July 30, 2008

A solid up-day on light volume. Only one more day and this horrible month is over!

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version. In this version, index values are based at 1,000.0 on 2006-6-30
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A
Fixed-Floater 4.70% 4.37% 65,846 16.47 6 -0.0290% 1,088.8
Floater 4.17% 4.20% 56,506 17.01 3 -1.0433% 886.0
Op. Retract 5.00% 4.30% 126,275 2.94 17 +0.1332% 1,041.0
Split-Share 5.37% 6.10% 60,107 4.49 14 +0.0630% 1,031.7
Interest Bearing 6.14% 5.98% 40,136 3.67 3 +0.0337% 1,121.1
Perpetual-Premium 6.08% 6.04% 68,918 10.73 4 +0.6589% 991.3
Perpetual-Discount 6.28% 6.33% 223,632 13.45 67 +0.1850% 846.6
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.B Floater -3.6364%  
ELF.PR.F PerpetualDiscount -1.7232% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.12% based on a bid of 18.82 and a limitMaturity.
W.PR.H PerpetualDiscount -1.6268% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.76% based on a bid of 20.56 and a limitMaturity.
BMO.PR.L PerpetualDiscount -1.2600% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.36% based on a bid of 23.51 and a limitMaturity.
NA.PR.M PerpetualDiscount -1.0204% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.20% based on a bid of 24.25 and a limitMaturity.
POW.PR.C PerpetualDiscount +1.1186% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.48% based on a bid of 22.60 and a limitMaturity.
GWO.PR.G PerpetualDiscount +1.3018% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.27% based on a bid of 21.01 and a limitMaturity.
POW.PR.B PerpetualDiscount +1.4138% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.28% based on a bid of 21.52 and a limitMaturity.
CU.PR.A PerpetualPremium (for now!) +1.6807% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.09% based on a bid of 24.20 and a limitMaturity.
ELF.PR.G PerpetualDiscount +1.6898% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.13% based on a bid of 16.85 and a limitMaturity.
GWO.PR.H PerpetualDiscount +1.8274% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.13% based on a bid of 20.06 and a limitMaturity.
CM.PR.E PerpetualDiscount +2.5540% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.76% based on a bid of 20.88 and a limitMaturity.
HSB.PR.C PerpetualDiscount +2.8557% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.53% based on a bid of 19.81 and a limitMaturity.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
TD.PR.O PerpetualDiscount 268,825 CIBC crossed 98,000 at 20.77, National Bank crossed 110,000 at 20.71, then anonymous crossed (assuming it was the same anonymous) 40,000 at 20.71. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.90% based on a bid of 20.70 and a limitMaturity.
MFC.PR.A OpRet 200,040 Desjardins crossed 200,000 at 25.34. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.98% based on a bid of 25.34 and a softMaturity 2015-12-18 at 25.00.
SLF.PR.C PerpetualDiscount 137,000 CIBC crossed 120,000 at 17.84. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.42% based on a bid of 17.57 and a limitMaturity.
BCE.PR.Y FixFloat 103,750 Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 24.47.
BNS.PR.L PerpetualDiscount 80,800 National crossed 75,000 at 18.30. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.18% based on a bid of 18.34 and a limitMaturity.

There were eleven other index-included $25-pv-equivalent issues trading over 10,000 shares today.

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