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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Two of The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes declined to 40-year lows this week as yields dropped slightly in all the week’s sessions.
October 1 -
The municipal market was flat to slightly firmer as Ohio’s American Municipal Power Inc. came to market with $470.7 million of taxable debt, including $386.6 million of Build America Bonds.
October 1 -
NEW YORK – The California municipal market was flat to slightly firmer today. Traders said tax-exempt yields in the secondary market were flat to lower by one or two basis points.
October 1 -
New York City led the way in the municipal market yesterday with more than $2 billion of taxable and tax-exempt debt over two issues, which included $800 million of Build America Bonds, amid a firmer secondary market.
September 30 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly firmer yesterday, as the Virginia Public School Authority came to market with $481 million of bonds, leading the new-issue offerings.
September 29 -
With many market participants away in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday, trading was light and tax-exempts were unchanged to slightly firmer yesterday.
September 28 -
The municipal market showed gains Friday, as it did in every session last week. Traders said tax-exempt yields were unchanged to firmer by two or three basis points, with most of the gains found on the long end of the curve.
September 25 -
The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes again fell this week, extending a string of declines seen over several weeks and recording an all-time low on the one-year index.
September 24 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly firmer yesterday. Traders said tax-exempt yields were flat to lower by one or two basis points in spots.
September 24 -
The municipal market was slightly firmer yesterday, as JPMorgan priced for institutional investors California's mammoth $8.8 billion revenue anticipation note transaction.
September 23 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly firmer yesterday, as JPMorgan continued retail pricing on the mammoth $8.8 billion California revenue anticipation note sale.
September 22 -
NEW YORK – The California municipal market was unchanged to slightly firmer today, as JPMorgan continued retail pricing on the mammoth $8.8 billion California revenue anticipation note sale.
September 22 -
NEW YORK – The municipal market was unchanged to slightly firmer today, as JPMorgan continued retail pricing on the mammoth $8.8 billion California revenue anticipation note sale.
September 22 -
The municipal market was slightly firmer yesterday, and JPMorgan began retail pricing on an $8.8 billion California revenue anticipation note sale.
September 21 -
The municipal market was again firmer Friday, while the Municipal Market Data triple-A yield curve scale for the second straight session reached historic lows in both 10 and 20 years.
September 18 -
The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes declined this week, as tax-exempts showed gains in nearly all the week’s sessions.
September 17 -
The municipal market was slightly firmer yesterday while the Municipal Market Data triple-A yield curve scale reached historic lows in both 10 and 20 years.
September 17 -
The municipal market was slightly firmer Friday. Traders said tax-exempt yields were lower by two or three basis points overall.
September 15 -
Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $1.07 billion during the week ending Sept. 9, AMG Data Services reported.
September 15 -
Weekly reporting municipal bond mutual funds had a net inflow of $432 million during the period ending Aug. 27, AMG Data Services reported.
September 2
