Investments

ARIZONATempe (City)Oct 27, 2010 . . . . . . $60,280,000

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York gave both preliminary and final approvals Wednesday to up to $1.4 billion of bonds for education, higher education, and health care projects at a board meeting in Albany.

COLORADOAvon (Town)Oct 26, 2010 . . . . . . $6,680,000

Table as of: 10/26/2010 15:17 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval

ARKANSASLafayette County School DistrictOct 26, 2010 . . . . . . $3,565,000

Municipal bonds’ performance versus Treasuries over the next few months is up to the Federal Reserve.

CHICAGO — Midwestern voters next week go to the polls to decide the fate of $2.16 billion worth of borrowing requests, choose new governors, and decide spending and taxing measures.

CHICAGO — The triple-A rated University of Michigan Wednesday will sell $220 million of general revenue bonds to finance part of its 10-year, $5.5 billion capital plan.

DALLAS — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will eliminate a $106.8 million deficit in the $25.5 billion budget for fiscal 2011 mostly by cutting expenditures for higher education and health care.

The Ohio Building Authority issued $9.5 million of bonds on behalf of Clark State Community College, marking the second transaction under the new Ohio Community and Technical College Credit Enhancement Program.

Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook to positive from stable on Nebraska State Colleges’ student fees and facilities revenue and refunding debt issued by the Nebraska State Colleges Board of Trustees. The debt’s underlying rating is A.

ARKANSASLakeside School District No. 9 of Garland CountyOct 21, 2010 . . . . . . $3,000,000

ARKANSASBoone CountyOct 25, 2010 . . . . . . $5,335,000

Table as of: 10/22/2010 11:45 AM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval

IDAHOBlackfoot School District No 55Oct 21, 2010 . . . . . . $6,145,000

ALABAMAClarke County Public Building AuthorityOct 22, 2010 . . . . . . $5,405,000

The stream of cash into municipal bond mutual funds rebounded last week after a month or so of decidedly slowing inflows.

As investors continue to struggle with low absolute yields, issuers in the Northeast and California will dominate most of the primary market with relatively large financings — led by $800 million from the Bay Area Toll Authority — as part of an estimated $10.6 billion of new, long-term volume, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.

ALABAMAHoover (City)Oct 20, 2010 . . . . . . $58,510,000

ARKANSASCarlisle School District No. 3 of Lonoke CountyOct 20, 2010 . . . . . . $3,585,000