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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February municipal bond activity compared to last month is brisk yet more finicky in the face of an ongoing supply shortage, according to Jeff Lipton, head of municipal credit and market strategy and municipal capital markets at Oppenheimer & Co.
February 13 -
Healthy coffers, revenue growth, and strong market technicals led to declining need for short-term borrowing among municipalities last year.
February 13 -
Although there is some volatility in the municipal market, the landscape is in good shape, according to Cooper Howard, fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab.
February 8 -
Jim Link joins the asset management firm as head of institutional Outsourced Chief Investment Officer division.
February 6 -
Total volume for the month was $21.931 billion in 417 issues versus $26.292 billion in 770 issues a year earlier, according to Refinitiv data.
January 31 -
Investors will likely sit on the sidelines until after this week's Federal Reserve Board rate announcement.
January 30 -
On the buy side, lower interest rates and an extreme imbalance between supply and demand is supporting the municipal market's positive tone, according to JB Golden, executive director and portfolio manager at Advisors Asset Management.
January 26 -
After "carnage" in 2022, a munis should see a "positive environment" this year, according to analysts.
January 25 -
Three municipal veterans will add to Ramirez' public finance operations in New York and Texas.
January 25 -
The primary "pumped new life into an already-firm market with a lower yield range being established," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of municipal bond trading at FHN Financial.
January 19