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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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 -
Municipal market participants will get the first supply wave, including the second largest negotiated deal and the biggest competitive deal of the week.
May 8 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Monday as supply-starved investors awaited the week's planned $4.9 billion of new paper.
May 7 -
The municipal bond market will see another moderate new issue calendar this week, with about $4.9 billion of offerings going up for sale
May 7 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Thursday as volatility in the stock market drove a flight to quality.
May 3 -
Demand for municipal bonds is high, with one factor keeping munis from the volatility being experienced in other markets.
May 3 -
Munis followed Treasurys after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and tweaked its statement on inflation.
May 2 -
Municipal bonds were mixed in late trading on Tuesday as several large deals hit the screens, led by issuers in New York and Maryland.
May 1 -
Tuesday opened with a positive tone in the municipal bond market with a forecast of heavy demand and strong technicals going into the reinvestment season.
May 1 -
Munis were stronger Monday as bond buyers kept an eye on the Federal Reserve policy makers' meeting.
April 30 -
Municipal bond buyers are awaiting this week’s new issue supply as they keep both eyes firmly on the Federal Open Market Committee’s monetary policy meeting.
April 30
