April 3, 2009

Bernanke gave a speech today on the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet (hat tip: Across the Curve). I have updated the post Fed to Open Spigots Further.

It looks like Short-Sellers will join the politically inspired list of Designated Villains for the financial crisis. The SEC is under pressure and voices of reason will – as usual, when political grandstanding becomes paramount – be ignored.

The OSC has published the first edition of OSC Investor News. Investors may obtain a subscription by eMailing the OSC.

Another day of good performance from the PerpetualDiscounts; Fixed-Resets were more mixed but were able to eke out a gain.

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 0.8323 % 878.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.8323 % 1,420.0
Floater 5.56 % 5.45 % 72,197 14.79 2 0.8323 % 1,097.0
OpRet 5.18 % 4.72 % 136,035 3.86 15 0.2836 % 2,093.4
SplitShare 7.06 % 12.90 % 46,807 5.65 3 0.0909 % 1,637.2
Interest-Bearing 6.15 % 9.34 % 29,981 0.72 1 -0.5102 % 1,937.5
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3057 % 1,557.8
Perpetual-Discount 6.98 % 7.09 % 152,151 12.43 71 0.3057 % 1,434.7
FixedReset 6.05 % 5.74 % 713,144 13.71 34 0.0692 % 1,845.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BMO.PR.M FixedReset -2.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 22.09
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 4.25 %
RY.PR.B Perpetual-Discount -1.90 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 18.06
Evaluated at bid price : 18.06
Bid-YTW : 6.62 %
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -1.81 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 16.79
Evaluated at bid price : 16.79
Bid-YTW : 7.49 %
CIU.PR.B FixedReset -1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-07-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.40
Bid-YTW : 5.52 %
GWO.PR.H Perpetual-Discount -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 16.32
Evaluated at bid price : 16.32
Bid-YTW : 7.50 %
GWO.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 20.25
Evaluated at bid price : 20.25
Bid-YTW : 7.35 %
SLF.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 15.11
Evaluated at bid price : 15.11
Bid-YTW : 7.43 %
BAM.PR.I OpRet 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-12-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.60
Bid-YTW : 8.04 %
BAM.PR.B Floater 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 8.09
Evaluated at bid price : 8.09
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %
NA.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 17.81
Evaluated at bid price : 17.81
Bid-YTW : 6.94 %
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 13.44
Evaluated at bid price : 13.44
Bid-YTW : 8.94 %
BNA.PR.C SplitShare 1.29 % Asset coverage of 1.7-:1 as of February 28 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2019-01-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 11.75
Bid-YTW : 15.00 %
RY.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 17.16
Evaluated at bid price : 17.16
Bid-YTW : 6.59 %
SLF.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 16.35
Evaluated at bid price : 16.35
Bid-YTW : 7.41 %
CM.PR.K FixedReset 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 22.51
Evaluated at bid price : 22.55
Bid-YTW : 4.78 %
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 20.50
Evaluated at bid price : 20.50
Bid-YTW : 7.37 %
HSB.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 17.05
Evaluated at bid price : 17.05
Bid-YTW : 7.40 %
BMO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 21.20
Evaluated at bid price : 21.20
Bid-YTW : 6.96 %
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 13.75
Evaluated at bid price : 13.75
Bid-YTW : 8.70 %
TD.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 18.84
Evaluated at bid price : 18.84
Bid-YTW : 6.57 %
CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 1.69 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 6.67 %
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 2.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 17.46
Evaluated at bid price : 17.46
Bid-YTW : 7.25 %
BMO.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 2.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 17.23
Evaluated at bid price : 17.23
Bid-YTW : 6.64 %
CU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 2.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 21.83
Evaluated at bid price : 22.10
Bid-YTW : 6.65 %
BAM.PR.J OpRet 3.78 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2018-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.20
Bid-YTW : 9.34 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PR.K FixedReset 832,732 New issue settled today.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 25.12
Evaluated at bid price : 25.17
Bid-YTW : 6.10 %
RY.PR.X FixedReset 334,190 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 23.19
Evaluated at bid price : 25.17
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 73,700 TD crossed 37,400 at 7.60.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 7.66
Evaluated at bid price : 7.66
Bid-YTW : 5.75 %
BMO.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 53,400 TD crossed 39,500 at 18.96.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 18.91
Evaluated at bid price : 18.91
Bid-YTW : 7.06 %
BMO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 52,385 RBC bought two blocks from Nesbitt, 10,000 at 21.00 and 13,400 at 21.20.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 21.20
Evaluated at bid price : 21.20
Bid-YTW : 6.96 %
TD.PR.I FixedReset 50,030 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-03
Maturity Price : 25.35
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
There were 29 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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