Mike Scarchilli has been with The Bond Buyer since 2005, serving at the helm as Editor in Chief since 2013. Scarchilli was previously Managing Editor, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the brand’s web site and newspaper. Before becoming an editor, Scarchilli was The Bond Buyer’s senior market correspondent, covering the cross-market fallout from the subprime debt crisis, and earlier was a regional reporter covering issuers in the Northeast. He holds a bachelor's in journalism from New York University.
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NEW YORK – The California municipal market was again firmer Wednesday as interest in the primary market helped buoy the secondary and drop 30-year yields back below 5%.
January 19 -
NEW YORK – The municipal market was again firmer Wednesday as interest in the primary market helped buoy the secondary and drop 30-year yields back below 5%.
January 19 -
The municipal market was mixed Tuesday in light to moderate secondary trading activity as investors returned from a long weekend in observance of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
January 18 -
NEW YORK – The California municipal market was mixed Tuesday in light to moderate secondary trading activity as investors return from a long weekend in observance of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
January 18 -
NEW YORK – The municipal market was mixed Tuesday in light to moderate secondary trading activity as investors return from a long weekend in observance of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
January 18 -
Muni yields widened by another eight to 10 basis points Friday, weakening for the fifth consecutive session as 30-year yields reached a two-year high.
January 14 -
NEW YORK – Muni yields climbed another eight to 10 basis points Friday, weakening for the fifth consecutive session as 30-year yields reached a two-year high.
January 14 -
NEW YORK – Muni yields climbed another eight to 10 basis points Friday, weakening for the fifth consecutive session as 30-year yields reached a two-year high.
January 14 -
Long-end munis showed significant losses again Thursday with 30-year yields rising to a two-year high, as the overall municipal market weakened in a fourth straight session.
January 13 -
The Bond Buyer’s long-term weekly yield indexes rose this week as media reports about the possibility of a string of municipal bankruptcies weighed on investors.
January 13 -
NEW YORK – Long-end munis showed significant losses again Thursday, as the overall municipal market weakened for the fourth straight session, with 30-year yields rising to a two-year high.
January 13 -
NEW YORK – Long-end munis showed significant losses again Thursday, as the overall municipal market weakened for the fourth straight session, with 30-year yields rising to a two-year high.
January 13 -
Headline risk returned to the municipal market Wednesday, driving yields higher by as much as 10 basis points as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority brought the largest loan of the new year to the institutional market.
January 12 -
NEW YORK – Headline risk helped weaken the California municipal market by as much as 10 basis points Wednesday while the New York City Transitional Finance Authority brought the largest loan of the new year to the institutional market.
January 12 -
NEW YORK – Headline risk helped weaken the municipal market by as much as 10 basis points Wednesday while the New York City Transitional Finance Authority brought the largest loan of the new year to the institutional market.
January 12 -
The municipal market weakened Tuesday for the second consecutive day in light to moderate secondary trading, while traders braced for a heavy winter storm in the Northeast that may disrupt some market activity Wednesday.
January 11 -
NEW YORK – The California municipal market was somewhat weaker Tuesday in light to moderate secondary trading activity.
January 11 -
NEW YORK – The municipal market was somewhat weaker Tuesday in light to moderate secondary trading activity.
January 11 -
The municipal market weakened Monday in light to moderate secondary trading activity ahead of a modest new-issue calendar in the primary this week.
January 10 -
NEW YORK – The California municipal market was somewhat weaker Monday in light to moderate secondary trading activity ahead of a modest new-issue calendar in the primary this week.
January 10
