Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 05/01/2017: Houston Independent School District - Limited Tax Bonds (Schoolhouse and Refunding Bonds) – $838 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Texas. The Houston Independent School...
Month: April 2017
Green Bonds – Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability Continue to Gain Traction
Investors Looking to Do Good Would Do Well to Consider Green Bonds Green bonds are simply a debt instrument wherein capital is raised to invest in an environmentally beneficial project. They are increasing in popularity; the Wall Street Journal is even starting to pay...
Housing Values Reverse Course – Cities Mix of Winners and Losers
Richard Ciccarone presents data and notes on trends in housing values Owner occupied housing values benefited from an uptick in 2015, bucking the trend of four years of successive declines nationally. By no means ubiquitous, some...
Atlanta Revenue Bonds (Water & Wastewater Refunding) $227 Million
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/24/2017: City of Atlanta Revenue Bonds (Water & Wastewater Refunding) – $227 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Georgia. The City of Atlanta is issuing water and wastewater revenue bonds in...
The Vote is in for Chicago Growth at Conference on Fiscal Future
Experts and Business Leaders Believe Engines of City's Fiscal Ship Powerful Enough to Steam Ahead, Despite Headwinds The Civic Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted an event, 'Chicago’s Fiscal Future: Growth or Insolvency?' on Wednesday at...
Miami-Dade County School District – General Obligation School Bonds $250 Million
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/17/2017: School District of Miami-Dade County General Obligation School Bonds – $250 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Florida. The School District of Miami-Dade County is issuing general...
City Pension Plans Take a Surprise Upturn in 2015 – Is Improvement a One-Off?
New Data Show City Pension Plans' Funding Ratios Improve, While Largest State and Local Pension Systems Assets Flat in 4th Quarter 2016 by Richard Ciccarone and Jeffrey L Garceau City pension plans improved their funding ratios in 2015, reaching the highest funding...
Carbon Taxes and Cap and Trade – State Policy Options
The Debate Over a Carbon Taxes, Cap and Trade, or Doing Nothing Matters to Environmentalists, but also State Budgets State governments have a lot of power to go beyond Federal requirements in setting environmental standards. Taxing power is also extensive, and...
California General Obligation Bonds Competitive Issue – $656 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/10/2017: State of California General Obligation Bonds (Refunding) – $636 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of California. California is issuing general obligation bonds in the amount of $656...
Stanford University Offers $500 Million Bond Issue | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/03/2017: Stanford University Taxable Bond Series – $500 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of California. Stanford University is issuing taxable bonds in the amount of $500 Million the week of April...