Archive for October, 2018

BoC Hikes Policy Rate 25bp; Prime Follows

Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

The Bank of Canada has announced:

The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 1 ¾ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 per cent and the deposit rate is 1 ½ per cent.

The global economic outlook remains solid. The US economy is especially robust and is expected to moderate over the projection horizon, as forecast in the Bank’s July Monetary Policy Report (MPR). The new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will reduce trade policy uncertainty in North America, which has been an important curb on business confidence and investment. However, trade conflict, particularly between the United States and China, is weighing on global growth and commodity prices. Financial market volatility has resurfaced and some emerging markets are under stress but, overall, global financial conditions remain accommodative.

The Canadian economy continues to operate close to its potential and the composition of growth is more balanced. Despite some quarterly fluctuations, growth is expected to average about 2 per cent over the second half of 2018. Real GDP is projected to grow by 2.1 per cent this year and next before slowing to 1.9 per cent in 2020.

The projections for business investment and exports have been revised up, reflecting the USMCA and the recently-approved liquid natural gas project in British Columbia. Still, investment and exports will be dampened by the recent decline in commodity prices, as well as ongoing competitiveness challenges and limited transportation capacity. The Bank will be monitoring the extent to which the USMCA leads to more confidence and business investment in Canada.

Household spending is expected to continue growing at a healthy pace, underpinned by solid employment income growth. Households are adjusting their spending as expected in response to higher interest rates and housing market policies. In this context, household credit growth continues to moderate and housing activity across Canada is stabilizing. As a result, household vulnerabilities are edging lower in a number of respects, although they remain elevated.

CPI inflation dropped to 2.2 per cent in September, in large part because the summer spike in airfares was reversed. Other temporary factors pushing up inflation, such as past increases in gasoline prices and minimum wages, should fade in early 2019. Inflation is then expected to remain close to the 2 per cent target through the end of 2020. The Bank’s core measures of inflation all remain around 2 per cent, consistent with an economy that is operating at capacity. Wage growth remains moderate, although it is projected to pick up in the coming quarters, consistent with the Bank’s latest Business Outlook Survey.

Given all of these factors, Governing Council agrees that the policy interest rate will need to rise to a neutral stance to achieve the inflation target. In determining the appropriate pace of rate increases, Governing Council will continue to take into account how the economy is adjusting to higher interest rates, given the elevated level of household debt. In addition, we will pay close attention to global trade policy developments and their implications for the inflation outlook.

As usual there are no details of how the voting went or any capsule description of the rationale for such dissent, as is routinely provided by professionally managed central banks such as the US Federal Reserve. It’s a pity that members of the grandiosely named Governing Council are so insecure!

The Big Banks hiked prime. Sadly, we do not know what has been done with the banks’ top secret internal primes or the spreads to Prime that the average customer might see on his renewal notice.

Details are:

October 23, 2018

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

Another grim day for the Canadian preferred shares market. TXPR touched a new 52 Week low of 695.25 (note that this is the price index, not the total return index; saying that this is a 52-week low ignores interim dividends paid), while, unsurprisingly, CPD did the same, touching a new 52 Week low of 13.93 (with a similar not about dividends!). Volume in CPD was valued at $1.7-million the highest in the past month, while the calculated volume of TXPR was on the high side for the past month, but only a bit more than half the October 19 value.

