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When Samuel A. Ramirez took his first job out of high school on Wall Street, he never imagined that it would turn into a 40-year career in the investment banking industry and that he would create one of the largest minority-owned securities boutiques in the country.
February 21
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A government report that describes how institutional investors pay less than individual investors when buying or selling municipal bonds isn't news to market participants.
February 17
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As last week's largest deals showed, the municipal bond market is ready to absorb more issuance.
February 17 -
Individual investors don't have it easy when it comes to knowing what their bonds are worth in the secondary market at any given time.
February 17 -
Even without the tailwinds of a strong rally, the municipal market coasted through a solid week, held aloft by falling yields and supply that was well-received.
February 16
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Tax-exempt money market funds continued on their erratic pace as $2.44 billion exited the funds and total net assets dipped to $289.48 billion in the week ending Feb. 13, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
February 16 -
New-issue volume is slowly starting to ratchet upward.
February 10 -
When it comes to municipal bonds with longer maturities, most institutional investors still regard 5% coupons as the structure of choice.
February 9
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The municipal bond market is poised to close out a rather slack week.
February 9
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In a reversal from the past three weeks, tax-exempt money market funds ushered in February on a positive note as they gained $1.65 billion and settled with $291.92 billion in the week ending Feb. 6, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
February 9 -
Though slipping somewhat from recent numbers, municipal bond mutual funds showed solid interest from investors.
February 9 -
Standard & Poor's lowered more public finance ratings than it raised in the fourth quarter of 2011.
February 7 -
Another subpar week of primary supply probably won't generate much excitement from the municipal bond market.
February 3 -
The lack of supply in the primary and secondary continued to steer the municipal bond market this past week.
February 2
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Water and sewer utilities will struggle with financing infrastructure projects in 2012, Standard & Poor's says.
February 1 -
The outlook for both state and local governments remains negative, Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday.
February 1 -
Fitch Ratings downgraded nearly six times more public-finance debt value than it upgraded in 2011.
January 31 -
Even with an incrementally improving economy, it’s still the simple dynamics of supply and demand that continue to guide the municipal market. And currently, there is still more demand than supply.
January 27 -
Following a big sell-off last week, the municipal market rallied this week on the latest message from the Fed to pare some of its losses.
January 26
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Tax-exempt money market funds saw withdrawals for a second week in a row.
January 26
