September 7, 2018

Does anybody know what has happened to the Perimeter Financial website at www.pfin.ca? It’s been down for three days now and I have been unable to find any information about it … or to have various eMails returned …

Jobs, jobs, jobs!

The American economy’s stamina was showcased Friday as the government reported that wages in August sprinted forward at their fastest pace since the recession ended and that the job creation streak extended to 95 months.

Employers fattened payrolls by 201,000 jobs; the jobless rate remained under 4 percent, near territory not seen since the 1960s; and average hourly earnings rose by 10 cents, up 2.9 percent from a year earlier.

The manufacturing sector, however, which Mr. Trump has made a centerpiece of his economic and trade policies, registered fewer gains than had been previously thought. The combined addition of 93,000 jobs that the government originally reported for May, June and July was revised down to 62,000. And in August, the sector shed 3,000 jobs. The auto industry, which is particularly exposed to trade, eliminated 4,900 jobs last month after cutting 3,500 in July.

In Canada, not so much:

Canada’s seesawing employment report posted particularly volatile numbers last month that showed big, mid-summer gains had essentially been wiped out by August.

The economy lost 51,600 net jobs last month in a decrease that helped drive the national unemployment rate to six per cent, up from 5.8 per cent in July, Statistics Canada reported Friday in its monthly labour force survey.

Last month’s drop, fuelled by the loss of 92,000 part-time positions, largely eliminated July’s healthy net increase of 54,100 positions.

However, August also featured a notable bright spot: full-time jobs rose by 40,400.

Ontario lost 80,100 jobs last month after gaining 60,600 in July — with both data points almost entirely driven by swings in part time work.

The report showed that average hourly wage growth, which is closely watched by the Bank of Canada ahead of rate decisions, continued its gradual slide last month to 2.9 per cent after expanding 3.2 per cent in July and 3.6 per cent in June.

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 0.3694 % 3,061.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3694 % 5,617.3
Floater 3.53 % 3.74 % 38,878 17.89 4 0.3694 % 3,237.3
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0712 % 3,234.5
SplitShare 4.60 % 4.45 % 51,445 4.83 5 -0.0712 % 3,862.7
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0712 % 3,013.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.53 % -2.30 % 50,950 0.09 12 0.0360 % 2,922.3
Perpetual-Discount 5.40 % 5.52 % 57,387 14.57 22 0.0589 % 3,002.2
FixedReset Disc 4.10 % 4.88 % 131,015 15.80 39 -0.0348 % 2,581.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.16 % 5.99 % 64,671 5.40 27 -0.1002 % 2,992.3
FloatingReset 3.42 % 4.09 % 40,582 5.68 5 -0.1088 % 2,843.8
FixedReset Prem 4.83 % 4.10 % 177,861 2.90 35 -0.0212 % 2,564.3
FixedReset Bank Non 3.19 % 3.74 % 67,534 0.46 9 -0.0677 % 2,572.2
FixedReset Ins Non 4.28 % 5.16 % 98,456 5.49 22 0.6285 % 2,572.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -2.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 6.19 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.62
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc -1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 16.96
Evaluated at bid price : 16.96
Bid-YTW : 4.90 %
PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.30
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.85
Bid-YTW : 7.84 %
W.PR.M FixedReset Prem 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.92
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %
W.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 24.68
Evaluated at bid price : 24.99
Bid-YTW : 5.58 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 17.32
Evaluated at bid price : 17.32
Bid-YTW : 3.78 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 6.66 % Reversing almost all of yesterday’s nonsense.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 5.07 %

IAG.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 10.22 % Reversing almost all of yesterday’s nonsense.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.81
Bid-YTW : 4.94 %

Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 152,299 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 22.57
Evaluated at bid price : 23.10
Bid-YTW : 4.74 %
BMO.PR.D FixedReset Prem 59,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 4.30 %
EMA.PR.F FixedReset Disc 53,368 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 23.59
Evaluated at bid price : 24.01
Bid-YTW : 4.96 %
GWO.PR.F Deemed-Retractible 51,805 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-10-07
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.69
Bid-YTW : -29.38 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc 51,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 23.25
Evaluated at bid price : 24.31
Bid-YTW : 5.07 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Prem 50,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 23.26
Evaluated at bid price : 25.36
Bid-YTW : 4.84 %
There were 29 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
MFC.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 25.15 – 26.15
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.5484

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-03-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %

MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 22.56 – 23.50
Spot Rate : 0.9400
Average : 0.5653

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.56
Bid-YTW : 6.25 %

PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset Quote: 21.30 – 22.08
Spot Rate : 0.7800
Average : 0.5146

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.30
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %

GWO.PR.H Deemed-Retractible Quote: 22.25 – 22.82
Spot Rate : 0.5700
Average : 0.3517

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.25
Bid-YTW : 6.99 %

PWF.PR.A Floater Quote: 21.15 – 21.75
Spot Rate : 0.6000
Average : 0.4226

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-09-07
Maturity Price : 21.15
Evaluated at bid price : 21.15
Bid-YTW : 3.08 %

GWO.PR.G Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.93 – 24.40
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3003

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.93
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %

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