December 18, 2006

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.19% 4.22% 33,096 17.02 1 +0.0405% 1,021.1
Fixed-Floater 4.79% 3.79% 98,800 8.38 7 +0.0617% 1,033.7
Floater 4.46% -25.23% 62,871 0.34 5 +0.0550% 1,045.5
Op. Retract 4.64% 0.87% 81,879 2.19 17 +0.0137% 1,032.3
Split-Share 5.05% 2.11% 247,111 2.52 9 -0.1056% 1,043.8
Interest Bearing 6.95% 5.11% 79,449 1.86 7 +0.0229% 1,027.8
Perpetual-Premium 5.00% 3.56% 293,584 4.24 52 +0.1269% 1,053.6
Perpetual-Discount 4.53% 4.50% 922,402 13.33 6 +0.3778% 1,060.0
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
ELF.PR.G PerpetualPremium +1.0993% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.48% based on a bid of $25.75 and a call 2015-11-16 at $25.00
IAG.PR.A PerpetualDiscount +1.3944% This one looks like it will be moving to “PerpetualPremium” pretty promptly! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.34%, based on a bid of $25.45 and a call 2015-4-30 at $25.00
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
FBS.PR.B SplitShare 499,712 Recent New issue. Now with a bid-YTW of 1.41% based on a bid of $10.36 and a call 2008-1-14 at $10.00
CM.PR.I PerpetualPremium 358,090 New issue closed Nov. 15, continues to trade heavily. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.52% based on a bid of $25.51 and a call 2016-3-1 at $25.00
CL.PR.B PerpetualPremium 302,635 RBC crossed 150,000 at $26.15, then Nesbitt crossed the same number at the same price 13 minutes later. I last mentioned this November 29 and, well, at least the pre-tax bid-YTW’s not negative any more! It’s 1.20% based on a bid of $26.10 and a call 2007-1-30 at $26.00.
CM.PR.B PerpetualPremium 211,820 Basically a money market instrument, since it is being called Jan. 31.
RY.PR.C PerpetualPremium 147,825 National crossed 125,000, then 10,000, then 5,000, all at $25.55. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.42% based on a bid of $25.53 and a call 2015-12-24 at $25.00
BAM.PR.M PerpetualDiscount 108,300 RBC crossed 100,000 at $25.10. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.70% based on a bid of $25.10 and a call 2016-3-1 at $25.00

There were fourteen other index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

One Response to “December 18, 2006”

  1. […] Not usually much of a trader, but RBC crossed 150,000 at 26.15 for cash and Nesbitt crossed the same amount at 25.97 for delayed delivery … very similar to the trading on December 18! Hmmmm….. I pontificated November 29 that this was a prime candidate for redemption, but there’s been no news yet. The pre-tax bid-YTW is now 1.65% based on a bid of $26.09 and a call 2007-1-30 at 26.00. The next ex-date is 2007-3-1, so if the funny settlements are a dividend capture/avoidance game, it’s a deep one! […]

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