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 municipal bond market and its participants are ready for what they are hoping is a busier and better week than the last.
January 14 -
After a lackluster week, the muni market is hoping to get back on track.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 11 -
Municipals were mostly stronger Friday ahead of next week’s $6.4 billion new issue calendar.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 11 -
Bond buyers gave the $1.65 billion San Francisco airport deal a mixed reception on Thursday as municipal bonds were mostly stronger.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 10 -
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority was able to increase the size of its deal by half.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 9 -
Strategists sang the praises of munis Tuesday as New York and Massachusetts led a pack of new issues into the market.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 8 -
The holidays are over and the muni bond market gets set to go back to work.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
Municipals were slightly weaker Friday in sympathy with Treasuries following a robust jobs report.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
Investor worries about volatility in the stock market helped keep alive the muni rally on Thursday.
January 3 -
Analysts say lessons from the events of 2018 can forecast what lies ahead in 2019.
January 2