September 11, 2009

Esquire has an entertaining and illuminating feature article titled The Deal of the Century, regarding last fall’s Barclays/Lehman deal.

PerpetualDiscounts underperformed today, losing 22bp against the gain of 7bp by FixedResets. This means that the former class is down 69bp on the month-to-date, while the latter is up 30bp, a reversal of fortunes from recent months! Volume picked up today and is relatively heavy

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 0.9952 % 1,459.3
FixedFloater 5.75 % 4.01 % 57,606 18.58 1 -0.4739 % 2,669.0
Floater 2.51 % 2.10 % 28,681 22.16 4 0.9952 % 1,823.1
OpRet 4.87 % -11.46 % 138,012 0.09 15 0.3278 % 2,284.8
SplitShare 6.48 % 6.79 % 1,036,592 4.05 2 -0.9511 % 2,042.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3278 % 2,089.2
Perpetual-Premium 5.77 % 5.56 % 149,492 2.86 12 -0.0396 % 1,878.4
Perpetual-Discount 5.71 % 5.77 % 199,189 14.23 59 -0.2164 % 1,799.9
FixedReset 5.49 % 3.99 % 469,921 4.14 40 0.0736 % 2,110.4
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
RY.PR.W Perpetual-Discount -1.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 22.49
Evaluated at bid price : 22.66
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %
TCA.PR.Y Perpetual-Discount -1.42 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 45.90
Evaluated at bid price : 48.67
Bid-YTW : 5.77 %
BNA.PR.D SplitShare -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-07-09
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.55
Bid-YTW : 6.79 %
TD.PR.O Perpetual-Discount -1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 22.23
Evaluated at bid price : 22.37
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
RY.PR.C Perpetual-Discount -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 20.72
Evaluated at bid price : 20.72
Bid-YTW : 5.61 %
TRI.PR.B Floater 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 18.95
Evaluated at bid price : 18.95
Bid-YTW : 2.09 %
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 5.70 %
BAM.PR.J OpRet 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2018-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.21
Bid-YTW : 5.27 %
BAM.PR.P FixedReset 1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-10-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.59
Bid-YTW : 5.52 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 18.85
Evaluated at bid price : 18.85
Bid-YTW : 2.10 %
BAM.PR.O OpRet 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2013-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.18
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.H Perpetual-Premium 145,530 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-06-23
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.27
Bid-YTW : 5.56 %
RY.PR.R FixedReset 66,060 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.73
Bid-YTW : 3.71 %
TD.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 54,328 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-09-11
Maturity Price : 22.23
Evaluated at bid price : 22.37
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
BNS.PR.T FixedReset 53,637 Desjardins bought 10,900 from Nesbitt at 27.95.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.88
Bid-YTW : 3.77 %
CM.PR.L FixedReset 50,986 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-05-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.82
Bid-YTW : 4.07 %
RY.PR.P FixedReset 50,465 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.73
Bid-YTW : 3.71 %
There were 49 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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