April 7, 2011

Nothing happened today, but it looks as if the US government might take a week off:

President Barack Obama and the top two leaders in Congress failed to reach a budget deal in their third White House meeting in two days, taking the government to the brink of a partial shutdown.

It was a poor day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts losing 15bp, FixedResets off 8bp and DeemedRetractibles down 6bp. Volatility remains low, and volume was light.

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0594 % 2,410.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0594 % 3,625.1
Floater 2.50 % 2.27 % 41,326 21.57 4 -0.0594 % 2,602.5
OpRet 4.92 % 3.51 % 56,624 2.11 8 -0.1060 % 2,410.5
SplitShare 5.20 % -2.94 % 119,777 0.68 6 -0.2224 % 2,495.6
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1060 % 2,204.1
Perpetual-Premium 5.80 % 5.48 % 125,172 1.18 8 -0.2430 % 2,049.3
Perpetual-Discount 5.55 % 5.53 % 133,655 14.44 16 -0.1493 % 2,134.2
FixedReset 5.16 % 3.39 % 205,467 2.96 57 -0.0835 % 2,292.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.23 % 5.11 % 335,856 8.20 53 -0.0554 % 2,093.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
GWO.PR.I Deemed-Retractible -1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 6.21 %
IGM.PR.B Perpetual-Premium -1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-01-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.13
Bid-YTW : 5.79 %
BNA.PR.C SplitShare -1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2019-01-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.00
Bid-YTW : 6.43 %
TD.PR.P Deemed-Retractible -1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-12-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.25
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
CM.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 50,176 RBC crossed 35,000 at 25.26.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2012-11-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.26
Bid-YTW : 4.74 %
BMO.PR.Q FixedReset 38,500 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.97
Bid-YTW : 3.93 %
TD.PR.G FixedReset 31,528 TD crossed 20,000 at 27.15.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-05-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.13
Bid-YTW : 3.33 %
RY.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 24,593 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.87
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
BMO.PR.P FixedReset 23,108 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2015-03-27
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.88
Bid-YTW : 3.52 %
TD.PR.O Deemed-Retractible 23,108 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.51
Bid-YTW : 5.08 %
There were 25 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount Quote: 21.19 – 21.58
Spot Rate : 0.3900
Average : 0.2578

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2041-04-07
Maturity Price : 21.19
Evaluated at bid price : 21.19
Bid-YTW : 5.65 %

BAM.PR.I OpRet Quote: 25.19 – 25.67
Spot Rate : 0.4800
Average : 0.3758

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2012-07-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.19
Bid-YTW : 5.00 %

IGM.PR.B Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.13 – 25.42
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.1860

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-01-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.13
Bid-YTW : 5.79 %

RY.PR.W Deemed-Retractible Quote: 25.15 – 25.39
Spot Rate : 0.2400
Average : 0.1605

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %

TRP.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 25.80 – 26.00
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1218

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2015-01-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.80
Bid-YTW : 3.73 %

PWF.PR.M FixedReset Quote: 26.70 – 26.95
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1763

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-02
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.70
Bid-YTW : 3.40 %

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