Water bonds

Californians will weigh $13 billion in state water bond measures this year, split between two elections.

Municipal bonds were weaker Tuesday as Illinois sold $500 million of bonds and the N.Y.&N.J. Port Authority deal was priced.

The recent performance of munis has reset relative valuations to more attractive levels, according to BlackRock's Peter Hayes.

Municipal bond buyers had a wide variety of offerings to choose from on Tuesday.

Municipal bonds finished weaker on Monday ahead of a what will be an busy Tuesday with a few billion of new issuance hitting the market.

The muni market is eagerly awaiting the $1.4 billion Delta deal to kick off the week's activity.

Next week's $7.8 billion new issue slate features airport and water deals coming from New York and Texas issuers.