Lynne Funk is Executive Editor at The Bond Buyer. She leads markets coverage, is The Bond Buyer's Arizent Research Team liaison and contributes to Bond Buyer Conferences, Leaders and podcasts. Lynne previously worked on policy and markets at Municipal Market Analytics and in the Policy and Public Advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
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Triple-A benchmarks saw one basis point cuts in spots inside 10 years while the five-year U.S. Treasury hit a high of 1.154%.
By Lynne FunkOctober 18 -
Friday’s data suggested inflation remains a problem, as the voices calling for Federal Reserve action increase.
By Lynne FunkOctober 15 -
Municipals have mostly held steady as bid-wanteds have risen, but so have yields and ratios, making for a more satisfactory range for investors getting into the market at these new higher levels.
By Lynne FunkOctober 14 -
Another round of inflows was reported from the Investment Company Institute — the 31st consecutive week — but they came in at $308 million for the week ending Oct. 6, the lowest since outflows in March.
By Lynne FunkOctober 13 -
The firm added Lynn Martin, president of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., and Joe Geraci, partner at Old Orchard Capital and former Citi executive.
By Lynne FunkOctober 13 -
Volatility in the U.S. Treasury market continues to pull on municipal bond valuations, despite little trading volume.
By Lynne FunkOctober 12 -
Amendments would make it "impossible" to enact the Plan of Adjustment because the cost would be too high.
By Lynne FunkOctober 8 -
Municipals outperformed the move in taxables Friday but weakness hangs over the market as fund flows lessen and supply increases. Taxable munis may be keeping exempt rates from moving higher.
By Lynne FunkOctober 8 -
For 31 consecutive weeks investors put cash into municipal bond mutual funds but saw just $36.87 million of inflows in the latest reporting period while high-yield funds saw $460 million of outflows after $103 million of outflows a week prior.
By Lynne FunkOctober 7 -
ICI reported $704 million of inflows, a $1.1 billion drop from the week prior, bringing the total to $76 billion year to date.
By Lynne FunkOctober 6