Municipal Bond News

• Ohio Valley University, a private Christian college in West Virginia, didn’t make certain bond payments due this month, according to a regulatory filing on Sept.

Some Treasury Strategists Tactically Bearish: Research Roundup

2019-09-09 14:49:43.464 GMT
By Elizabeth Stanton

• As indicated, MUNI bond sales will surge in September and will exceed the amount that investors will receive from maturing debt and interest payments by 1.7B.
• Chicago will have a budget deficit of well over 700MM. The city continues to track to financial stability. A wave of cash continues to hit retail along with refinancing, bonds calls, and private equity being cashed out.

• A wave of cash continues to hit retail resulting from; refinancing, bond calls, and private equity cashed out. The amount of money on the books is substantial for all Broker/Dealers.
• Three FED reserve policymakers voiced their resistance to the notion that the U.S.

Muni Niche Sees Best Gain Since 2015 on Global Hunt for Yields
2019-08-23 17:29:59.0 GMT
By Danielle Moran

(Bloomberg) -- Investors fleeing negative yields overseas are helping push taxable municipal bonds to the biggest monthly gain in almost five years. 

• Fund flows into Muni funds continue to be healthy and could be the largest on record for 2019, and funds will need to buy paper.
• Powell is expected to seek another rate cut at the next meeting; many are betting it will be 50bbps.  Retail sales are up; however, overall economic issues still plague the country, starting with the trade issues.  Right now, the market is p

Bonds Rally and Stocks Drop as Trade, Fed Mulled: Markets Wrap
2019-08-20 13:59:51.696 GMT

By Rita Nazareth and Laura Curtis

(Bloomberg) -- Treasuries climbed and stocks fell as investors assessed the latest news on trade negotiations and awaited more clues on monetary policy.

• As you know, I have been discussing recession since January; there was a published report this morning that the likelihood of a recession next year has now risen to 35%, as global trade tensions rise.  Growth in the world’s biggest economy will avert 2.30% this year down from 2.50%.

• Traders of Fed Fund futures boosted the amount of easing they expect from the U.S. central bank this year, particularly after Trump abruptly escalated the trade war with China last week. We've indicated for the past several months that the trade war will drive the markets, and this is very true. We just went through a good earnings season.

• Texas A&M sold 430MM in taxable municipals last week while targeting potential buyers in Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore.  The overall thought process was that Taxable MUNI's are the perfect investment vehicle for overseas investors.  The deal was done in a matter of hours and was 3x oversubscribed. 
• CBE’s (Chicago board of education) will sell 432M of