Finance

"We're going to have some weak days, we're going to have some stronger days, maybe they wash out against each other," said Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital.

Ajay Thomas, head of public finance at FHN Financial, said the market has been "totally driven" by headlines out of the Middle East this week.

Artificial intelligence is very soon going to allow treasury departments to spend vastly less time on routine work and more on stategy, thereby lowering borrowing costs.

As the war in Iran drags on, fears of inflation and higher oil prices are driving up yields, according to Schwab's Cooper Howard.

Research from The Bond Buyer finds a majority of muni pros predict public-private partnership volume to moderately increase over the next few years.

Munis cheapened ahead of what may be another volatile week, according to AllianceBernstein's Daryl Clements.

Rate hikes appear to be more realistic following this week's hotter-than-expected consumer price index and producer price index data, said Kevin McGuigan, director at Municipal Market Analytics.

S&P put some Iowa school district issues' priority-lien ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications after the General Assembly passed property tax reform.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton explains why proposals targeting wealth, property, and income taxes matter for municipal credit, and outlines what investors should watch in revenue replacement capacity, reserves, political willingness, and legal security structures.

New research from The Bond Buyer finds reductions in federal funding stand to drastically impact healthcare, local/state governments and other sectors.

The complicated environment has created different outcomes for different parts of the muni market, Hennion & Walsh's James Pruskowski said.

The loss of land to the sea in southern Louisiana over the next few decades places more than 1 million people in harm's way, the academics say.

Although muni valuations became "less compelling" in April from March's highs, Pat Haskell wrote for BlackRock, technical conditions "are likely to provide a degree of support in the months ahead."

Among the reasons S&P cited for the upgrades are "very high activity levels and long history of favorable enplanement trends."

Inflation and heavy supply have finally worn on muni yields after a week of stability.

The Bond Buyer will honor a fifth class of inductees into its Hall of Fame of municipal finance, alongside its 11th annual class of Rising Stars, at the close of its Infrastructure event in Chicago on September 15.

New findings from The Bond Buyer show that outside of advisors and broker-dealers, appetites for risk decreased to a greater degree than they increased.

The muni market continued to shrug off volatility in Treasuries, but NewSquare Capital's Kim Olsan said a reaction is building up.

"I don't mind owning a railroad for $2.4 billion," said Assured CEO Dominic Frederico.