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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Strength that began on Tuesday and continued Wednesday marked the first sessions since early May for positive performance after a hefty selloff, noted Kim Olsan, senior vice president at FHN Financial.
May 31 -
Total volume for the month was $26.062 billion in 677 issues, down from $36.583 billion in 928 issues a year earlier, according to Refinitiv data.
May 31 -
Despite the firmer tone Tuesday, May performance has put munis on track for their worst May since 1986.
May 30 -
The Investment Company Institute reported investors pulled another $137 million out of municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending May 17, after $290 million of outflows the previous week.
May 24 -
"It's good news/bad news for fixed-income markets," said Nuveen strategists Anders S. Persson and Daniel J. Close.
May 23 -
Since the 52-week low on April 12, yields have risen by an average of 46 basis points.
May 22 -
"Ultimately, the case for fixed income generally, and munis specifically, is much stronger today than it was a year ago," said Nick Vendetti, municipal bond fund portfolio manager with Allspring Global Investments.
May 22 -
For the week, triple-A muni yields rose between 11 and 29 basis points, according to MMD, while UST yields rose 11 to 32 basis points.
May 19 -
"Steep corrections occurring inside 10 years on the curve reflect an ongoing process to reduce a deep inversion," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of municipal bond trading.
May 18 -
The Investment Company Institute reported investors pulled another $290 million out of municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending May 10.
May 17 -
The market is seeing a supportive environment for munis, said Nisha Patel, managing director of SMA Portfolio Management at Parametric.
May 16 -
"With rates volatility seemingly subsiding in the past few weeks, we could start to see outflows decrease and demand flow back into munis," according to AmeriVet Securities' Jason Wong.
May 15 -
Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $6.018 billion with a few bellwether, triple-A names coming from Loudoun County, Virginia, Frederick County, Maryland, and Columbia University with sizable deals.
May 12 -
Outflows were seen again from municipal bond mutual funds, though they lessened this week as Refinitiv Lipper reported $101.664 million was pulled as of Wednesday.
May 11 -
The CPI numbers coming in pretty much as expected "was a relief" to the markets, with the bond market rallying after the release, said Luke Bartholomew, senior economist at abrdn.
May 10 -
Despite the attraction for new issues, sources said there is still uncertainty overall in the municipal market stemming from the regional banking crisis.
May 9 -
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May 9 -
Now that there is more "clarity from the Fed on the path of interest rates, both investors and issuers may start to move off the sidelines," said Daniel Close, head of municipals at Nuveen.
May 8 -
Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $7.588 billion.
May 5 -
Outflows from municipal bond mutual funds intensified as Refinitiv Lipper reported $846.116 million was pulled from them as of Wednesday after $92.055 million of outflows the week prior.
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