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The hunt is on for yield in the municipal market as interest rates continue to hover around historical lows, forcing investors to use varying strategies to boost returns.
June 8 -
Municipal bond issuers have assembled a whale of a calendar for this week, with just over $12 billion slated to come to market, nearly double last week’s $6.35 billion total.
June 8 -
Municipal bond yields in the short and intermediate parts of the curve rose sharply this week.
June 7 -
The tax-exempt market may have experienced a sizable backup in yields on the week, but muni bond mutual funds still saw robust inflows.
June 7 -
Volume in the tax-exempt market should jump back to pre-holiday levels this week, despite several days of municipal bond underperformance in the face of a powerful rally in Treasuries.
June 1 -
Concerns about the euro zone hit Treasury yields a lot harder than any other factor moved their muni cousins. Municipal bond yields have fallen modestly on the week on the intermediate and long ends of the curve.
May 31 -
The volume of long-term municipal bonds in May heavily outweighed that of the same month in 2011, continuing an upward trend from last year's reduced numbers.
May 31 -
Municipal bond mutual funds saw inflows during a holiday-shortened week and amid markedly outperforming Treasuries
May 31 -
The two-day surge of new issuance this week did not sink the municipal bond market in a holiday-shortened week.
May 24 -
A great upsurge in new issuance could not deter investors from allocating money into municipal bond mutual funds.
May 24 -
The municipal market never really got off of the couch Thursday.
May 24 -
NEW YORK — The municipal market never really got off of the couch Thursday.
May 24 -
The tax-exempt market seems to have one foot out the door.
May 24 -
Municipal bond and Treasury yields have mostly started their respective days in lockstep: they’re both just about standing still.
May 24 -
Austin J. Tobin Jr., president and founder of Delphis Hanover, a municipal bond research firm based in Southbury, Conn., died on May 9 at the age of 84.
May 23 -
The municipal market underperformed slightly in Wednesday’s session as underwriters pushed through a second day of heavy volume before the coming holiday weekend.
May 23 -
NEW YORK — The municipal market underperformed slightly in Wednesday’s session as underwriters pushed through a second day of heavy volume before the coming holiday weekend.
May 23 -
NEW YORK — Heavy municipal bond issuance has given the market pause so far Wednesday.
May 23 -
A glutted primary and barren secondary has the municipal market looking weaker Wednesday morning, but not markedly so.
May 23 -
A slew of large new deals flooded into the municipal market Tuesday, raising yields and pushing the secondary market into the shadows.
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