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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The last of the week’s big new issues hit the screens on Thursday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
Just in time for its $1.4 billion bond sale, California received a holiday present from Moody’s.
By Chip BarnettOctober 15 -
Rampant issuance continues with $12.4 billion, heavy on taxable deals. Meanwhile, the end of this volatile week had the secondary getting whacked with AAA benchmarks showing big cuts.
October 11 -
Issuers from New York, Florida and Nebraska offered buyers notes, bonds and taxable deals.
By Chip BarnettOctober 10 -
A large calendar this week should spark high demand, market participants say.
By Chip BarnettOctober 8 -
Muni yields were mixed as weak economic data pressured Treasuries and stock prices.
By Chip BarnettOctober 1 -
Most of this week’s municipal bond deals were well received, according to Peter Delahunt of Raymond James.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 26 -
Vice President, Manager of Municipal Underwriting, Fidelity Capital Markets
September 23 -
Head of Municipal Credit Research, Whitehaven Asset Management
September 23 -
The primary market was somewhat stagnant after the FOMC but things should revert back how they were before — with most deals getting put away quickly.
September 20