Investments

Municipal experts say the fourth quarter municipals should continue to garner strong demand from investors in the last three months of 2016.

Some strategists say they will increase credit quality and shorten duration for overall risk protection, while others are identifying premium bonds, bonds with short calls, and those with average life structures to boost yield.

MINNESOTA

A bill introduced in the House would make municipal bonds issued by historically black colleges and universities tax-exempt at the federal, state and local levels.

Report from GAO finds states challenged by need to fund bridge projects from limited resources.

Regardless of which candidate takes the oath of office next January, improving our country’s infrastructure will be on the next president’s agenda.

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. said it expanded its execution choices for its municipal bond platform to include Muni Offerings.

Planners for a 10-county region around Nashville have approved a 25-year, $6 billion transit program.

A bill introduced in the Senate Thursday by three New England Democrats would create a federal green bank in order to attract larger private investments in clean energy and energy efficient projects.

ALABAMA

CONNECTICUT

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose three basis points to 3.83% from 3.80% in the previous week.

Oregon’s road user task force wants state lawmakers to expand its existing vehicle-miles-traveled fee system.

Investors have yet to reward green bonds with better pricing, but there is growing demand for the niche, according to one speaker at the Bond Buyer’s California Public Finance conference.

Moody's revises Boston University's outlook to positive from stable while affirming the school's A1 rating.

ARKANSAS

ALABAMA

New Jersey’s Stockton University is holding a bond sale Thursday to raise proceeds for its planned new $178 million Atlantic City campus.