Jessica Lerner is a senior reporter and buy-side specialist for Bond Buyer where she writes the daily market column, the monthly volume story and longer trend stories. Prior to this, she worked as a beat reporter at two Connecticut newspapers. She earned her master's in business and economics reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and her bachelor's in journalism and statistics from the University of Connecticut.
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The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York overtook the state of California for the top spot. Four New York and four California issuers make up the top 10, while some newcomers join the list.
January 14 -
Supply is beginning to roll in and the primary action on Wednesday provided more direction. ICI reports $1.4 billion of inflows.
January 12 -
Other concerns include ongoing threats from the coronavirus, inflation and legislative inertia on muni issues in Washington, according to a Bond Buyer survey.
January 11 -
Munis followed UST weaker while stocks sold off after the employment report, which offered many messages. Analysts believe the bottom line is the Fed will liftoff in March.
January 7 -
The U.S. Treasury selloff caught up to tax-exempts with two to three basis point cuts to scales, but munis still outperform.
January 4 -
FactSet will become the CUSIP system's second operator on behalf of the American Bankers Association.
January 3 -
2022 volume projections are clouded by many uncertainties. What is not murky is that demand for municipals is unlikely to fade.
December 30 -
A HilltopSecurities survey found skilled nursing and senior living as the sectors they were most concerned about for 2022.
December 30 -
Muni bonds have not been not the quick way to big returns in 2021. But for the right client, they are the perfect addition to a portfolio focused on stability and low risk, advisors say.
December 29 -
Investors will also receive $139 billion of interest payments in 2022, about $593 million more than in 2021, according to a report from CreditSights.
December 28 -
U.S. Treasuries saw losses pushing municipal to UST ratios on the 10- and 30-year lower again.
December 21 -
Over the past year, Lumesis has expanded the capabilities of its DIVER suite of muni-focused business and regulatory solutions.
December 15 -
See the winners of the Deal of the Year award and hear their acceptance speeches.
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Coming off last week's $19.5 million influx of weekly new issues, supply this week is lower as the market watches the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
December 13 -
KBRA says the deal will allow for expansion.
December 13 -
There are $8.127 billion of negotiated deals on tap and a mere $367.4 million of competitive loans slated, none over $100 million. Thirty-day visible supply totals $9.9 billion and net negative supply is at $8.4 billion.
December 10 -
The change to the final indexes is expected to expand each fund's investing universe, the firms said.
December 9 -
White published three municipal bond textbooks and lectured extensively and served as an expert witness for municipal bond cases.
December 9 -
Total November volume was up 58.3% to $33.818 billion versus $21.359 billion a year earlier, but the figure is average over a 10-year period. A combination of factors from policy uncertainty in Washington to fears of rising rates led to the increase.
November 30 -
High-rated top-tier universities have weathered the pandemic reasonably well, while lower-rated colleges have experienced a worsening of problems and investors should be cautious.
November 23