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 0.3258 % 3,100.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3258 % 5,688.9
Floater 3.50 % 3.72 % 40,596 18.03 4 0.3258 % 3,278.5
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0079 % 3,227.9
SplitShare 4.61 % 4.79 % 50,654 4.70 5 0.0079 % 3,854.8
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0079 % 3,007.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.65 % 5.08 % 78,665 14.02 12 -0.1169 % 2,895.5
Perpetual-Discount 5.61 % 5.75 % 76,432 14.27 21 -0.0362 % 2,921.7
FixedReset Disc 4.24 % 5.16 % 148,400 15.32 45 -0.1914 % 2,567.5
Deemed-Retractible 5.35 % 6.80 % 63,847 5.23 27 -0.1135 % 2,891.4
FloatingReset 3.67 % 3.79 % 43,510 5.52 4 -0.5109 % 2,835.6
FixedReset Prem 4.89 % 4.29 % 259,630 3.06 34 -0.0162 % 2,559.2
FixedReset Bank Non 3.11 % 3.61 % 79,497 0.33 8 0.0713 % 2,577.7
FixedReset Ins Non 4.46 % 5.82 % 118,557 5.35 22 -0.0797 % 2,515.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc -1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 20.68
Evaluated at bid price : 20.68
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset -1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 20.47
Evaluated at bid price : 20.47
Bid-YTW : 4.41 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 21.43
Evaluated at bid price : 21.43
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.55
Bid-YTW : 7.39 %
IGM.PR.B Perpetual-Premium -1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 24.64
Evaluated at bid price : 24.95
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 17.68
Evaluated at bid price : 17.68
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non -1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.08
Bid-YTW : 5.82 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.63
Bid-YTW : 6.57 %
PWF.PR.R Perpetual-Premium 1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 23.97
Evaluated at bid price : 24.30
Bid-YTW : 5.67 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.69
Bid-YTW : 9.39 %
BAM.PF.D Perpetual-Discount 1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 20.76
Evaluated at bid price : 20.76
Bid-YTW : 5.97 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.32
Bid-YTW : 7.46 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.D Deemed-Retractible 367,328 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-11-22
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.24
Bid-YTW : 1.80 %
RY.PR.Q FixedReset Prem 111,908 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.26
Bid-YTW : 3.82 %
TD.PR.Y FixedReset Bank Non 57,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-11-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.98
Bid-YTW : 3.61 %
MFC.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 54,985 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.28
Bid-YTW : 6.21 %
BMO.PR.E FixedReset Prem 44,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-11-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.19
Bid-YTW : 4.82 %
BIP.PR.C FixedReset Prem 38,220 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.35
Bid-YTW : 4.99 %
There were 24 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.68 – 21.28
Spot Rate : 0.6000
Average : 0.3956

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 20.68
Evaluated at bid price : 20.68
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %

IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.25 – 23.99
Spot Rate : 0.7400
Average : 0.5812

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.25
Bid-YTW : 6.80 %

BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc Quote: 24.27 – 24.84
Spot Rate : 0.5700
Average : 0.4177

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 23.74
Evaluated at bid price : 24.27
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %

BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.10 – 20.61
Spot Rate : 0.5100
Average : 0.3612

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 20.10
Evaluated at bid price : 20.10
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %

IGM.PR.B Perpetual-Premium Quote: 24.95 – 25.37
Spot Rate : 0.4200
Average : 0.2881

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 24.64
Evaluated at bid price : 24.95
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %

BAM.PF.C Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.71 – 21.17
Spot Rate : 0.4600
Average : 0.3373

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-23
Maturity Price : 20.71
Evaluated at bid price : 20.71
Bid-YTW : 5.92 %

RY.PR.D, RY.PR.I, RY.PR.K and RY.PR.L To Be Redeemed

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

Royal Bank of Canada has announced:

its intention to redeem all of its issued and outstanding Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares Series AD (the “Series AD shares”) on November 24, 2018, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share to be paid on November 26, 2018. Royal Bank of Canada also announced its intention to redeem all of its issued and outstanding Non-Cumulative Floating Rate First Preferred Shares Series AK (the “Series AK shares”) and Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares Series AJ (the “Series AJ shares”) and AL (the “Series AL shares”) on February 24, 2019, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share to be paid on February 25, 2019.

There are 10,000,000 Series AD shares outstanding, representing $250 million of capital; 2,421,185 Series AK shares outstanding, representing approximately $61 million of capital; 13,578,815 Series AJ shares outstanding, representing approximately $339 million of capital; and 12,000,000 Series AL shares outstanding, representing $300 million of capital. The redemptions will be financed out of the general corporate funds of Royal Bank of Canada.

The final quarterly dividend of $0.28125 for each of the Series AD shares will be paid separately from the redemption price and in the usual manner on November 23, 2018 to shareholders of record on October 25, 2018. After such dividend payment, the holders of Series AD shares will cease to be entitled to dividends. The final quarterly dividends for each of the Series AK, AJ and AL shares, subject to declaration by the board of directors on November 27, 2018, will be paid separately from the redemption price for each of the Series AK, Series AJ and Series AL Shares and in the usual manner on February 22, 2019 to shareholders of record on January 24, 2019. After such dividend payments, the holders of Series AK, AJ and AL shares will cease to be entitled to dividends.

RY.PR.D is a 4.5% Straight Perpetual that was announced 2006-12-4 and commenced trading 2006-12-13. It has been assigned to the DeemedRetractibles sub-index since the imposition of the NVCC rules in 2011.

RY.PR.I was issued as a FixedReset, 5.00%+193, that commenced trading 2008-9-16 after being announced 2008-9-8. It was not called for redemption with others in the 2014-2-24 batch, and the extension became official on 2014-1-21, with the reset rate of 3.52% announced 2014-1-24. There was 15% conversion to RY.PR.K, its FloatingReset counterpart. The issue is currently assigned to the FixedReset Bank Non-NVCC Compliant subindex.

