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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Municipal bonds were mixed on Monday ahead of this week’s hefty new issue calendar.
June 4 -
Munis turned mostly weaker on Friday as the market prepared for a fourfold jump in issuance after a holiday shortened week.
June 1 -
Municipals participated in a safe-haven trade on Wednesday following the Treasury-led rally on Tuesday.
May 30 -
Municipal bonds on Wednesday added on to the gains made during Tuesday’s rally.
May 30 -
Municipal bond investors reacted cautiously to the rally in Treasurys as they looked for confirmation that the new yield levels are here to stay.
May 29 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger Tuesday, with yields falling as much as five basis points, according to the MBIS benchmark scale.
May 29 -
Municipal bonds were mostly stronger in late trading on Thursday as market activity slowed ahead of Friday’s shortened trading session.
May 24 -
Municipal bonds were stronger in late trading as West Virginia and the Regents of the University of California came to market.
May 23 -
West Virginia increased the amount of its competitive sales planned for Wednesday by almost 30% to save money.
May 22 -
Municipal bond buyers are getting what they need this week — more supply.
May 21 -
The Chicago Board of Education more than doubled the size of its general obligation deal to take advantage of demand.
May 17 -
Demand in the primary stems from a combination of market technicals and the arrival of reinvestment season.
May 16 -
As a wave of new municipal bond deals swept into the market, munis weakened in secondary action.
May 15 -
Municipal bonds were mixed on Monday as buyers awaited the almost $10 billion of supply set to hit the market this week.
May 14 -
Muni portfolio manager J.B. Golden combats spread compression with defensive duration, laddering, premium bonds, and a tilt toward credit opportunities.
May 14 -
Municipal bond buyers are eagerly awaiting the biggest new issue calendar of the year, as almost $10 billion of supply is slated to hit the market this week.
May 14 -
Municipal CUSIP requests signal the market may be in for a rebound in volume.
May 10 -
The municipal market and its participants were peppered with deals during what will go down as the week’s busiest day.
May 9 -
The municipal market and its participants are prepped and ready for what should be the busiest day of the week, as the two largest negotiated deals hit the market.
May 9 -
The market for munis is benefiting from June reinvestment money and pent-up demand after a slow first quarter.
May 8
