Securitization

Jim Colby, senior municipal strategist and author of the Muni Nation blog at Van Eck, talks about what’s happened in the municipal bond market since March 20. He looks at the big picture after COVID-19 and drills down into municipal bond funds and ETFs. Chip Barnett hosts this remote podcast.

Municipal bond prices remained steady as more supply hits the screens.

Municipals showed strength Tuesday in the face of new supply as long yields dipped as much as two basis points.

Municipals finished little changed ahead of this week's new-issue slate while retail investors are coming back into the market.

Yields have essentially remained flat since mid-June as the market has digested new issues well and investors are starved for paper, especially tax-exempts.

Marc Pfeffer, chief investment officer at CLS Investments, talks about today’s municipal bond market and looks to the future.

Traders and strategists say the dearth of tax-exempt debt and the surge of taxable issuance is keeping the market steady.

Municipal bonds were little changed as the first half of a tumultuous year comes to a close.

Municipals finished little changed as a deluge of taxable deals get ready to hit the market.

Municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Friday ahead of a $7.2 billion holiday week new issue calendar.

As some states see new coronavirus lockdowns, municipals maintain stalwart position.

Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, talks about the bifurcation in the market and what investors should look at during the rest of the year.

Municipal bond funds and ETFs saw combined inflows of $2.942 billion in the week ended June 17, ICI said.

Municipals finished little changed on Tuesday in light trading activity with the summer seeming to settle in.

Bond analyst Joseph Krist examines the types of debt most vulnerable to the coronavirus hit. He also discusses the Federal Reserve's Municipal Lending Facility. Recorded June 10. Paul Burton hosts.

Despite this week’s smaller calendar, the recent surge of bond deals could make June the most active month of 2020.

Municipal bonds finished a very active week little changed as participants caught their breath after seeing almost $12 billion of new issues come to market.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.7 billion of municipal bond fund inflows. while municipal prices were little changed Thursday.

Matt Boardman, head of fixed income for RBC Wealth Management, talks with Chip Barnett, about how the municipal bond market has changed over the past few months in light of the coronavirus pandemic. He talks about how the economic effects due to COVID-19 caused a "sudden and violent" dislocation in munis for over two months and how we’ve now returned to being a more rational and reasonable market and remains vibrant and strong.

The day's big new-issue slate was led by the pricing of the New York State Urban Development Corp.'s $1.3 billion deal.