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"Investors' jitters in the lead up to next week's Fed meeting resulted in some large macro market moves and a rise in volatility," noted BofA Securities strategists in a weekly report.
April 28 -
Outflows from municipal bond mutual funds receded as Refinitiv Lipper reported $92.055 million was pulled from them as of Wednesday after $2.876 billion of outflows the week prior.
April 27 -
The Investment Company Institute reported investors pulled $377 million from to mutual funds in the week ending April 12, after $229 million of inflows the previous week.
April 26 -
One underwriter called it a "violent inversion," given that the short end of the municipal and Treasury yield curves were so dislocated.
April 25 -
The "weakness in the secondary market will carry over into this week, which may lead to higher yields and wider spreads in the primary market," said CreditSights strategists Pat Luby and Sam Berzok.
April 24 -
Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $7.208 billion, led by $1.3 billion of GOs from bellwether Washington.
April 21 -
Even though yields have moved to higher ground, some participants say that even cheaper levels are needed to bring about more retail conviction. Muni-to-UST ratios are still rich.
April 20 -
The Investment Company Institute reported investors added $229 million to mutual funds in the week ending April 12, after $83 million of outflows the previous week.
April 19 -
Municipal outperformance to UST ended Tuesday as triple-A yields rose 12 to 20 basis points as several new issues began pricing.
April 18 -
Muni yields were cut four to eight basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose seven to nine basis points. Muni outperformance and rich ratios continue.
April 17