June 28, 2007

Very sorry … due to month-end scheduling difficulties, the report for June 28 will be delayed. I hope to have everything caught up by the end of the day.

Later…

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 5.71% 5.78% 27,182 14.42 2 +0.1107% 959.9
Fixed-Floater 5.63% 5.94% 138,991 14.37 7 -0.0904% 898.2
Floater 4.84% 2.64% 86,065 5.85 3 -0.0262% 1,047.1
Op. Retract 4.83% 4.08% 85,381 3.57 17 +0.0047% 1,019.8
Split-Share 5.04% 4.63% 151,439 4.05 15 -0.0096% 1,043.5
Interest Bearing 6.80% 7.00% 84,576 6.13 4 -0.4232% 1,027.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.43% 5.14% 149,443 7.81 34 +0.1047% 1,021.0
Perpetual-Discount 5.07% 5.11% 492,114 15.32 29 -0.0920% 964.4
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BSD.PR.A InterestBearing -2.8272% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.32% (as interest) based on a bid of 9.28 and a hardMaturity 2015-3-31 at 10.00.
BNS.PR.M PerpetualDiscount -2.4713% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.20% based on a bid of 22.10 and a limitMaturity.
BCE.PR.Z FixFloat -2.1739%  
BCE.PR.A FixFloat -1.2797%  
FIG.PR.A InterestBearing +1.0341% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.68% based on a bid of 9.77 and a hardMaturity 2014-12-31 at 10.00.
CU.PR.A PerpetualPremium +1.0576% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.17% based on a bid of 25.80 and a call 2012-3-31 at 25.00.
ELF.PR.G PerpetualDiscount +2.0225% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.33% based on a bid of 22.70 and a limitMaturity.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
RY.PR.A PerpetualDiscount 116,820 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.06% based on a bid of 22.25 and a limitMaturity.
RY.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 110,800 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.06% based on a bid of 22.50 and a limitMaturity.
SLF.PR.D PerpetualDiscount 105,360 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.03% based on a bid of 22.21 and a limitMaturity.
BMO.PR.G OpRet 79,494 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.80% based on a bid of 25.11 and a softMaturity 2008-5-24 at 25.00.
BNS.PR.J PerpetualPremium 23,100 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.91% based on a bid of 25.40 and a call 2013-11-28 at 25.00.

There were eleven other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.

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