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A $106 million public works commission bond deal from Fayetteville, N.C., will top Tuesday's primary calendar after a $5.4 billion short-term Texas deal.
By Kate SmithAugust 26 -
Traders will be forced outside of their comfort zone this week and next as yield and supply become more sparse. Spread compression has created cheap borrowing environments for obligors like Robert Woods Johnson of New Jersey.
By Kate SmithAugust 25 -
In a market starved for supply, yields have tightened to the point where sector differentiation has all but disappeared, leaving investors with risky investments and no reward.
By Kate SmithAugust 22 -
The market priced Friday morning's Washington Health Care Facility's Authority deal in line with a general obligation deal despite it being a hospital revenue deal. The market's tight supply has all but eliminated sector-differentiated spreads.
By Kate SmithAugust 22 -
The week's primary market will end just as it began: sleepy and hungry for yield.
By Kate SmithAugust 22 -
The Bond Buyer Indexes strengthened for the week ending Aug. 21.
By Kate SmithAugust 21 -
Despite intense popularity for the short end of San Diego's Transportation deal, the Municipal Market Data triple-A 5% scale remains unscathed, with just strengthening in the long end.
By Kate SmithAugust 21 -
Eager to hedge themselves against rising rates traders fought aggressively for San Diego's Regional Transportation Commission deal on Thursday morning to push rates as much as 17 basis points tighter than the Municipal Market Data triple-A 5% scale.
By Kate SmithAugust 21 -
The Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant continuing care retirement community (CCRC) project will give traders a chance to catch yield this week, if buyers are able to overlook the sector's sordid past.
By Kate SmithAugust 21 -
Todays FOMC minutes indicated interest rate may be rising sooner than anticipated, favoring traders who have protected themselves by investing in floating rate debt, like todays Kansas Department of Transportation deal.
By Kate SmithAugust 20