Christine Albano is a reporter in the Investor’s & Investing beat, which she has covered for the past two decades. She has a wide range of buy side sources in the municipal market and has covered trends affecting retail investors, institutions, municipal mutual funds, tax-exempt money market funds, and the high-yield beat. She has also written about some of the industry’s biggest issues, such as historic defaults in Orange County, Calif., Puerto Rico, and Jefferson County, Ala., as well as the collapse of the variable-rate demand market. In addition, she reported on the subsequent 2008 financial crisis, and the death of municipal bond pioneer Jim Lebenthal. She provided next day coverage of the impact on the municipal bond market of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and recently interviewed The Vanguard Group Inc. founder, former chief executive officer, and investment guru John C. Bogle about the best investing advice for the municipal market.
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Refinitiv Lipper reported $139.364 million of muni fund inflows, the 17th week in a row of positive results, but the lowest gain since July.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 3 -
Price guidance was issued on California's $2.4 billion GO deal as the State of New York Mortgage Agency got ready for its first social bond issue as the ESG muni market expands.
By Chip BarnettAugust 31 -
The COVID-19 pandemic began to impact note issuance as early as the first quarter when issuers started to get more concerned over the virus.
August 24 -
Municipals were little changed on Friday after a market moved that took long yields up by as much as 15 basis points since mid-month.
By Chip BarnettAugust 21 -
Municipals were slightly weaker on Tuesday as investors take stock of inventories and exceedingly low yields for a market that might be ripe for a correction.
By Lynne FunkAugust 18 -
Municipal investors are somewhat tepid on current low rates Monday ahead of the week's $`11.5 billion of new supply.
By Chip BarnettAugust 17 -
Municipal bonds were steady to weaker as billions of dollars in new deals hit the screens Tuesday.
By Chip BarnettAugust 11 -
Municipals rallied Friday, with yields dropping by as much as one basis point on the long end.
By Chip BarnettAugust 7 -
Money managers say investors should be cautious, monitor credits, both high-yield and high-grade, and keep an eye out for taxable issuance.
August 6 -
Municipal yields fell as much as three basis points on the long end of the AAA curves.
By Chip BarnettAugust 4