As noted above, RY.PR.K came into existence via partial conversion from RY.PR.I. It was posted for trading 2014-2-24. It is currently assigned to the “Scraps” sub-index due to low trading volume.

RY.PR.L was issued as a FixedReset, 5.60%+267, that commenced trading 2008-11-3 after being announced 2008-10-23 – very exciting times for the market! Like RY.PR.I, above, it was not called for redemption on 2014-2-24, with the extension becoming official on 2014-1-21 and the reset rate of 4.26% announced 2014-1-24. There was no conversion to FloatingReset. The issue is currently assigned to the FixedReset Bank Non-NVCC Compliant subindex.

October 22, 2018

Monday, October 22nd, 2018

There’s a new development in the Fortress scandal:

Officials at Fortress Real Developments Inc. told investors in 2013 that land slated for a new condo development in Winnipeg was worth more than three times the value cited in an independent appraisal commissioned by the company, the RCMP alleges.

In a search-warrant application filed in court on Oct. 4, RCMP investigators outlined new information that they had gleaned from an earlier search of Fortress’s head-office location in April, saying it supported their concern that Fortress misled investors about the value of land earmarked for several development projects so it could raise more financing.

The RCMP warrant application filed in October said investigators found a document at Fortress’s office during the search in April showing that an appraiser valued Winnipeg land earmarked for the SkyCity Centre condominium development at $5.92-million in August, 2013.

Another 2013 appraisal from the same company, a document also seized in the April search, said the land was worth $11-million “subject to hypothetical conditions and extraordinary assumptions as outlined in the report,” the RCMP said.

The same year, syndicated mortgage investors were offered an opportunity to invest in the Winnipeg project, and were told the “as is” value of the land was $18-million, the RCMP said. The valuation relied on assumptions about future profits and was not an “as is” valuation, according to the RCMP.

In future rounds of fundraising, Fortress told other investors in 2014 that the Winnipeg land was worth $25-million, and said in 2015 that the value of the property was $37.3-million, the RCMP said.

The October search-warrant application also revealed that Fortress was trying to raise $2-million in new funding for SkyCity Centre earlier this year, and got a new appraisal on the land, valuing it at $7.3-million in 2018. Fortress cancelled the SkyCity project this spring.

But have no fear! The OSC is making a safer world for incompetent traders!

K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc., a well-known Toronto hedge fund, and two of its top employees have been fined a total of $1-million by the Ontario Securities Commission for “manipulative trading.”

Citing one example to illustrate the behaviour, the OSC alleged that Mr. Kimel would place an electronic order to buy or sell options for an unnamed security and that, soon after, Mr. Gosselin would call traders at a financial institution to negotiate a trade for options of the same security. “Very soon after a desk trade had been confirmed by a financial institution (often within seconds) the opposite [electronic] order previously entered would be cancelled,” the OSC’s statement said.

Well, we wouldn’t want the poor little darlings at the banks to think, would we? It’s their job to arbitrage markets and employ former regulators. The settlement agreement has a detailed example:

As an example of this calculation methodology, on December 1, 2016, the Respondents’ trading resulted in the Respondents purchasing 2,500 put options of a certain security at a price of $0.30 for an aggregate acquisition cost of $75,000. Immediately prior to the Respondents initiating their trading regarding these put options, the market spread for these put options was $0.10 / $0.50. If the Respondents had purchased the 2,500 put options prior to engaging in trading, all things being equal, the purchase price would have been at least $0.50, resulting in an aggregate acquisition cost of $125,000. This saved the Respondents $50,000 on this one transaction. The spoofing activity to achieve this calculated $50,000 acquisition cost saving comprised Kimel placing two DEA orders to sell the put options. Kimel first placed an order to sell the put options at $0.35 (which was never filled and cancelled after K2 successfully purchased 2,500 put options). Kimel immediately followed this by placing a second order to sell 10 put options at $0.25. Kimel cancelled this second sell order shortly after placing it and the market spread became $0.10 / $0.30. Within minutes, Gosselin negotiated a desk trade with a Financial Institution on the opposite side to buy 2,500 put options at the lower price of $0.30.

Spoofing should not be illegal. Manipulating markets is a tricksy thing, and while incompetent traders might consider themselves victimized, an actual investor will be very happy. If, in the above example, $0.25 was indeed an absurdly low price for the option then a market comprised of intelligent investors would have pounced on the offer immediately (a “pounce” strategy means that orders are placed very, very shortly after an opportunity occurs). So Joe Hotshot places an order to sell at 0.35 and nothing happens. He then places another order to sell at 0.25 and within about 10 milliseconds he’s filled. And then he’s behind the eight-ball. He’s just sold X options at a price less than he was willing to pay to buy them. So he goes broke and the market starts looking for another genius to take to the cleaners.

