Sara has over 10 years experience specializing in fixed income market. She takes a great interest in learning about the business, and this is what motivates her to give the best of herself every day with the ever changing market. As a team player, she helps within the organization in to improve our functions for customers, and focuses on finding IT solutions that relate to trading securities. Satisfaction and efficiency are her goals to the everyday office procedures.
From Venezuela, Sara started her internship at the DRL Group in 2009 while in her senior year of high school. She graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in Finance and Business Administration. Currently, Sara holds a trader position executing transactions both on the bid and offered side of the market. She also manages the multiple electronic trading platforms, along with the proprietary programs, owned and operated by the DRL Group.
Articles by Sara
MUNI Market Insights: Where Do We Go from Here?
One of the questions for the Webinar is: “FED Funds rates are down 100 bps; however, MUNI paper is up ~100 bps since that move - why?” This is a difficult question, as there is no single answer. One would think that with the Fed Funds rates down, borrowing costs...
CPI Sparks Inflation Fears and Shifts Rate Cut Expectations – FED Debate Heats Up Amid Market Volatility
CPI is the hot topic on 2/12. The danger is that an elevated inflation reading and the news headlines it produces will add to inflation expectations. As we have mentioned in the past two weeks, inflation has already been ticking up amid all the discussions of tariffs....
Jobs, Yields, and MUNI Issuance: A Look at Key Market Drivers
We saw that Jobless claims picked up today and are still near pre-COVID levels. Applications for US unemployment benefits increased by 11K to 219K, which was reported today, 2/6/2025. Continuing claims rose to 1.89MM in the week ended 1/25/25, and the average of new...