BAM Mutual

09/04/2026

BAM insured $440M of new-issue this week, part of a heavy, $16B calendar that defied the typical late-summer slowdown in primary market volume. Highlights included $200M for student housing at the University of South Florida and $105M for the Howard County Jail Building Authority in Indiana.

08/28/2026

More than $14B of new issue were placed with investors this week, demonstrating the market's stable appetite for tax-exempts even as the broader fixed-income markets were focused on the evolving outlook for inflation and Fed policy.

08/21/2026

BAM insured $40 million of new-issue for the County Toll Road Authority, serving Houston's fast-growing Northwest suburbs. In our latest video, Greg Pacifico takes a closer look at the credit and why BAM insured the debt.

08/21/2026

BAM insured more than $590M of new-issue this week, led by large deals for K-12 schools and community colleges in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and California. Tax-exempt yields lost ground to Treasuries, even as the broader fixed-income markets dealt with volatility and uncertainty on longer maturities.

08/14/2026

Investors are taking a new look at for Iowa school districts after the state legislature adopted new rules for how they use revenues from the state's sales, services, and use tax.

BAM's Audrey Lu took a closer look at what's changing, and how that impacted BAM's decision to insure $32 million of bonds for the Bettendorf Community School District.

08/14/2026

Buyers showed up for another solid week of new-issue sales, after benign inflation news supported the gains that followed the weaker-than-expected July jobs report. BAM wrapped more than $350 million of new issues, led by $101 million for the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District in Mississippi.

08/07/2026

Solid mutual fund cash flows continued to support a strong calendar of new-issue this week: $18B was sold to investors, including three more $100M+ BAM-insured transactions for the Polk County Public Schools (FL), Cranston Public Schools (RI), and the City of Temple, Texas - City Government.

07/31/2026

A heavy slate of economic indicators and FOMC reactions knocked news out of the headlines this week ... but the pendulum is likely to swing back sharply starting Monday: More than $17B of new issues are teed up on next week's calendar.

07/30/2026

Today, we’re proud to celebrate National Intern Day and recognize the contributions of our Summer Interns.
We’re especially proud to have welcomed Amy Truque through the Futures and Options in Public Finance Program, which helps introduce talented students to careers in municipal finance. We’re honored to support the next generation of public finance professionals.
Thank you to our interns, mentors, and colleagues for making this summer a success. We wish our 2026 Summer Intern class continued success and look forward to seeing all they’ll accomplish!

07/30/2026

New data tools are providing a never-before-seen look at the state of infrastructure owned by cities nationwide ... with potentially major implications for future borrowing needs and credit quality.

In the latest episode of The Muni CreditCast from BAM Mutual, veteran municipal analyst Richard Ciccarone joins BAM's Suzanne Finnegan and Mike Stanton to discuss the new Infrastructure & Capital Assets Burden tool he built as part of the Investortools CreditScope platform -- with specific tips on how the information can be used by both muni bond investors and issuers.

Check it out at the BAM website, or wherever you get your podcasts!

New data tools are providing a never-before-seen look at the state of infrastructure owned by cities nationwide … with potentially major implications for future borrowing needs and credit quality. In the latest episode of The Muni CreditCast, veteran municipal analyst Richard Ciccarone joins BAM.....