Besides practical difficulties that may be experienced by the spoofer in an intelligent market, there are also concerns about enforcement. I have grave doubts regarding the even-handedness of regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.

Deregulating spoofing, however, would be contrary to the business plans of the banks, who seek to use cheap, obsolete technology and second-rate staff to make huge profits screwing the bejesus out of their clients. And, of course, the regulators get terribly, terribly concerned when one of their future employers lose money.

A CBC squib led me to a release page which led me to a Credit Suisse report titled Global Wealth Report 2018:

Nations with wealth per adult above USD 100,000 are located in North America, Western Europe, and among the rich Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern countries. Switzerland (USD 530,240), Australia (USD 411,060) and the United States (USD 403,970) again head the league table according to wealth per adult, followed by Belgium (313,050), Norway (291,100), and New Zealand (USD 289,800). Canada (288,260), Denmark (286,710), Singapore (283,260) and France (280,580) occupy the remaining places in the top ten.

The ranking by median wealth per adult favors countries with lower levels of wealth inequality and produces a slightly different table. This year, Australia (USD 191,450) edged ahead of Switzerland (USD 183,340) into first place according to our estimates. The median wealth placements of Belgium (USD 163,430), Canada (USD 106,340), New Zealand (98,610), the United Kingdom (97,170) and Singapore (USD 91,660) are similar to their mean wealth ranking, but lower inequality moves France (USD 106,830) up five places to fifth position, the Netherlands (USD 114,930) up eight places to fourth position, and Japan (USD 103,860) up ten places to seventh position. In contrast, high wealth inequality pushes Norway down seven places, and Denmark down 11 places, while median wealth of just USD 61,670 relegates the United States to 18th place, alongside Austria and Korea.

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Net worth, or “wealth,” is defined as the value of financial assets plus real assets (principally housing) owned by households, minus their debts. This corresponds to the balance sheet that a household might draw up, listing the items which are owned, and their net value if sold. Private pension fund assets are included, but not entitlements to state pensions. Human capital is excluded altogether, along with assets and debts owned by the state (which cannot easily be assigned to individuals).

Jamie Golombek in the Financial Post has some pretty critical information for real-estate purchasers:

If you’re buying a house or condo and you suspect that the current owner from whom you are purchasing the property is a non-resident of Canada, you could be personally liable for the vendor’s Canadian capital gains tax if you don’t take certain precautions.

That’s why the Canadian tax system, like other tax systems around the globe, has a special rule that states that if there is a gain from the sale of domestic real estate by a non-resident vendor, the purchaser of the property may be responsible for the capital gains tax.

To this end, our Income Tax Act imposes an obligation on the purchaser to withhold 25 per cent of the purchase price from a non-resident unless the vendor has obtained a clearance certificate from the Canada Revenue Agency indicating that the non-resident has made appropriate arrangements to pay the tax. To get this certificate, the vendor needs to file Form T2062, “Request by a Non-Resident of Canada for a Certificate of Compliance Related to the Disposition of Taxable Canadian Property” within ten days of the planned sale, accompanied by a payment of 25 per cent of the expected capital gain on the sale.

If the non-resident doesn’t get a certificate, the Canadian resident purchaser is responsible for the 25 per cent tax owing on behalf of the non-resident unless, “after reasonable inquiry the purchaser had no reason to believe that the non-resident person was not resident in Canada.”

It was a relatively quiet day after Friday‘s excitement; Straight Perpetuals got hammered again.

