Best & Worst Performers: February 2009

These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices.

February 2009
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “February 27”)
FFN.PR.A SplitShare Pfd-5(high) -21.83% Downgraded Feb. 13. Removed from SplitShare index in February 2009 Rebalancing. Asset coverage of 0.9+:1 as of February 27, according to the company. Now with a (somewhat dubious) pre-tax bid-YTW of 16.56% based on a bid of 5.95 and a hardMaturity 2014-12-1 at (a somewhat dubious) 10.00.
LFE.PR.A SplitShare Pfd-2(low) -18.64% Asset coverage of 1.0+:1 as of February 27, 2009, according to the company but still considered Pfd-2(low) by DBRS. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 14.70% based on a bid of 7.37 and a hardMaturity 2012-12-1 at 10.00.
FBS.PR.B SplitShare Pfd-4 -13.53% Downgraded Feb. 13. Removed from SplitShare index in February 2009 Rebalancing. Asset coverage of 1.0+:1 as of February 26, according to TD Securities. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 22.85% based on a bid of 6.41 and a hardMaturity 2011-12-15 at 10.00.
PWF.PR.G PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) -11.77% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.81% based on a bid of 19.19 and a limitMaturity.
WFS.PR.A SplitShare Pfd-4(low) -11.10% Downgraded Feb. 13. Removed from SplitShare index in February 2009 Rebalancing. Asset coverage of 1.0+:1 as of February 19 according to Mulvihill. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 18.97% based on a bid of 7.61 and a hardMaturity 2011-6-30 at 10.00.
HSB.PR.C PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1 +4.35% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.24% based on a bid of 18.00 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.H OpRet Pfd-2(low) +5.41% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 8.56% based on a bid of 23.40 and a softMaturity 2012-3-30 at 25.00.
BAM.PR.O OpRet Pfd-2(low) +10.65% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 9.53% based on a bid of 21.30 and optionCertainty 2013-6-30 at 25.00.
TRI.PR.B Floater Pfd-2(low) +14.89% Removed from Floater index in February 2009 Rebalancing on volume concerns.
PWF.PR.A Floater Pfd-1(low) +15.28%  

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