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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Municipal bond supply takes a leap forward next week as Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s $1.31 billion deal headlines the new issue calendar.
By Chip BarnettOctober 26 -
Municipals remained stronger as Montgomery County, Maryland, came to market with a triple-A-rated sale.
By Chip BarnettOctober 24 -
Montgomery County, Md., came to market on Wednesday with a triple-A-rated general obligation bond offering.
By Chip BarnettOctober 24 -
Volatility in the equity market spurred a flight to quality.
By Chip BarnettOctober 23 -
Municipals were stronger at mid-session as new supply started to trickle into the market.
By Chip BarnettOctober 23 -
Puerto Rico bonds gained in a mixed muni market as a revised fiscal plan projected a bigger surplus.
By Chip BarnettOctober 22 -
Weekly bond volume is forecast to fall to $5.9 billion from $10.3 billion in the prior week.
By Chip BarnettOctober 19 -
California competitively sold nearly $900 million of bonds while the Salt Lake City airport deal was priced in the negotiated sector.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
The New York City issuer led Tuesday's new issue supply surge as municipals traded mixed.
By Chip BarnettOctober 16 -
Deals from issuers in New York, Illinois, Tennessee and Minnesota hit the market on Tuesday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 16