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 were stronger on Wednesday as bond buyers saw big deals come from New York and California issuers.
June 27 -
Municipal bonds were stronger Wednesday as bond deals from New York and California were coming to market.
By Chip BarnettJune 27 -
Municipal bonds were little changed Tuesday as a continuation of the June-July reinvestment season made for brisk demand.
By Chip BarnettJune 26 -
Municipal bonds were little changed on Monday as supply concerns prompted Bank of America Merrill Lynch to cut its 2018 forecast to $365 billion of issuance.
By Chip BarnettJune 25 -
Municipal buyers expect the city of Los Angeles to hit the market running as it plans to competitively sell almost $1.9 billion of notes and bonds.
By Chip BarnettJune 22 -
Municipal bonds held onto gains as buyers saw two big deals come to market on Thursday.
June 21 -
Municipal bond buyers were seeing the last of the week’s big sales come to market as munis were stronger in quiet secondary activity on Thursday.
June 21 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Tuesday as California’s $1.7 billion tobacco bond deal received $15 billion in orders.
June 20 -
Municipal bonds were ending stronger on Tuesday as several large, high-grade deals led by Georgia and Denver swept into the market.
By Chip BarnettJune 19 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Tuesday as several large deals swept into the market.
By Chip BarnettJune 19