Finance

New state funds mean the authority heads into 2020 with a stronger fiscal hand to manage capital and operating needs for at least the next five years.

While there are no major municipal bond sales slated for this week, next week is a different matter.

Retail investors have felt confident in the muni bond space for most of 2019.

While municipal bond volume looks to end the year on a surprisingly high note, muni bond yields unexpectedly hit record lows twice in 2019.

Latest local government, pension-related downgrade in Illinois comes as local public safety pension consolidation now underway

Jay Goldstone was considered instrumental in San Diego’s re-entry to the bond markets following the city’s pensions scandal in the mid-aughts.

Gary Hall of Siebert Williams Shank talks with Chip Barnett about the recent merger which created the largest minority- and women-owned investment bank in the U.S. He looks back at his time at the MSRB and looks ahead to what the market may see in 2020.

Munis finished above $400 billion for the fourth time since 2010 and the third time in the past four years.

Although there will be no more new issuance in 2019, municipal bond investors can get plenty of returns as seasonal trends should provide opportunities from now through January.

With issuance for 2019 done, investors and money managers look forward to a new year — there is optimism that drivers of muni performance will carry over.

The House of Representatives' vote to impeach a president for only the third time ever had 'zero' impact on the municipal market, while stocks soared.

Moody’s Investors Service lowered the rating of the private collage in upstate New York to Ba3 from Ba1.

Issuers, bond lawyers, and analysts have all raised complaints about the proposed addition to EMMA.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York priced its $3.39 billion of bonds, most likely the last billion-plus sale of 2019.

Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on its AA-minus rating to negative from stable.

The primary municipal market saw fresh paper greeted by bond-craving investors who are looking to put money to work before a new decade dawns.

Moody's downgraded the 417-bed Claremont Properties project to Caa2.

As there are just eight full work days remaining in the year, muni market leaders believe that 2020 will look a lot like 2019 — high volume, increasing taxable issuance and strong demand.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts has consistently called for steps to reduce investors' reliance on stale financial information.

John Williams said Friday that the Federal Reserve's three interest rate cuts this year have bolstered the housing market and consumer spending.