March 10, 2010

No news worth reporting today. There was some more Greek speculator-blame being tossed around, but I can’t make fun of Greek politicians every day!

It was a quiet day for Canadian preferred shares, but volume was good. PerpetualDiscounts lost 4bp and FixedResets gained 3bp, yields on the latter edging slowly, slowly, closer to 3.50%. Only a single entrant for the performance highlights; no prizes for guessing which sub-class of preferred!

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.94%, equivalent to 8.32% interest at the standard equivalency ratio of 1.4x. Long Corporates now yield about 5.9% – maybe a bit under – so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (also called the seniority spread) now stands at about 245bp, unchange from the level reported March 3.

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 2.62 % 2.75 % 44,998 20.85 1 1.4609 % 2,106.6
FixedFloater 5.09 % 3.21 % 42,536 19.94 1 -0.2336 % 3,103.9
Floater 1.91 % 1.66 % 45,481 23.45 4 -0.1939 % 2,403.7
OpRet 4.88 % 2.42 % 106,316 0.22 13 -0.0446 % 2,308.5
SplitShare 6.38 % 6.25 % 125,048 3.71 2 0.0000 % 2,139.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0446 % 2,110.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.89 % 5.89 % 130,038 6.88 7 0.1308 % 1,888.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.89 % 5.94 % 175,216 13.98 71 -0.0363 % 1,791.5
FixedReset 5.40 % 3.52 % 319,539 3.71 42 0.0313 % 2,195.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.E Ratchet 1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-03-10
Maturity Price : 22.74
Evaluated at bid price : 21.53
Bid-YTW : 2.75 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PR.E FixedReset 155,869 Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 28.01; National crossed 35,000 at 28.05.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-05-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 28.05
Bid-YTW : 3.36 %
TD.PR.I FixedReset 112,002 Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 28.01.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-08-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 28.03
Bid-YTW : 3.51 %
GWO.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 103,800 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-03-10
Maturity Price : 24.20
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %
MFC.PR.D FixedReset 55,530 National crossed 40,000 at 28.00.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-07-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 28.00
Bid-YTW : 3.61 %
TD.PR.Y FixedReset 54,519 National crossed 35,000 at 26.55.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-11-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.50
Bid-YTW : 3.49 %
BAM.PR.E Ratchet 50,000 Also on the Performers list. Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 21.50.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-03-10
Maturity Price : 22.74
Evaluated at bid price : 21.53
Bid-YTW : 2.75 %
There were 40 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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