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 -0.7544 % 3,090.2
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.7544 % 5,670.4
Floater 3.52 % 3.73 % 39,057 18.01 4 -0.7544 % 3,267.9
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0238 % 3,227.6
SplitShare 4.61 % 4.84 % 50,166 4.70 5 -0.0238 % 3,854.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0238 % 3,007.4
Perpetual-Premium 5.65 % 1.59 % 61,366 0.19 12 -0.2765 % 2,898.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.61 % 5.75 % 76,357 14.29 21 -0.4961 % 2,922.7
FixedReset Disc 4.23 % 5.15 % 144,222 15.33 45 -0.0262 % 2,572.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.34 % 6.92 % 65,768 5.23 27 0.4822 % 2,894.7
FloatingReset 3.65 % 3.75 % 42,375 5.52 4 0.6427 % 2,850.2
FixedReset Prem 4.89 % 4.29 % 256,546 3.06 34 0.2304 % 2,559.6
FixedReset Bank Non 3.12 % 3.53 % 73,604 0.34 8 0.0918 % 2,575.9
FixedReset Ins Non 4.45 % 5.68 % 116,645 5.35 22 0.0020 % 2,517.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc -2.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 16.93
Evaluated at bid price : 16.93
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %
PWF.PR.R Perpetual-Premium -2.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 23.68
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %
BAM.PF.D Perpetual-Discount -2.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 20.48
Evaluated at bid price : 20.48
Bid-YTW : 6.05 %
W.PR.J Perpetual-Discount -1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 24.23
Evaluated at bid price : 24.52
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non -1.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.95
Bid-YTW : 5.68 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc -1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 18.76
Evaluated at bid price : 18.76
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %
BAM.PR.B Floater -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 17.41
Evaluated at bid price : 17.41
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %
POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount -1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 22.93
Evaluated at bid price : 23.21
Bid-YTW : 5.80 %
BAM.PR.C Floater -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 3.73 %
W.PR.H Perpetual-Discount -1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 24.23
Evaluated at bid price : 24.53
Bid-YTW : 5.64 %
IAG.PR.A Deemed-Retractible -1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.92
Bid-YTW : 8.07 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 20.28
Evaluated at bid price : 20.28
Bid-YTW : 5.64 %
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.11
Bid-YTW : 8.06 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 22.02
Evaluated at bid price : 22.64
Bid-YTW : 5.02 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.70
Bid-YTW : 5.65 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 22.72
Evaluated at bid price : 23.41
Bid-YTW : 4.93 %
PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 21.29
Evaluated at bid price : 21.58
Bid-YTW : 3.75 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.97
Bid-YTW : 6.92 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 17.87
Evaluated at bid price : 17.87
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %
SLF.PR.D Deemed-Retractible 1.87 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.14
Bid-YTW : 8.63 %
BAM.PF.H FixedReset Prem 1.93 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.31
Bid-YTW : 4.57 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem 3.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.69 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 11.74 % Just a reversal of Friday‘s nonsense.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.23
Bid-YTW : 8.01 %

Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 105,385 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 23.92
Evaluated at bid price : 24.42
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %
RY.PR.F Deemed-Retractible 102,196 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-11-21
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.31
Bid-YTW : -1.87 %
EMA.PR.F FixedReset Disc 79,803 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 23.44
Evaluated at bid price : 23.90
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
TD.PF.G FixedReset Prem 61,555 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.03
Bid-YTW : 3.73 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset Prem 38,103 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.43
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 37,067 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 24.07
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
There were 18 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
HSE.PR.E FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.07 – 25.02
Spot Rate : 0.9500
Average : 0.6512

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 23.65
Evaluated at bid price : 24.07
Bid-YTW : 6.08 %

HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.93 – 17.56
Spot Rate : 0.6300
Average : 0.3915

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 16.93
Evaluated at bid price : 16.93
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %

HSE.PR.G FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.47 – 25.07
Spot Rate : 0.6000
Average : 0.4176

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 24.15
Evaluated at bid price : 24.47
Bid-YTW : 5.95 %

CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.28 – 20.72
Spot Rate : 0.4400
Average : 0.3039

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 20.28
Evaluated at bid price : 20.28
Bid-YTW : 5.64 %

BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.01 – 21.39
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2481

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 21.01
Evaluated at bid price : 21.01
Bid-YTW : 5.34 %

BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc Quote: 24.42 – 24.80
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2507

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-22
Maturity Price : 23.92
Evaluated at bid price : 24.42
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %

October 19, 2018

Friday, October 19th, 2018

The market weakened in the afternoon and collapsed in the last half hour:

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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 -2.4829 % 3,113.7
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -2.4829 % 5,713.5
Floater 3.49 % 3.68 % 39,207 18.12 4 -2.4829 % 3,292.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0079 % 3,228.4
SplitShare 4.61 % 4.77 % 50,885 4.71 5 0.0079 % 3,855.4
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0079 % 3,008.1
Perpetual-Premium 5.63 % 1.02 % 77,407 0.20 12 0.1735 % 2,907.0
Perpetual-Discount 5.58 % 5.72 % 75,431 14.32 21 -0.5041 % 2,937.3
FixedReset Disc 4.23 % 5.14 % 146,362 15.37 45 -0.5747 % 2,573.1
Deemed-Retractible 5.37 % 6.79 % 65,348 5.23 27 -1.2594 % 2,880.8
FloatingReset 3.61 % 3.76 % 42,853 5.54 4 -0.4999 % 2,832.0
FixedReset Prem 4.90 % 4.30 % 257,412 3.06 34 -0.4460 % 2,553.7
FixedReset Bank Non 3.12 % 3.61 % 74,521 0.34 8 -0.0815 % 2,573.5
FixedReset Ins Non 4.45 % 5.84 % 116,420 5.37 22 -0.8418 % 2,517.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible -11.59 % A nonsensical quote brought to you courtesy of Nonsense Central. The issue traded 22,017 shares today in a range of 20.50-21.69 before the Exchange started selling the “closing” quotation of 19.00-21.35.

