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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Investor demand for New York City bonds allowed underwriters to move the sale up by a day.
By Chip BarnettJuly 23 -
Investors are also facing the imbalance of summer reinvestment season and the typical mid-year volume deceleration in July and August.
By Chip BarnettJuly 18 -
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.
July 12 -
The education sector dominated the municipal bond market on Thursday as several big deals hit the screens.
By Chip BarnettJuly 11 -
Municipal managers and analysts say the new quarter will see less volatility and more opportunity for value and upside potential.
July 3 -
Buyers of short-term municipal paper were treated to over $1.5 billion of notes from a big California issuer on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettJune 26 -
Municipal deals flowed into the market on Tuesday, led by offerings from New York City, Ohio and Illinois issuers.
By Chip BarnettJune 25 -
The Federal Open Market Committee is meeting this week and the muni market is looking for rate cut signals.
By Chip BarnettJune 17 -
The supply-demand imbalance, a long-term volume horoscope and valuing climate change were among the topics debated at The Bond Buyer's Midwest Conference.
By Chip BarnettJune 13 -
The first of the week’s new-issue slate sold on Tuesday, led by deals from issuers in California, New York and Ohio.
By Chip BarnettJune 11