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 bonds turned mixed on Monday as two New York issuers offered deals to retail buyers.
October 15 -
Deals from two New York issuers were offered to retail buyers on Monday as a supply-heavy week began.
By Chip BarnettOctober 15 -
New municipal bond issues were well received on Thursday as market tone improved.
By Chip BarnettOctober 11 -
Municipal CUSIP requests declined after a record surge in August, suggesting a possible issuance slowdown.
By Chip BarnettOctober 10 -
Municipal bond yields continued their march higher on Wednesday as the primary sector saw a few new deals come to market.
By Chip BarnettOctober 10 -
Rising interest rates have created a lot of early October red ink in the bond markets, says J.R. Rieger.
By Chip BarnettOctober 9 -
With municipal yields rising more than they have in years, investors see a rare opportunity for fourth-quarter tax swaps.
October 9 -
After seeing yields rise in recent days to close out the week, the muni market will see under $5 billion in the upcoming holiday-shortened week.
October 5 -
Municipal bond supply drops off sharply next week with $4.4 billion of volume estimated to hit the screens.
By Chip BarnettOctober 5 -
The two Midwest firms combined to expand their fixed-income capabilities amid rising rates.
October 4