There were a number of trades in the extended session at the day’s low of 20.50. Almost all the selling was done by Royal Bank.

I have not checked whether the lamentable state of the quote is due to inadequate Toronto Stock Exchange reporting or inadequate Toronto Stock Exchange supervision of market-makers.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 10.18 %

TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem -3.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.87
Evaluated at bid price : 24.14
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %
SLF.PR.D Deemed-Retractible -3.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.77
Bid-YTW : 8.98 %
BAM.PR.K Floater -3.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 3.72 %
IAG.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -3.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.94
Bid-YTW : 6.01 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -2.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.64
Bid-YTW : 7.19 %
BAM.PF.H FixedReset Prem -2.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.83
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
BAM.PR.B Floater -2.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 17.64
Evaluated at bid price : 17.64
Bid-YTW : 3.69 %
BAM.PR.C Floater -2.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 17.70
Evaluated at bid price : 17.70
Bid-YTW : 3.68 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -2.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.45
Bid-YTW : 5.84 %
HSE.PR.C FixedReset Disc -2.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 23.02
Evaluated at bid price : 23.52
Bid-YTW : 5.80 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non -2.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.59
Bid-YTW : 9.47 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non -2.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.58
Bid-YTW : 6.59 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non -2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.26
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc -2.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 21.88
Evaluated at bid price : 22.41
Bid-YTW : 5.06 %
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible -1.97 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.90
Bid-YTW : 8.25 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset -1.97 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.44
Bid-YTW : 7.56 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 17.34
Evaluated at bid price : 17.34
Bid-YTW : 5.59 %
PWF.PR.A Floater -1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 21.39
Evaluated at bid price : 21.39
Bid-YTW : 3.05 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non -1.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.63
Bid-YTW : 7.29 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount -1.77 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 20.02
Evaluated at bid price : 20.02
Bid-YTW : 6.00 %
SLF.PR.C Deemed-Retractible -1.76 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.05
Bid-YTW : 8.70 %
MFC.PR.B Deemed-Retractible -1.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.05
Bid-YTW : 8.97 %
GWO.PR.S Deemed-Retractible -1.68 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.40
Bid-YTW : 6.61 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc -1.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 21.66
Evaluated at bid price : 22.08
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount -1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 20.69
Evaluated at bid price : 20.69
Bid-YTW : 5.83 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc -1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.21
Evaluated at bid price : 22.94
Bid-YTW : 5.05 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc -1.42 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.36
Evaluated at bid price : 22.83
Bid-YTW : 5.03 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc -1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.33
Evaluated at bid price : 23.15
Bid-YTW : 4.96 %
BAM.PF.J FixedReset Prem -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.11
Evaluated at bid price : 22.76
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.12
Evaluated at bid price : 22.80
Bid-YTW : 5.00 %
GWO.PR.R Deemed-Retractible -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.34
Bid-YTW : 7.90 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 21.51
Evaluated at bid price : 21.51
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 20.07
Evaluated at bid price : 20.07
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %
GWO.PR.I Deemed-Retractible -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.09
Bid-YTW : 8.72 %
SLF.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.19
Bid-YTW : 8.63 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.02
Evaluated at bid price : 22.35
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %
CU.PR.H Perpetual-Discount -1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 23.59
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 5.53 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non -1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.12
Bid-YTW : 5.76 %
PWF.PR.Z Perpetual-Discount -1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 21.95
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 5.78 %
SLF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.63
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
MFC.PR.C Deemed-Retractible -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.45
Bid-YTW : 9.39 %
CU.PR.I FixedReset Prem -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.71
Bid-YTW : 3.41 %
GWO.PR.H Deemed-Retractible -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.37
Bid-YTW : 7.93 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc -1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.99
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible -1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.24
Bid-YTW : 6.79 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 17.57
Evaluated at bid price : 17.57
Bid-YTW : 5.30 %
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset -1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 20.65
Evaluated at bid price : 20.65
Bid-YTW : 4.31 %
BAM.PF.C Perpetual-Discount -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 20.69
Evaluated at bid price : 20.69
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.37
Evaluated at bid price : 22.86
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
POW.PR.A Perpetual-Premium 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 24.59
Evaluated at bid price : 24.84
Bid-YTW : 5.67 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 3.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.30
Bid-YTW : 5.39 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.E FixedReset Prem 317,002 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-11-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.18
Bid-YTW : 4.82 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Prem 254,052 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 246,669 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.05
Bid-YTW : 8.00 %
RY.PR.C Deemed-Retractible 241,723 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-11-18
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.26
Bid-YTW : 0.52 %
POW.PR.G Perpetual-Premium 220,648 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 204,099 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.16
Evaluated at bid price : 22.44
Bid-YTW : 5.69 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Prem 196,934 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 23.17
Evaluated at bid price : 25.03
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 165,702 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.02
Evaluated at bid price : 22.35
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 141,656 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.30
Bid-YTW : 5.39 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 138,575 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 23.53
Evaluated at bid price : 23.91
Bid-YTW : 6.10 %
CU.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 136,626 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 23.59
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 5.53 %
BIP.PR.B FixedReset Prem 136,436 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.60
Bid-YTW : 4.51 %
There were 76 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible Quote: 19.00 – 21.35
Spot Rate : 2.3500
Average : 1.2919

