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In yet another sign that the debt markets are becoming overrun with new investors, Japanese buyers have begun grabbing more U.S. debt-both corporate and government-in the past month than at [...]

The combination of historically low interest rates and tighter underwriting standards on senior loans has made mezzanine debt highly attractive to borrowers. But with lenders tripping over each other to [...]

FIRST QUARTER 2002 (The designations at the end of the category title 'US debt & equity offerings (E1)' for example refer readers to standard sessions on SDC platinum that will [...]

Funds that invest in bonds and other fixed-income securities (249 funds holding $32.8 billion in assets): 3-YEAR ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURN TOP 10 Great-West Life Income (M) A 7.16 London Life [...]

RMA's purchase of Equifax's A/R unit a year ago, and NCO Portfolio Management's absorbing former kingpin Creditrust, ensure the top debt buyer ranks get a new look. Economic pressures that [...]

Echoing Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan's warning this week of a possible credit crunch, the central bank reported Wednesday that lending standards had tightened in seven of its 12 [...]

Credit Ratings Four central and east European countries are under review for a possible upgrade from Moody's. Russia, Hungary Slovenia and Turkey have been carrying out legal reforms and have [...]

The Bond Market Association last week reported a 34.7% first-quarter drop in total U.S. bond market issuance, a decline it attributed in part to rising interest rates and expected tightenings [...]

The list of bonds used to calculate the Municipal Bond Index was revised after the June 15 pricing. The new coefficient is 0.9638. It was derived by dividing today's index [...]

Dollar amounts are in millions Day's 2000 2000 Daily Yesterday Change High Date Low Date Municipal Bond Index 94-30 unch 95-31 (4/7) 91-04 (1/20) 40 Average Dollar Price 95.90 -0.02 [...]

Municipals enjoyed ongoing demand for a light supply of bonds yesterday and outperformed ailing Treasuries while underwriters set strong prices on high-grade new issues in the primary market. The government [...]

Municipals tracked a narrow price range in light trading yesterday, biding time ahead of new issues and economic data that are expected to set the market's tone over the near-term. [...]

Municipals remained unchanged in moderate trading Friday as traders wound down activity, content with a week that saw yields fall approximately seven basis points on the short end and 12 [...]

ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT($000s) TIME OF SALE FINANCIAL ADVISER LEGAL OPINION MATURING INSURER MDY'S S&P FITCH BANK-QUAL. LATEST DETAILS Friday, June 9 East Bloomfield CSD NY Bond Antic 405 10 [...]

Dollar amounts are in millions Day's 2000 2000 Daily Yesterday Change High Date Low Date Municipal Bond Index 94-14 +13/32 95-31 (4/7) 91-04 (1/20) 40 Average Dollar Price 95.40 +0.41 [...]

June 7, 2000 June 6, 2000 June 9, 1999 Selected MIG-1/SP-1+ Notes California Rans 4s (June 00) 4.25 4.75 3.40 Los Angeles Co Trans 4s (June 00) 4.25 4.75 3.40 [...]

An analysis of secondary market trading activity reported in the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's daily transaction reports shows that while the same interest rate plunge that allowed new-issue activity to [...]

April's thaw in this year's new-issuance freeze was short-lived. New-issue volume for May was $13.7 billion, down 10.5% from the $15.3 billion sold in April, and 21.6% below the market's [...]

Municipals gained 1/4 to 1/2 of a point yesterday depending upon the maturity, inspired by a Treasury market rally that also prompted underwriters to raise prices on a majority of [...]

Yesterday's light municipal market activity ended with the cash market quoted about 1/8 to 1/4 of a point higher ahead of today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The rise was [...]

Municipal prices were mixed along the yield curve with a lingering weak tone yesterday, as market participants braced for today's producer price index report, with Tuesday's Federal Open Market Committee [...]

Current Tax-exempt Bond Offerings Issue Coupon rate Maturity Yield Colorado Wtr Resources Pwt Dev 4.85 09-01-01 4.60 Denver City & Cnty Sch Dist 5.10 12-01-07 5.10 Eagle, Garfield & Routt [...]

Municipals gapped down 1/2 point yesterday as the market finally gave way after the bid weakened in recent sessions while underwriters turned in mixed results in the primary for the [...]

Municipal prices were scattered lower yesterday, dropping 1/4 to 1/2 of a point, while underwriters turned in mixed results in the primary where $409 million New Jersey general obligation bonds [...]

