August 23, 2006

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version
Index Current Yield (at bid) YTW Average Trading Value Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.38% 4.36% 27,056 16.57 2 -0.2016% 986.2
Fixed-Floater 4.95% 4.15% 268,331 11.47 6 0.7703% 1,002.2
Floater 4.59% -19.64% 60,165 6.44 5 -0.2679% 1,009.7
Op. Retract 4.71% 2.85% 75,881 2.57 18 0.0732% 1,004.6
Split-Share 5.01% 3.60% 56,016 2.75 10 0.0061% 1,003.1
Interest Bearing 6.83% 5.09% 59,939 2.12 7 0.1704% 1,013.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.27% 4.14% 164,138 3.79 42 0.0063% 1,013.7
Perpetual-Discount 4.72% 4.73% 338,076 12.35 13 0.0688% 1,020.6
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BCE.PR.A FixedFloater +4.0875% Recovering from yesterday’s swoon. Scotia crossed 25,000 @25.25, an impressively repetetive trade. Closed at $25.21-29, so things are back to normal … for now!
CM.PR.D PerpetualPremium +1.1654% The pre-tax YTW is only 3.72 at the closing bid of $26.91
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
BC.PR.C FixedFloater 166,809  
TD.PR.O PerpetualPremium 136,800  
POW.PR.D PerpetualPremium 62,780 Nesbitt crossed 50,000 @25.60
TOC.PR.B Floater 50,741 CIBC sold a whack @25.50: 24,400 to Nesbitt; 25,000 to Desjardins and 500 (sic) to Royal – must have been a retail bid that was in the way.
BMO.PR.I OpRet 38,600 Scotia crossed 37,300 @ 25.50; YTW of this issue is a niggardly 2.61% at the closing bid of 25.42, based on a call as soon as the redemption price goes down to $25.25 at the end of November. It’s more likely, however, that BMO will keep the issue alive for another year, paying $1.1875 dividend but saving $0.25 on the redemption price. This scenario implies a pre-tax YTM of 3.97%, not bad at all … if you can rely on BMO not calling the issue!

There were seven other index-included issues with volumes of more than 10,000 shares.

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