April 10, 2007

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version. In this version, index values are based at 1,000.0 on 2006-6-30
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.13% 4.08% 47,493 17.13 2 +0.0000% 1,050.2
Fixed-Floater 4.98% 3.98% 88,531 17.11 6 -0.4102% 1,026.2
Floater 4.57% -19.13% 58,497 0.13 4 +0.1183% 1,055.9
Op. Retract 4.72% 3.09% 84,569 2.13 17 +0.0822% 1,034.2
Split-Share 5.01% 3.82% 162,068 3.26 12 -0.0663% 1,048.4
Interest Bearing 6.53% 5.60% 64,134 2.29 5 +0.1210% 1,043.4
Perpetual-Premium 5.04% 3.95% 191,024 5.20 53 +0.0257% 1,058.0
Perpetual-Discount 4.53% 4.55% 946,431 16.32 11 -0.1058% 1,065.2
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BCE.PR.R FixedFloater -1.1160%  
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
BNS.PR.M PerpetualDiscount 72,600 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 24.87 and a limitMaturity.
BCE.PR.A FixedFloater 44,700 Becomes exchangeble to Series “AB” Ratchet Rate Preferred 2007-09-01. The dividend rate paid on the BCE.PR.A will be reset at that time … I bet it will be less than the current $1.3625!
SLF.PR.D PerpetualDiscount 24,585 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.52% based on a bid of 24.70 and a limitMaturity.
GWO.PR.H PerpetualPremium 22,185 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.44% based on a bid of 25.73 and a call 2014-10-30 at $25.00.
CM.PR.J PerpetualDiscount 19,970 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of $24.76 and a limitMaturity.

There were fifteen other “$25 p.v. equivalent” index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

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