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Investors this past week gave the tax-exempt market a big boost of confidence with their heaviest inflows to municipal bond mutual funds since September 2010.
November 14 -
The waves of issuance rolling into the municipal primary market the past few weeks continue to grow. Last week's volume, at more than $9 billion, approached record territory for 2011, and this week's anticipated issuance should easily set a new high for the year, at nearly $12 billion.
November 11 -
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Municipal bonds saw a largely mixed week of trading in a tight range. Subsequently, so did muni bond indexes, which ranged from unchanged to up no more than five basis points on the week.
November 10
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Tax-exempt money market funds recaptured nearly all of last week's losses, generating inflows of $2.36 billion to settle at $286.77 billion in total net assets in the week ended Nov. 7, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
November 10 -
Retail reaction to the announcement late Wednesday that Jefferson County, Ala., filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history is likely to be muted, yet will still be closely monitored, portfolio managers say.
November 10 -
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Standard & Poor's warned that retiree health care benefits are a growing burden for public universities.
November 9 -
Table as of: 11/08/2011 15:57 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount
November 9 -
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The municipal market new-issuance machine should churn out slightly less volume for the primary this week. But it's still operating at a relatively high capacity, as far as 2011 has gone.
November 4
