, Ala., as well as the collapse of the variable-rate demand market. In addition, she reported on the subsequent 2008 financial crisis, and the death of municipal bond pioneer Jim Lebenthal. She provided next day coverage of the impact on the municipal bond market of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and recently interviewed The Vanguard Group Inc. founder, former chief executive officer, and investment guru John C. Bogle about the best investing advice for the municipal market.
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This week’s trading volume indicates there will be robust demand for municipal bonds, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management says.
September 13 -
Municipal CUSIP requests surged in August, an indication of rising supply in the near-term.
September 12 -
While a somber mood fell over Wall Street as the finance industry reflected on the devastating terrorist attack 17 years ago, the municipal market generated some new supply and cheaper prices.
September 11 -
The short-end of the municipal bond market is rich relative to U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, says J.R. Rieger.
September 10 -
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $500 million offering tops the week's muni tote board.
September 7 -
Municipal bond buyers grabbed deals from New York City and California on Thursday, which were agressively
September 6 -
Municipal bond buyers saw over $2 billion of deals from New York and California come to market on Thursday.
September 6 -
The big New York City and California deals are dominating investors’ attention this week as municipals turned weaker.
September 5 -
Portfolio managers say taxable alternatives have appeared cheaper lately when compared to the short end of the tax-exempt yield curve.
August 27 -
Municipal bond buyers will get another chance to get some Massachusetts and Texas paper as both issuers head into the market.
August 24 -
Deals from New York and Massachusetts led the new issue slate on Thursday as the last of the week’s supply came to market.
August 23 -
Municipal bond market participants are seeing the last of this week’s new issues come to market on Thursday, led by issuers from New York and Massachusetts.
August 23 -
Both the big Illinois bond deal and the giant Texas note sale were warmly received by investors Wednesday.
August 22 -
Municipal bond buyers saw some new offerings come to market on Tuesday, led by a Denver city and county deal.
August 21 -
Municipal bonds were firm and little changed on Tuesday as new issue supply started to price.
August 21 -
Trading was muted after last week’s bounty of bond sales, as the market looked ahead to this week’s larger deals, including a $920 million Illinois financing.
August 20 -
A typical quiet summer Monday unfolded, with trading activity muted as the market reflected on last week’s bountiful volume and looked ahead with anticipation to some this week’s larger deals, including the $920 million Illinois financing, muni traders said.
August 20 -
Municipalities had less need for borrowing to bridge gaps in cash flow and therefore curtailed their issuance of notes
August 20 -
Texas headlines the week's slate as it prepares for a mammoth note sale while Massachusetts prepares large short-term sales of its own.
August 17 -
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Connecticut capped a busy week in the muni market.
August 16
