Securitization

Municipal and Treasury markets rallied one day after the Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points and after President Trump declared more tariffs on China — all of which caused the 10-year Treasury to dip below 1.90%.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Matthew Gastall, executive director, and Monica Guerra, vice president, share their views on strong muni demand. They discuss taxable equivalent yields and some pickup in credit impairments. John Hallacy hosts.

The municipal market got what it expected, when the FOMC announced its decision to lower rates.

The complaint filed by Philadelphia and Baltimore fails to rise to the level of specificity needed to prove conspiracy, Wall Street banks told a federal judge.

The municipal market saw a a flurry of deals come and go on the day before the Federal Reserve will presumably cut interest rates.

All markets and investors are waiting to see how much the Fed will cut interest rates on Wednesday. Will it be 25 basis points or 50?

As July winds down, muni issuance will be muffled thanks to the FOMC's monetary policy meeting.

Connecticut on Thursday sold its first bond offering since it passed a budget last month.

Municipal bond buyers saw more supply come to market in Wednesday as retail investors kept up their confidence in tax-free bond funds.

The suit is "a policy paper masquerading as a complaint," the state says, but it may still push up Illinois' borrowing costs while it is active.

Investor demand for New York City bonds allowed underwriters to move the sale up by a day.

As summer sizzles, this week’s hottest deals can be found in the municipal bond market.

Munis are expected to attract inflows for another week. After that the ball's in the Federal Open Market Committee's court.

Investors are also facing the imbalance of summer reinvestment season and the typical mid-year volume deceleration in July and August.

Peter Delahunt, manager of municipal trading at Raymond James, says the market is directed by retail demand, the Fed, tweets, tariff discussions and compliance. Transparency has improved and volume will remain relatively flat except for an acceleration in current refunding activity. John Hallacy hosts.

Municipal bond buyers saw some big note and bond deals hit the market on Wednesday, led by issuers in Georgia and Colorado.

The muni market started the week hitting the ground running as the second biggest deal of the week priced along with a few others on what was a active Tuesday.

New-issue supply started to trickle into the market Monday, a thin stream that will turn into a torrent by week’s end.

The municipal bond market will continue to see a swarm of mid-sized deals that will be taken down with ease, continuing the good times that have been fueled by 27 straight weeks of fund inflows.

The education sector dominated the municipal bond market on Thursday as several big deals hit the screens.