October 15, 2009

A day enlivened by the settlement of IAG.PR.E.

Otherwise, we were back to same-old, same-old, with PerpetualDiscounts losing 26bp and FixedResets gaining 4bp, total return. Volume was good, with PerpetualDiscounts being the majority of the volume highlights table.

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 -1.1791 % 1,465.8
FixedFloater 5.74 % 3.90 % 44,438 18.98 1 3.7240 % 2,713.4
Floater 2.66 % 3.09 % 109,408 19.51 3 -1.1791 % 1,831.2
OpRet 4.91 % -1.94 % 121,831 0.09 15 -0.1543 % 2,276.8
SplitShare 6.43 % 6.50 % 604,968 3.97 2 0.0888 % 2,056.6
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1543 % 2,081.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.93 % 5.95 % 145,818 13.93 11 -0.2427 % 1,843.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.94 % 6.02 % 223,360 13.88 63 -0.2601 % 1,741.9
FixedReset 5.52 % 4.19 % 472,577 4.03 41 0.0391 % 2,106.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -2.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 19.52
Evaluated at bid price : 19.52
Bid-YTW : 6.84 %
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount -1.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 17.61
Evaluated at bid price : 17.61
Bid-YTW : 6.80 %
HSB.PR.C Perpetual-Discount -1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 21.61
Evaluated at bid price : 21.61
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
ACO.PR.A OpRet -1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2009-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.50
Evaluated at bid price : 25.81
Bid-YTW : 3.11 %
BAM.PR.K Floater -1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 12.76
Evaluated at bid price : 12.76
Bid-YTW : 3.10 %
BAM.PR.B Floater -1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 12.81
Evaluated at bid price : 12.81
Bid-YTW : 3.09 %
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Premium -1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 23.37
Evaluated at bid price : 23.66
Bid-YTW : 6.25 %
IGM.PR.A OpRet -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2009-11-14
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.91
Bid-YTW : -30.95 %
CM.PR.G Perpetual-Discount -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 21.67
Evaluated at bid price : 22.02
Bid-YTW : 6.14 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 20.88
Evaluated at bid price : 20.88
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %
RY.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 20.32
Evaluated at bid price : 20.32
Bid-YTW : 5.63 %
BAM.PR.G FixedFloater 3.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.94
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
IAG.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 170,412 New issue settled today.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 24.07
Evaluated at bid price : 24.26
Bid-YTW : 6.22 %
MFC.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 99,708 Nesbitt crossed 37,000 at 19.48; RBC bought two blocks from anonymous, 15,300 at 19.35 and 22,900 at 19.37.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 19.39
Evaluated at bid price : 19.39
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %
RY.PR.X FixedReset 79,890 Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 27.65.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-09-23
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.62
Bid-YTW : 4.16 %
SLF.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 76,410 Desjardins crossed 60,000 at 19.75.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 19.74
Evaluated at bid price : 19.74
Bid-YTW : 6.08 %
TD.PR.K FixedReset 66,560 National crossed 25,000 at 27.20; RBC crossed 32,000 at the same price.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-08-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.20
Bid-YTW : 4.24 %
TD.PR.P Perpetual-Discount 59,825 Nesbitt crossed 48,100 at 22.70.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-10-15
Maturity Price : 22.42
Evaluated at bid price : 22.55
Bid-YTW : 5.84 %
There were 48 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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