November 30, 2012

I have long been amused that monetary loosening intended to provoke investment in productivity enhancing endeavors has instead had the result of inflating housing bubbles; and now Citibank says there’s another problem:

Worldwide quantitative easing may be making investors richer rather than encouraging business investment, according to Citigroup Inc. (C)

Fulfilling the goals of central bankers such as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, ultra-low interest rates and bond purchases are encouraging investors to buy stocks. Policy makers’ intent was that asset prices and wealth would rise, encouraging consumers and businesses to spend more.

The sticking point is the particular equities investors are favoring, Robert Buckland, Citigroup’s London-based chief global equity strategist, said in a Nov. 21 report. His research suggests they tend to choose companies that issue dividends and buy back shares rather than those that invest in the economy.

It was a modest day in the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualPremiums up 4bp while FixedResets and DeemedRetractibles both gained 2bp. Volatility was low but entirely comprised of losers. Volume was high.

And that’s it for another month!

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 0.1600 % 2,470.7
FixedFloater 4.18 % 3.53 % 27,289 18.24 1 0.3532 % 3,849.9
Floater 2.80 % 3.00 % 58,323 19.66 4 0.1600 % 2,667.7
OpRet 4.61 % 2.67 % 49,529 0.54 4 -0.2937 % 2,591.4
SplitShare 5.45 % 4.85 % 66,461 4.44 3 0.0000 % 2,855.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2937 % 2,369.6
Perpetual-Premium 5.25 % 1.71 % 72,608 0.23 30 0.0362 % 2,319.4
Perpetual-Discount 4.86 % 4.89 % 125,232 15.58 4 0.2651 % 2,618.8
FixedReset 5.00 % 2.98 % 210,799 4.17 75 0.0176 % 2,446.4
Deemed-Retractible 4.91 % 2.39 % 116,928 0.48 46 0.0178 % 2,406.4
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
MFC.PR.G FixedReset -1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-12-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 3.93 %
BAM.PR.O OpRet -1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2013-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.51
Bid-YTW : 2.95 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset -1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.60
Bid-YTW : 3.68 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
FTS.PR.J Perpetual-Premium 186,070 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-12-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.23
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
BMO.PR.P FixedReset 185,604 National crossed blocks of 40,000 shares, 49,800 and 80,000, all at 26.65.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2015-02-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.65
Bid-YTW : 2.40 %
TD.PR.K FixedReset 144,246 Nesbitt crossed 35,000 at 26.90; RBC crossed 100,000 at the same price.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.85
Bid-YTW : 2.05 %
TD.PR.S FixedReset 128,253 RBC crossed 100,000 at 24.72.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.72
Bid-YTW : 3.27 %
TD.PR.Q Deemed-Retractible 127,800 Scotia crossed 75,000 at 26.50, then bought blocks of 14,200 shares, 10,800 and 12,400 from Nesbitt at the same price.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-01-31
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.45
Bid-YTW : -2.16 %
BAM.PF.C Perpetual-Discount 106,760 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-11-30
Maturity Price : 24.21
Evaluated at bid price : 24.58
Bid-YTW : 4.94 %
There were 41 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PR.O OpRet Quote: 25.51 – 26.01
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.3118

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2013-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.51
Bid-YTW : 2.95 %

MFC.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 25.40 – 25.78
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2113

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-12-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 3.93 %

MFC.PR.A OpRet Quote: 25.63 – 26.22
Spot Rate : 0.5900
Average : 0.4486

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-06-19
Maturity Price : 25.50
Evaluated at bid price : 25.63
Bid-YTW : 2.74 %

IAG.PR.F Deemed-Retractible Quote: 26.53 – 26.77
Spot Rate : 0.2400
Average : 0.1457

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2015-03-31
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.53
Bid-YTW : 4.55 %

POW.PR.G Perpetual-Premium Quote: 26.86 – 27.19
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2468

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-04-15
Maturity Price : 25.50
Evaluated at bid price : 26.86
Bid-YTW : 4.67 %

SLF.PR.E Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.94 – 24.14
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1332

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.94
Bid-YTW : 5.06 %

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