November 6, 2018

The Bank of Canada has released a Staff Working Paper by Maarten R. C. van Oordt titled Calibrating the Magnitude of the Countercyclical Capital Buffer Using Market-Based Stress Tests:

This paper proposes a novel methodology to calibrate the magnitude of the cap on the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) using market-based stress tests. The macroprudential authority in our paper aims to contain the possibility of a breach of a minimum capital ratio in the event of a severe system-wide shock within a certain permissible failure probability. To meet its objective during periods of challenging macro-financial conditions, the macroprudential authority requires banks to build up the CCyB during credit booms. We show how market-based stress tests can be used to estimate the necessary magnitude of the CCyB. We apply the methodology to major banks in six advanced economies. Our estimates suggest a magnitude of the cap on the CCyB in a range from 1.4 to 1.7 per cent of total assets, depending on the ability of the macro-prudential authority to forecast macrofinancial conditions.

Today, with great joy, I called Enercare and told them to cancel my water heater rental and pick up their device. I haven’t been at 10 Page for too long, but the water-heater was installed in 1993. That’s 25 years at $20/month, a total of about $6,000! It didn’t cost anything near as much to replace it with my own equipment, I can tell you that much!

The guy who installed my new heater told me, though, that most people rent. I don’t understand it. Renting is always expensive! One guy who I told about this mumbled something about service calls … really? Water heaters are pretty simple. I suppose one might break occasionally, but never in my life have I lived in a house where the water heater needed servicing. Never.

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 1.2164 % 3,147.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.2164 % 5,774.6
Floater 3.69 % 3.92 % 40,578 17.56 4 1.2164 % 3,327.9
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1754 % 3,216.4
SplitShare 4.63 % 4.96 % 53,347 4.66 5 0.1754 % 3,841.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1754 % 2,996.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.68 % 5.22 % 66,908 14.18 12 0.1853 % 2,885.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.62 % 5.73 % 75,547 14.29 21 0.6427 % 2,919.7
FixedReset Disc 4.37 % 5.35 % 161,612 15.14 46 0.4897 % 2,502.1
Deemed-Retractible 5.34 % 6.66 % 71,244 5.19 27 0.1232 % 2,907.1
FloatingReset 3.77 % 3.83 % 48,111 5.45 4 0.4983 % 2,802.9
FixedReset Prem 4.94 % 4.49 % 244,474 3.05 34 -0.0443 % 2,540.3
FixedReset Bank Non 2.97 % 3.78 % 113,885 0.30 6 0.1305 % 2,576.9
FixedReset Ins Non 4.49 % 6.17 % 128,556 5.30 22 0.4173 % 2,499.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
TD.PF.K FixedReset Prem -1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.55
Bid-YTW : 5.03 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc -1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 16.51
Evaluated at bid price : 16.51
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.57
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem -1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.02
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 5.08 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc -1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.62
Evaluated at bid price : 22.02
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 20.29
Evaluated at bid price : 20.29
Bid-YTW : 5.94 %
BAM.PR.C Floater 1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 17.76
Evaluated at bid price : 17.76
Bid-YTW : 3.93 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.51
Bid-YTW : 7.82 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.51
Evaluated at bid price : 21.51
Bid-YTW : 5.63 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 20.40
Evaluated at bid price : 20.40
Bid-YTW : 5.62 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.25
Evaluated at bid price : 23.65
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.33
Evaluated at bid price : 21.60
Bid-YTW : 3.17 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.95
Evaluated at bid price : 22.50
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 17.78
Evaluated at bid price : 17.78
Bid-YTW : 3.92 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 22.95
Evaluated at bid price : 23.35
Bid-YTW : 6.33 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.41
Evaluated at bid price : 23.79
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
GWO.PR.T Deemed-Retractible 1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.07
Bid-YTW : 6.84 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non 1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.71
Bid-YTW : 7.35 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 2.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.16
Evaluated at bid price : 23.75
Bid-YTW : 5.58 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 2.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.00
Bid-YTW : 7.05 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc 2.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 18.24
Evaluated at bid price : 18.24
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc 2.90 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 16.69
Evaluated at bid price : 16.69
Bid-YTW : 5.89 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 3.70 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 5.60 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 5.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.88
Evaluated at bid price : 22.40
Bid-YTW : 5.19 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 5.65 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 20.20
Evaluated at bid price : 20.20
Bid-YTW : 5.97 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc 201,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.06
Evaluated at bid price : 24.77
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %
BNS.PR.H FixedReset Prem 111,116 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-01-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.66
Bid-YTW : 4.04 %
TD.PF.H FixedReset Prem 78,188 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.65
Bid-YTW : 3.97 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset Prem 60,645 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.97
Bid-YTW : 4.49 %
RY.PR.Q FixedReset Prem 57,654 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.79
Bid-YTW : 4.09 %
BMO.PR.D FixedReset Prem 44,869 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.95
Bid-YTW : 4.42 %
There were 17 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.57 – 22.08
Spot Rate : 0.5100
Average : 0.3399

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.57
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %

TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.50 – 24.99
Spot Rate : 0.4900
Average : 0.3339

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.02
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 5.08 %

GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 18.54 – 18.97
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.2992

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.54
Bid-YTW : 8.61 %

ELF.PR.H Perpetual-Discount Quote: 23.57 – 24.00
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.3079

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-11-06
Maturity Price : 23.13
Evaluated at bid price : 23.57
Bid-YTW : 5.87 %

MFC.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 24.25 – 24.63
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2582

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 6.33 %

IAG.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 24.01 – 24.41
Spot Rate : 0.4000
Average : 0.2920

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.01
Bid-YTW : 5.79 %

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