April 4, 2018

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.45%, equivalent to 7.08% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield a little under 3.90%, so the pre-tax interest equivalent spread is now about 320bp, a slight (and perhaps spurious) narrowing from the 325bp reported March 28.

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 -0.2365 % 2,965.2
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2365 % 5,441.1
Floater 3.37 % 3.57 % 104,531 18.40 4 -0.2365 % 3,135.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1879 % 3,150.3
SplitShare 4.57 % 4.57 % 79,572 5.14 4 -0.1879 % 3,762.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1879 % 2,935.3
Perpetual-Premium 5.55 % -4.18 % 70,816 0.09 11 0.0358 % 2,857.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.38 % 5.45 % 74,409 14.66 24 -0.0731 % 2,939.0
FixedReset 4.32 % 4.65 % 172,503 5.83 104 -0.0461 % 2,498.9
Deemed-Retractible 5.17 % 5.82 % 93,603 5.68 28 -0.2802 % 2,922.5
FloatingReset 2.98 % 3.04 % 36,120 3.61 11 -0.4087 % 2,733.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset -7.02 % Clearly a nonsensical quote, as the issue traded 19,000 shares today in a range of 21.30-44, with the last trade actually appearing in the extended session, 5,900 shares at 21.40. I have not checked whether this lamentable state of affairs is due to inadequate Toronto Stock Exchange reporting or inadequate Toronto Stock Exchange supervision of market-makers.

Nonsense Central also had trouble with this issue on March 20.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-04-04
Maturity Price : 19.86
Evaluated at bid price : 19.86
Bid-YTW : 3.41 %

TRP.PR.C FixedReset -1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-04-04
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 4.77 %
IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible -1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 5.70 %
PVS.PR.F SplitShare -1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2024-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.20
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.97
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.20
Bid-YTW : 5.82 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PR.S FixedReset 68,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 3.86 %
W.PR.M FixedReset 57,680 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.56
Bid-YTW : 4.49 %
BNS.PR.Y FixedReset 54,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.26
Bid-YTW : 4.37 %
BNS.PR.Z FixedReset 52,666 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.91
Bid-YTW : 4.76 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset 41,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.31
Bid-YTW : 4.32 %
TD.PR.T FloatingReset 40,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.80
Bid-YTW : 3.04 %
There were 30 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset Quote: 19.86 – 21.40
Spot Rate : 1.5400
Average : 1.0015

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-04-04
Maturity Price : 19.86
Evaluated at bid price : 19.86
Bid-YTW : 3.41 %

W.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 25.65 – 26.35
Spot Rate : 0.7000
Average : 0.4962

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-01-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.65
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %

IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible Quote: 24.50 – 25.00
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.3256

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 5.70 %

CCS.PR.C Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.07 – 23.54
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3052

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.07
Bid-YTW : 6.46 %

PVS.PR.B SplitShare Quote: 25.15 – 25.62
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3138

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2019-01-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 4.00 %

TRP.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 20.09 – 20.55
Spot Rate : 0.4600
Average : 0.3064

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-04-04
Maturity Price : 20.09
Evaluated at bid price : 20.09
Bid-YTW : 4.81 %

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