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 10.18 %

TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.14 – 25.14
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.6159

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.87
Evaluated at bid price : 24.14
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %

BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.26 – 23.99
Spot Rate : 0.7300
Average : 0.4029

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.68
Evaluated at bid price : 23.26
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %

TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.29 – 23.97
Spot Rate : 0.6800
Average : 0.3795

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 22.68
Evaluated at bid price : 23.29
Bid-YTW : 4.94 %

BAM.PF.H FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.83 – 25.59
Spot Rate : 0.7600
Average : 0.4628

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.83
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %

PWF.PR.Z Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.30 – 22.94
Spot Rate : 0.6400
Average : 0.3673

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-19
Maturity Price : 21.95
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 5.78 %

October 18, 2018

Thursday, October 18th, 2018

An article by Andrew Allentuck in Investment Executive titled What is safety worth to fixed-income investors? led me to a 2017 paper by Maxime Leboeuf and James Pinnington titled What Explains the Recent Increase in Canadian Corporate Bond Spreads:

The spread between the yield of a corporate bond and the yield of a similar Government of Canada bond reflects compensation for possible default by the issuing firm and compensation for additional risks beyond default. Using the approach proposed by Gilchrist and Zakrajšek (2012), we find that roughly two-thirds of the total 1.2-percentage-point increase in corporate bond spreads from July 2014 to September 2016—a period when oil prices were low—is due to higher compensation for possible default. Default risk explains most of the increase of spreads for energy and high-yield firms but explains almost none of the increase for financial and investment-grade firms. This suggests that liquidity risk and other factors beyond possible default affected spreads of financial and other investment-grade firms.

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 0.2238 % 3,193.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2238 % 5,859.0
Floater 3.40 % 3.59 % 39,663 18.33 4 0.2238 % 3,376.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1032 % 3,228.1
SplitShare 4.61 % 4.82 % 52,955 4.72 5 0.1032 % 3,855.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1032 % 3,007.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.64 % 0.04 % 61,206 0.20 12 -0.3658 % 2,901.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.55 % 5.71 % 74,763 14.35 21 -0.2965 % 2,952.2
FixedReset Disc 4.20 % 5.04 % 139,106 15.34 45 -0.0849 % 2,588.0
Deemed-Retractible 5.30 % 6.63 % 65,444 5.26 27 -0.3079 % 2,917.6
FloatingReset 3.60 % 3.80 % 42,821 5.55 4 -0.9558 % 2,846.2
FixedReset Prem 4.88 % 4.29 % 231,901 3.07 34 -0.0875 % 2,565.1
FixedReset Bank Non 3.12 % 3.54 % 69,816 0.35 8 0.0306 % 2,575.6
FixedReset Ins Non 4.41 % 5.53 % 107,913 5.37 22 -0.2582 % 2,539.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset -2.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 21.09
Evaluated at bid price : 21.09
Bid-YTW : 3.80 %
POW.PR.A Perpetual-Premium -1.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 24.22
Evaluated at bid price : 24.51
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc -1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 19.25
Evaluated at bid price : 19.25
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %
HSE.PR.E FixedReset Prem -1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 24.03
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc -1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 19.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 5.15 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.55
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible -1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.49
Bid-YTW : 7.76 %
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 21.54
Evaluated at bid price : 21.80
Bid-YTW : 5.76 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.28
Bid-YTW : 7.47 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.25
Bid-YTW : 6.73 %
IAG.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %
PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Premium -1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 23.86
Evaluated at bid price : 24.11
Bid-YTW : 5.72 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.75
Bid-YTW : 7.69 %
IAG.PR.A Deemed-Retractible -1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.15
Bid-YTW : 7.84 %
SLF.PR.C Deemed-Retractible -1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.41
Bid-YTW : 8.35 %
SLF.PR.D Deemed-Retractible -1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.43
Bid-YTW : 8.34 %
HSE.PR.G FixedReset Prem -1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 24.17
Evaluated at bid price : 24.48
Bid-YTW : 5.94 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.30
Bid-YTW : 6.63 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 2.78 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 57,155 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 23.14
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 55,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 22.78
Evaluated at bid price : 23.48
Bid-YTW : 4.90 %
TD.PF.F Perpetual-Discount 46,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 23.81
Evaluated at bid price : 24.26
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 33,790 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 22.80
Evaluated at bid price : 23.93
Bid-YTW : 4.91 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 31,750 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 31,646 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %
There were 27 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
POW.PR.A Perpetual-Premium Quote: 24.51 – 24.93
Spot Rate : 0.4200
Average : 0.2610

