Amy Resnick

Recent Articles

• Bond Bits: The Big Board
• Apr 1, 2005
• The more information, the better. At least that is the thinking behind the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's launch of a system requiring that price information for all muni bond trades be available for the market within 15 minutes of a trade.

• Amy Resnick's Bond Bits: Foul Winds and Foresight
• Feb 1, 2005
• In response to a dozen insurance failures following the 1992 Hurricane Andrew disaster, Florida in 2002 created the Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

• SLGS Slugged
• Dec 1, 2004
• State and local governments bent on refinancing old debt had a new, if not unknown, hurdle to overcome this fall: no SLGS.

• Amy Resnick's Bond Bits: A Point of Interest
• Aug 1, 2004
• States and localities have increasingly used forms of variable-rate debt in their issuance, but now, as interest rates rise, that could land them in trouble.

• Amy Resnick's Bondbits: Parking a Promise
• Jun 1, 2004
• After six years and countless lawsuits and countersuits, the city of Spokane is finally paving the way toward paying off the bonds sold by a local foundation whose failure to pay them resulted in multiple credit downgrades.

• Amy Resnick's Bondbits: Bonanza Ban
• Apr 1, 2004
• Local transportation agencies around the country may have to delay projects, raise fares or cut operating costs to make up for a $1.2 billion shortfall.

• Amy Resnick's Bondbits: Counting on Kids
• Feb 1, 2004
• Alaska expects to issue a $75 million tax-exempt bond this year, backed by a pledge of the payments on student loans in its 2003 consolidation loan portfolio.

• Amy Resnick's Bond Bits: And The Winner Is...
• May 1, 2002
• In the battle for the title of largest-ever municipal bond issue, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is triumphant--for now.