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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Weekly municipal bond volume will be down with the Federal Open Market Committee set to meet, though no interest rate increase is expected.
April 27 -
Municipal bonds steadied after sliding the previous day, as the last of the week’s new issuance came to market.
April 26 -
Municipal bonds were weaker Tuesday as Illinois sold $500 million of bonds and the N.Y.&N.J. Port Authority deal was priced.
April 25 -
Municipal bond buyers had billions of new paper flow into the primary market - which took it all down but overall the market was weaker for the second day in a row as Treasury yields continue to climb.
April 24 -
Municipal bonds finished weaker on Monday ahead of a what will be an busy Tuesday with a few billion of new issuance hitting the market.
April 23 -
The muni market is eagerly awaiting the $1.4 billion Delta deal to kick off the week's activity.
April 23 -
Some say cheapness on the short end of the municipal yield curve is starting to boost investor demand.
April 19 -
Morgan Stanley priced $575 million of airport system bonds for Sacramento County.
April 19 -
Deals from Connecticut and Ohio issuers arrived as some buyside participants complained of low volume and inactivity in the muni market.
April 18 -
Two big education deals are slated to hit the market on Wednesday, with deals coming from issuers in Connecticut and Ohio.
April 18
