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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Outflows continued as Refinitiv Lipper reported $194.097 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week that ended Wednesday after $427.082 million of outflows the week prior.
March 30 -
Outflows continued, with the Investment Company Institute reporting investors pulled $693 million from mutual funds in the week ending March 22, after $684 million of outflows the previous week.
March 29 -
Munis are directionally trading with USTs but underperforming in days where USTs rally and outperforming in days where USTs sell-off, said Greg Gizzi, head of U.S. fixed income and head of municipal bonds at Macquarie Asset Management.
March 28 -
Munis held "their firmer tone as Treasuries continued to rally once more this past week," said Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities.
March 27 -
Outflows continued as Refinitiv Lipper reported $427.082 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week that ended Wednesday after $461.123 million of outflows the week prior.
March 23 -
"In short, it appears that the end of the current tightening cycle is coming into view," said Wells Fargo Securities Chief Economist Jay Bryson.
March 22 -
After a tumultuous week, expect another ahead, said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.
March 21 -
The banking sector crisis caused a flight-to-quality bid in USTs last week.
March 20 -
Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $4.064 billion.
March 17 -
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank clouds the economic landscape and complicates monetary policy decisions but it's a long way off from the troubles banks and broker-dealers faced in the 2008 financial crisis.
March 17 -
Outflows continued as Refinitiv Lipper reported $461.123 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week that ended Wednesday after $307.815 million of outflows the week prior.
March 16 -
"The main question for investors recently has been: will we see bank selling of municipals that exerts pressure on the market, and what kind of market effects could occur," Barclays strategists said.
March 15 -
"The muni market is no different than others, where fear and greed drive the trends," said Peter Delahunt, StoneX's managing director.
March 14 -
The company has been working on this ETF for the past year and a half.
March 13 -
Triple-A benchmarks have fallen five to 10 basis points, depending on the scale.
March 13 -
Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $6.041 billion.
March 10 -
Outflows continued as Refinitiv Lipper reported $307.815 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week that ended Wednesday after $905.030 million of outflows the week prior.
March 9 -
Outflows lessened, with the Investment Company Institute reporting investors pulled $344 million from mutual funds in the week ending March 1, after $1.148 billion of outflows the previous week.
March 8 -
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March 8 -
The two-year UST is now a full point above the 10-year UST, something that hasn't happened since 1981.
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