In the Muni-Bond Bazaar, Quotes Are Invitation to Negotiate
01/26/2022 Bloomberg
In the $4 trillion municipal-bond bazaar, it would be unwise to pay the quoted offer price. Quoted prices for municipal bond offerings are on average 15 basis points higher than when a dealer subsequently buys them, according to a BondWave analysis of more than 400,000 municipal bonds that were offered on an electronic platform and then traded. open website
Examining Muni Bond Quote Quality – BondWave
01/21/2022 Corporate Bond Friday Newsletter
In an earlier companion article, we examined the quality of corporate bond quotes. In this piece, we will extend the analysis to examine the quality of municipal bond quotes. The decision to separate corporate bond quote analysis from municipal bond quote analysis was driven by large differences in amounts and concentrations of data between the two markets. open website