December 22, 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 4.12% 4.14% 35,385 17.16 1 +0.4014% 1,032.7
Fixed-Floater 4.78% 3.67% 96,817 8.36 7 -0.0103% 1,035.0
Floater 4.49% -19.21% 63,418 0.23 5 +0.0255% 1,039.7
Op. Retract 4.65% 0.71% 85,770 1.99 17 +0.0007% 1,032.6
Split-Share 5.06% 2.26% 246,599 2.52 9 -0.1957% 1,043.1
Interest Bearing 6.96% 5.83% 82,895 1.84 7 -0.1042% 1,026.8
Perpetual-Premium 5.01% 3.53% 280,147 4.21 52 -0.0056% 1,054.9
Perpetual-Discount 4.53% 4.50% 854,997 11.75 6 -0.0066% 1,060.5
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BSD.PR.A InterestBearing -2.4704% Giving up yesterday’s gains and more! Closed at 9.87-17, with a single trade of 2,900 shares at $10.10 – Christmas break! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.27% (mostly interest!) based on the 9.87 bid and a hardMaturity 2015-3-31 at 10.00
LBS.PR.A SplitShare -1.3587% This one merely gave up a lot of yesterday’s gains. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.92% based on a bid of $10.89 and a hardMaturity 2013-11-29 at 10.00.
MST.PR.A InterestBearing +1.3659% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.49% based on a bid of 10.39 and a hardMaturity 2009-9-30.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
CM.PR.A OpRet 518,756 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 2.79% based on a bid of 26.18 and a call 2007-11-30 at 25.75. It pays a whopping 1.325 p.a., so I’ll go out on a limb and suggest it won’t make it to the 2011-7-30 softMaturity, which would yield 4.07%
FBS.PR.B SplitShare 114,900 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 1.61% based on a bid of 10.34 and a call 2008-1-14 at 10.00. Too much call-risk for my blood.
LBS.PR.A SplitShare 56,150 Scotia crossed 46,300 at $11.00. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.92% based on a bid of $10.89 – way down from yesterday! – and a hardMaturity 2013-11-29 at 10.00
MFC.PR.A OpRet 22,755 Scotia crossed 18,500 at 26.91. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.10% based on a bid of 26.95 and a call 2011-7-19 at $26.00. Neatly, the yield until its softMaturity 2015-12-18 is 3.12%, so take your pick.
CM.PR.I PerpetualPremium 22,479 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.50% based on a bid of $25.30 and a call 2016-3-1 at 25.00

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

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