Blue Rose Advisors Blog

Generally, in a positively sloped yield curve environment, issuers benefit from investing the bond proceeds in their project funds by purchasing investments with a longer duration that offer a higher yield when compared with money market funds or other short duration instruments

Rather than investing the entire reserve fund in a single longer-term security, clients are choosing to purchase a laddered portfolio of securities, scheduled to mature over several years. As each security matures, it can be rolled over and reinvested at then prevailing interest rates

By design, the yields on State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities are slightly lower than the yields on open market securities (OMS)

The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) held a conference this month where a panel entitled “Tax Hot Topics” inspired a discussion on taxable advance refundings

Given the elimination of tax-exempt advance refundings as a result of the 2017 tax reform act and the precipitous decline in interest rates over the past few months, many borrowers are finding that a taxable advance refunding achieves their savings goals and may even be preferable by potentially eliminating tax compliance concerns

While there has since been some speculation that the White House will continue its support of the agreement, it would offer a solution for spending considerations

The shape of the yield curve in the current market continues to remain relatively flat, with minimal differences between short-term rates and long-term rates compared to historical levels

We recently completed a reinvest transaction for a Blue Rose client who had a rather short-dated project fund, with a final draw date approximately seven months after the settlement of the bonds

Every month, U.S. Treasury securities are auctioned to determine their appropriate yield

To create room for ongoing funding of government operations, the U.S. Treasury typically takes so called “extraordinary measures” to create room for debt under the debt ceiling. Included in these measures is suspending the sale of State and Local Government Securities (SLGS)