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The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes mostly declined this week, as a firmness permeated the market through each session.
July 22
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Even as Build America Bonds continue to transform municipal finance, one thing stays constant: hedging a portfolio of muni securities remains very difficult.
July 22
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Tax-exempt money market funds experienced outflows of $3.25 billion in the week ending July 19, nearly double the losses recorded the previous week, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
July 22 -
Table as of: 07/21/2010 15:37 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval
July 22 -
ALABAMAAlabama Building Renovation Finance AuthorityJul 21, 2010 . . . . . . $26,990,000
July 22 -
ALABAMADallas CountyJul 21, 2010 . . . . . . $5,285,000
July 22 -
Table as of: 07/20/2010 15:56 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval
July 21 -
CALIFORNIABerkeley (City)Jul 20, 2010 . . . . . . $16,000,000
July 21 -
ALABAMACity of GenevaJul 16, 2010 . . . . . . $3,675,000
July 21 -
George Friedlander has rejoined Citigroup as head of municipal strategy.
July 20 -
IOWAWest Des Moines (City)Jul 19, 2010 . . . . . . $5,000,000
July 20 -
ALABAMABeulah Utilities DistrictJul 19, 2010 . . . . . . $4,145,000
July 20 -
Two new Standard & Poor’s indexes tracking municipal bonds launched yesterday, paving the way for Vanguard to enter the municipal exchange-traded fund business.
July 19 -
INDIANAFishers (Town)Jul 15, 2010 . . . . . . $11,830,000
July 19 -
ALABAMABridgeport (City)Jul 15, 2010 . . . . . . $1,005,000
July 19 -
Municipal bond mutual funds’ assets climbed to a new record total as they continue to command new money from investors in spite of low yields and a nonstop wave of bad headlines in the mainstream press over state and local government credit.
July 16 -
Volume is expected to increase slightly this week thanks to the arrival of several significantly sized financings in the long-term market. They include a large Florida airport deal, a pair of California utility offerings, and a trio of Northeast deals hailing from issuers in New York, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.
July 16 -
CONNECTICUTDanbury (City)Jul 15, 2010 . . . . . . $20,000,000
July 16 -
ARIZONALittleton Elementary School District No. 65Jul 15, 2010 . . . . . . $3,000,000
July 16 -
The growing investor acceptance of taxable municipal bonds over the past year appears to have hit a stumbling block.
July 15
