December 12, 2006

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.23% 4.24% 36,419 16.97 1 +0.0000% 1,020.3
Fixed-Floater 4.81% 3.83% 102,144 8.37 7 -0.1061% 1,030.0
Floater 4.48% -17.73% 63,425 6.60 5 -0.2710% 1,034.9
Op. Retract 4.63% +0.08% 82,309 2.20 17 -0.0319% 1,032.8
Split-Share 5.12% 2.98% 139,602 2.70 8 -0.0579% 1,038.7
Interest Bearing 6.90% 5.43% 76,350 3.84 7 -0.1846% 1,023.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.01% 3.54% 249,455 4.41 51 +0.0680% 1,051.1
Perpetual-Discount 4.56% 4.56% 951,558 13.14 6 +0.2833% 1,052.7
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
AL.PR.E Floater -1.3884% Any dreams I ever had of attempting to understand this issue, with its bizarre dividend calculation methodology, have long since vanished. It pays 100% of Prime, is priced at 26.28, and has been callable at $25.00 for 13 years.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
CM.PR.I PerpetualPremium 184,344 Recent new issue, pre-tax bid-YTW now 4.63% based on a bid of $25.27 and a call at $25.00 2016-3-1.
BAM.PR.M PerpetualDiscount 158,700 Recent new issue, pre-tax bid-YTW now 4.77% based on a bid of 25.06 and a limitMaturity.
TOC.PR.B Floater 140,350 Scotia crossed 139,500 at $25.90.
RY.PR.A PerpetualDiscount 29,500 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.45% based on a bid of $25.10 and a call 2015-6-23 at $25.00
BAM.PR.B Floater 28,427 National Bank crossed 25,000 at $24.90

There were nineteen other index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

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