June 15, 2007

With the slightly less than expected US Core Rate of Inflation the markets decided that the world would still be in existence next week. Maybe Thursday and Friday are a little iffy, say the bond cowboys, but Monday and Tuesday will probably occur as scheduled.

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 5.68% 5.68% 30,119 14.58 2 +0.3124% 958.8
Fixed-Floater 5.58% 5.73% 135,861 14.65 7 +0.8545% 901.7
Floater 4.82% 1.76% 93,408 0.32 3 +0.4177% 1,051.2
Op. Retract 4.81% 3.82% 85,549 2.95 17 +0.1177% 1,022.7
Split-Share 5.04% 4.66% 170,260 4.18 15 +0.0408% 1,040.0
Interest Bearing 6.72% 6.95% 89,161 6.13 4 -0.1010% 1,031.3
Perpetual-Premium 5.42% 5.21% 150,409 8.61 34 +0.2491% 1,015.4
Perpetual-Discount 5.08% 5.13% 538,904 15.27 29 +0.4835% 959.2
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BCE.PR.I FixFloat +1.0396%  
MFC.PR.B PerpetualDiscount +1.0730% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.95% based on a bid of 23.55 and a limitMaturity.
MFC.PR.C PerpetualDiscount +1.1086% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.95% based on a bid of 22.80 and a limitMaturity.
BCE.PR.Z FixFloat +1.2389%  
ELF.PR.G PerpetualDiscount +1.2756% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.43% based on a bid of 22.23 and a limitMaturity.
PWF.PR.L PerpetualPremium (for now!) +1.2842% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.28% based on a bid of 24.45 and a limitMaturity.
BCE.PR.G FixFloat +3.5348%  
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
RY.PR.G PerpetualDiscount 133,104 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.11% based on a bid of 22.31 and a limitMaturity.
BNS.PR.L PerpetualDiscount 58,300 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.05% based on a bid of 22.55 and a limitMaturity.
TD.PR.O PerpetualPremium (for now!) 56,900 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.04% based on a bid of 24.36 and a limitMaturity.
BNS.PR.M PerpetualDiscount 52,060 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.08% based on a bid of 22.55 and a limitMaturity.
BNS.PR.K PerpetualPremium (for now!) 35,190 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.08% based on a bid of 23.91 and a limitMaturity.

There were twenty-one other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.

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