The ongoing shortage of high-yield bonds in the primary market continues to force investors to give even the smallest, and most risky, deals a second glance. Year to date, there [...]

Inflationary red lights from yesterday morning's data and a devil-may-care soaring Nasdaq stock index gave bonds considerable reason to fall yesterday. But for municipals, falling prices weren't the only trouble, [...]

Underwriters lowered select yields on yesterday's biggest new issues, but the bid for bonds in the secondary remained weak as the market lacked underlying investor support. Municipals were quoted mixed [...]

The fourth column of a chart on markups that appeared with an article on the global yield-burning settlement yesterday should have been labeled 'Profits' rather than 'Dollar Value of Excess.' [...]

(,000 Omitted) *Since initial reoffering Revised upward since last report Amount Date NEW OFFERINGS Sold Balance $88,000 4/6 Fairfax Co., Va. $40,540 $47,450 20,000 4/6 Richland Co. Sch. Dist. #1, [...]

NRO - Not Reoffered; S.B. - Sealed Bid; SNA - Sold, Not Available Offer AmountDate ($Mil) NEW OFFERINGS 1 Year 5 10 15 20 25 30 4/6 88.0 Fairfax Co., [...]

Average Municipal Bond Yields -- Compiled Weekly 20-Bond 11-Bond 25-Bond 10-Year 30-Year GO Index1 GO Index1 Revenue2 Treasury3 Treasury3 2000 APR 7 5.69 5.63 5.98 5.92 5.79 MAR 31 5.74 [...]

Apr 6, 2000 Apr 5, 2000 Apr 8, 1999 Selected MIG-1/SP-1+ Notes California Rans 4s (June 00) 3.60 3.50 2.95 Los Angeles Co Trans 4s (June 00) 3.60 3.50 3.00 [...]

Dollar amounts are in millions Day's 2000 2000 Daily Yesterday Change High Date Low Date Municipal Bond Index 95-26 +4/32 95-26 (4/6) 91-04 (1/20) 40 Average Dollar Price 97.78 +0.10 [...]

A dramatic decline in tax-exempt bond issuance led to the worst month for the municipal primary market in five years. Thirty-one refunding deals worth $427.3 million were sold in January, [...]

Tentative dates for negotiated sales of $5 million or more. raf=rating applied for; NR=Not Rated ---- ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT ($000s) LEAD MANAGER INSURER MDY'S S&P FITCH FIRST APPEARED Week [...]

As corporate bond spreads once again were carried wider by the swap market last week, U.S. fixed-income pros were forced to acknowledge a fundamental power shift: Foreign buyers are now [...]

Aaa Aaa (pure) (ins) Aa A Baa 2001 4.15 4.23 4.22 4.30 4.60 2005 4.82 4.93 4.91 5.05 5.38 2010 5.04 5.15 5.14 5.28 5.65 2015 5.37 5.50 5.47 5.64 [...]

Dollar amounts are in millions Day's 2000 2000 Daily Yesterday Change High Date Low Date Municipal Bond Index 93-24 +4/32 93-24 (3/15) 91-04 (1/20) 40 Average Dollar Price 95.74 +0.13 [...]

Investors bought new issues at aggressive prices again yesterday, while the secondary market ground 1/8 to 1/4 of a point higher amid an acute shortage of supply. A firmer U.S. [...]

Despite two disappointing months in the primary market, Wall Street public finance bankers are not taking a new forecast of sharply lower new-issue volume for the year too seriously -- [...]

MONDAY, March 6 The Treasury pays down $42 million at its regular auction of 91- and 182-day bill by selling $17 billion to replace $17.042 billion of maturing securities. TUESDAY, [...]

1999 1998 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg FULL YEAR $3,600,800 143 $4,904,400 171 -26.6 % First Quarter 1,143,700 51 1,853,300 42 -38.3 Second [...]

1999 1998 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg TOTAL $5,641,500 206 $6,022,300 247 -6.3 % First Quarter 1,623,400 39 1,404,900 57 +15.6 Second Quarter [...]

1999 1998 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg TOTAL $586,500 45 $1,083,000 53 -45.8 % First Quarter 134,900 14 374,600 20 -64.0 Second Quarter [...]

1999 1998 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg TOTAL $2,844,700 199 $2,928,000 311 -2.8 % First Quarter 776,200 48 805,500 84 -3.6 Second Quarter [...]

1999 1998 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg TOTAL $4,290,700 164 $5,728,700 213 -25.1 % First Quarter 883,300 34 1,833,800 50 -51.8 Second Quarter [...]