Best & Worst Performers: October, 2009

These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices.

October 2009
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “October 30”)
BAM.PR.G FixFloat Pfd-2(low) -10.41%
PWF.PR.K PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) -5.87% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.27% based on a bid of 19.89 and a limitMaturity.
ELF.PR.F PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) -5.86% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.02% based on a bid of 19.10 and a limitMaturity.
RY.PR.W PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) -5.64% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.83% based on a bid of 21.07 and a limitMaturity.
PWF.PR.L PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) -5.57% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.14% based on a bid of 20.91 and a limitMaturity.
TRP.PR.A FixedReset Pfd-2(low) +1.56% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.39% based on a bid of 25.37 and a call 2015-01-30 at 25.00.
BMO.PR.P FixedReset Pfd-1(low) +1.59% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.34% based on a bid of 26.77 and a call 2015-3-27 at 25.00.
MFC.PR.A OpRet Pfd-1(low) +1.75% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.36% based on a bid of 26.16 and a softMaturity 2015-12-18 at 25.00.
IAG.PR.C FixedReset Pfd-2(high) +1.96% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.28% based on a bid of 27.01 and a call 2014-1-30 at 25.00.
NA.PR.N FixedReset Pfd-2 +2.42% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.79% based on a bid of 26.35 and a call 2013-9-14 at 25.00.

There were no repeaters from the September list, which is rather unusual – there’s usually some rebounding, but not this time.

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