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 market got what it expected and can now shift attention to the week's remaining deals after Fed policy makers cut interest rates by a quarter point.
September 18 -
Middle East unrest, oil price volatility and a Fed policy meeting all combine to weigh on this week’s $10B new-issue calendar.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 16 -
Municipal traders and managers said the tax-exempt market’s early strength translated into weakness before the end of trading — due to taxable and overseas influences.
September 12 -
With supply looking up, traders and analysts expect new issues to be well absorbed even if Treasuries correct futher.
September 6 -
The Chicago Public Schools also came to market with a $349 million GO deal.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 5 -
California's $2.4 billion GO deal was priced for retail investors on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 4 -
A pre-marketing scale was released on California's $2.3 billion GO deal.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 3 -
The market will see $7.6 billion of bonds plus a $1 billion note sale coming up in a holiday-shortened week.
By Chip BarnettAugust 30 -
Close proximity and presence in small states allows Josh Larson to "kick the tires" when analyzing new and existing credits
August 29 -
The last full trading week ahead of the Labor Day holiday will see a variety of credits come to market.
By Chip BarnettAugust 23