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A sizeable anticipated calendar, an end to the standoff in Washington and cash-laden investors have provided some downward momentum to yields in the municipal market.
October 17 -
Lebenthal Holdings LLC next month will continue its expansion by starting a private wealth advisory division for retail and institutional clients and adding two Wall Street veterans to lead the endeavor.
October 17 -
Puerto Rico's efforts to stave off a growing financial crisis could turn its bonds into junk-rated debt, BlackRock's municipal bonds group said Thursday.
October 17 -
The municipal market opened Thursday's session with slightly lower yields following news that the U.S. government proved capable of stepping away from the financial abyss.
October 17 -
Tax-exempt money market funds lost $973.2 million reducing total net assets to $264.92 billion in the week ended Oct. 14, as outflows resumed after the prior week's gain, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
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Table as of: 10/16/2013 15:47 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
October 17 -
Bond insurers are poised to withstand the possible fallout from ratings downgrades or defaults on the industry's $16 billion of Puerto Rico bond exposure.
October 16 -
Table as of: 10/15/2013 11:05 AM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
October 16 -
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Intermediate-maturity munis sent a positive signal amid last week's market lethargy, as their prices stabilized at close to fair value relative to Treasuries.
October 15 -
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As issuers prepare to bring more than $4 billion in long-term supply to the primary market this week, negative headlines regarding ongoing mutual fund outflows, as well as the impact of a weakening market for Puerto Ricos debt and potential fallout from the debt-ceiling debate, continued to weigh on the municipal market.
October 13 -
U.S. transportation sectors are in the doldrums with little increase in activity seen in 2013, Fitch says in new report
October 11 -
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For the 20th consecutive week, investors pulled money from municipal bond mutual funds, at $729 million for the week of Oct. 9.
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