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Mom and Pop Buying Fewer Muni Bonds Directly as ETFs Heat Up BNN Bloomberg

Mom and Pop Buying Fewer Muni Bonds Directly as ETFs Heat Up

“When individual investors were the drivers of the market, every investor is different and you…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 23, 2022

Munis sell off double-digits following UST rout Bond Buyer

Munis sell off double-digits following UST rout

Because munis underperformed corporates last week, some taxable investment-grade investors may have a limited window…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 22, 2022

Sales tax backing shields Chicago transit deal from ridership woes Bond Buyer

Sales tax backing shields Chicago transit deal from ridership woes

“If recent crime headlines cause the new CTA bonds to come cheaper, long-term investors should…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 22, 2022

Airbus to buy carbon credits from Occidental’s low-carbon unit S&P Global

Airbus to buy carbon credits from Occidental’s low-carbon unit

The project's timing coincides with the deployment of federal infrastructure spending on climate change, credit…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 21, 2022

AMC’s Reach for a Pot of Gold Is Bad News for Its Bonds MarketWatch

AMC’s Reach for a Pot of Gold Is Bad News for Its Bonds

AMC Entertainment Holding’ “bizarre”—in the words of one analyst—plan to acquire a large stake in precious-metals…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 16, 2022

Puerto Rico Is Out of Bankruptcy After a $22 Billion Debt Exchange BNN Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Is Out of Bankruptcy After a $22 Billion Debt Exchange

For the municipal-bond market, Puerto Rico’s debt exchange means there will now be billions of…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 15, 2022

Michigan universities’ century bond deals offer risk needle for the market Bond Buyer

Michigan universities’ century bond deals offer risk needle for the market

Recent university century bond deals will serve as a bellwether check going forward to gauge…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 14, 2022

Led by UST, municipals sell off, moving yields to highest since March 2020 Bond Buyer

Led by UST, municipals sell off, moving yields to highest since March 2020

Last week was a busy trading week. The total amount of par value traded was…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 14, 2022

Interest rates, inflation could crimp utilities’ spending plans S&P Global

Interest rates, inflation could crimp utilities’ spending plans

Bond analysts at CreditSights also noted regulators may not be as willing to approve "record level capex…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 11, 2022