February 9, 2007

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 4.05% 4.06% 29,721 17.32 1 0.0000% 1,039.5
Fixed-Floater 4.80% 3.46% 94,800 6.37 7 +0.0117% 1,043.5
Floater 4.46% -25.74% 56,145 6.58 5 -0.2790% 1,052.4
Op. Retract 4.72% 2.34% 75,677 2.09 18 -0.0430% 1,028.8
Split-Share 5.09% 1.09% 296,448 2.65 14 0.0824% 1,043.1
Interest Bearing 6.69% 2.47% 74,207 3.87 6 +0.0103% 1,036.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.04% 3.65% 228,637 5.13 51 -0.0429% 1,052.0
Perpetual-Discount 4.53% 4.56% 1,071,358 15.30 10 +0.1167% 1,056.8
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
WN.PR.B OpRet -1.5066% A reaction to the Credit-Watch Negative. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.40% based on a bid of 26.15 and a softMaturity 2009-6-30.
WN.PR.C PerpetualPremium -1.4903% Credit watch negative! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.82% based on a call 2014-7-31 at $25.00.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
BCE.PR.H FixedFloater 800,500 Formerly BC.PR.E
SLF.PR.C PerpetualDiscount 191,855 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 24.76 and a limitMaturity.
SLF.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 122,560 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.55% based on a bid of $24.82 and a limitMaturity.
WN.PR.E PerpetualPremium 91,821 Credit Watch Negative! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.84% based on a bid of $24.78 and a limitMaturity.
WN.PR.B OpRet 79,620 With a major price move, too!

There were nineteen other “$25 p.v. equivalent” index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

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