Gary Siegel is a journalist with more than 35 years of experience. He started his professional career at the Long Island Journal newspapers based in Long Beach, N.Y., working his way up from reporter to Assistant Managing Editor. Siegel also worked for Prentice-Hall in Paramus, N.J., covering human resources issues. Siegel has been at The Bond Buyer since 1989, currently covering economic indicators and the Federal Reserve system.
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Market participants welcomed the municipal-related provisions in the reconciliation bill but are hesitant to start making bets on its passage.
By Lynne FunkSeptember 13 -
A larger new-issue calendar greets investors with a lot of cash on hand and strategists expect municipal yields to rise as the calendar builds.
By Lynne FunkSeptember 10 -
Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.1 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds, with high-yield falling to $144 million. Even with the lower reported inflows, funds still raked in record billions so far in 2021.
By Lynne FunkSeptember 9 -
Kristen Fontana was nominated for her ability to collaborate with bankers, underwriters, salespeople and traders, and a wide-ranging perspective allowing for the crossover of ideas and innovative credit strategies.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 9 -
A love of transportation melded with a summer internship, allowing Christopher Elmore to find a career path.
By Gary SiegelSeptember 9 -
Supply clocks in at $5.987 billion for the holiday-shortened week. Municipal new-issue volume is still lagging demand with Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply at $10.30 billion, while Bloomberg shows net negative supply at $11.430 billion.
September 3 -
Refinitiv Lipper reported just over $1 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds, an $800 million drop from a week prior, moving the four week moving average to $1.6 billion.
By Lynne FunkSeptember 2 -
ICI reported $1.99 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds, bringing the total to $69 billion for 2021.
By Lynne FunkSeptember 1 -
Daily bid-wanteds totals per Bloomberg have fallen to an average par value below $450 million from $640 million per day during the first quarter and $549 million in the second.
By Lynne FunkAugust 31 -
Returns of negative 0.40% would be the third-worst August performance of the past 10 years, according to Bloomberg data.
By Lynne FunkAugust 30