About Lumesis

Lumesis, Inc. is a financial technology company focused on providing business efficiency, regulatory and data solutions to the municipal bond marketplace. Lumesis was founded in 2010 and is completely dedicated to serving the municipal market. Today, the company’s DIVER platform helps hundreds of firms with over 42,000 users efficiently meet regulatory, credit and risk needs.
4/18 2016

Business Leaders Polled by New York Fed Continue to Expect Improvement

2017-10-26T13:55:30-04:00

April 18th, 2016

Business Leaders Polled by New York Fed Continue to Expect Improvement

The Business Leaders Survey released this morning by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reflected relatively flat business conditions.  The weakest element was the Business Climate (-18.7) assessment.  The strongest elements were Prices Paid (+32.8) and Wages (+35.8).

Since ’13, the survey has […]

4/5 2016

Spike in SIFMA Municipal Swap Index & March 2016 Geo Scores

2017-10-26T13:56:46-04:00

April 5th, 2016

This week we review our proprietary DIVER Geo Score, highlight the best and worst performing States as well as provide you a link to get the scores themselves.  We also highlight the recent spike in the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index.

March Geo Scores

On April 4, we released the most recent DIVER Geo Scores for […]

3/28 2016

County Population Changes are a Mixed Bag

2017-10-26T13:57:47-04:00

March 28th, 2016

This week we look at the recently released population data for U.S. counties. We also look at potential causes for the decline in population in Cook County, Illinois.

County Population Changes are a Mixed Bag

Last week the Census Bureau released population estimates for counties for 2015.

The largest gainers were Harris County, Texas (+90k), Maricopa, […]

3/21 2016

Municipal Market Underperformance Extends Beyond Treasuries

2017-10-26T13:59:22-04:00

March 21st, 2016

This week we look at updated performance numbers for municipals vs. taxables and highlight the challenges of using volume statistics for the West Coast ports to infer economic activity levels.

Municipal Market Underperformance Extends Beyond Treasuries

After being one of the best performing asset classes last year, municipals have underperformed taxable markets this year.  While […]