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 24.22
Evaluated at bid price : 24.51
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %

BIP.PR.B FixedReset Prem Quote: 25.75 – 26.15
Spot Rate : 0.4000
Average : 0.2468

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.75
Bid-YTW : 4.22 %

CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc Quote: 22.87 – 23.31
Spot Rate : 0.4400
Average : 0.2871

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 22.43
Evaluated at bid price : 22.87
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %

MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 23.55 – 24.00
Spot Rate : 0.4500
Average : 0.3306

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.55
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %

HSE.PR.E FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.40 – 24.84
Spot Rate : 0.4400
Average : 0.3276

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 24.03
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %

PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset Quote: 21.09 – 21.56
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3929

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-18
Maturity Price : 21.09
Evaluated at bid price : 21.09
Bid-YTW : 3.80 %

October 17, 2018

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

We are most used to thinking of financial repression as being applied by governments through a low-interest-rate policy, but as noted on June 2, 2015, for instance, another way is to require regulated entities to hold government debt. This sometimes has spectacular effects:

A trio of Canadian banks is facing the fallout from a debt restructuring in Barbados that will slash the value of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of government paper they collectively own.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia are the largest lenders in the Caribbean, and each has direct exposure to Barbados. The country is home to one of the region’s largest economies, but the government’s finances have deteriorated over time.

To help turn the economy around, the International Monetary Fund is working with Barbados to formulate a financial rescue plan. As part of this effort, the government proposed a debt restructuring in September that would amend the terms of its existing domestic debt. On Sunday, Ms. Mottley announced the restructuring plan will proceed.

Through the restructuring, Canadian banks will face losses on their debt holdings because Barbados has forced them to hold a greater percentage of their reserves in government debt, to help fund its deficits. These securities must now be held for much longer, and their coupons will also be cut, so the lenders will receive much lower returns on their money.

The total impact on Canadian lenders is still being calculated, but the three affected banks hold a substantial amount of Barbados debt. As of January, 20 per cent of their Barbadian reserves had to be held in government debt.

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.69%, equivalent to 7.40% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield a little over 4.15%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread is now about 325bp, a significant widening from the 315bp reported October 10.

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 -0.0526 % 3,185.9
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0526 % 5,845.9
Floater 3.41 % 3.60 % 41,252 18.31 4 -0.0526 % 3,369.0
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0477 % 3,224.8
SplitShare 4.61 % 4.78 % 51,639 4.72 5 0.0477 % 3,851.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0477 % 3,004.8
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % 0.82 % 76,719 0.20 12 -0.0565 % 2,912.6
Perpetual-Discount 5.54 % 5.69 % 74,813 14.38 21 -0.0925 % 2,961.0
FixedReset Disc 4.20 % 5.10 % 140,719 15.38 45 -0.1782 % 2,590.2
Deemed-Retractible 5.29 % 6.59 % 65,040 5.25 27 -0.1105 % 2,926.6
FloatingReset 3.56 % 3.68 % 42,564 5.56 4 0.1615 % 2,873.7
FixedReset Prem 4.88 % 4.21 % 234,576 2.83 34 -0.0115 % 2,567.4
FixedReset Bank Non 3.12 % 3.63 % 72,581 0.35 8 -0.0611 % 2,574.8
FixedReset Ins Non 4.40 % 5.72 % 101,795 5.36 22 -0.3966 % 2,545.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -3.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.74
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible -1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.48
Bid-YTW : 6.59 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.86
Bid-YTW : 7.00 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.05
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 19.30
Evaluated at bid price : 19.30
Bid-YTW : 5.07 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.E FixedReset Prem 323,470 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-11-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.38
Bid-YTW : 4.63 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Prem 83,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.16
Bid-YTW : 4.73 %
EMA.PR.F FixedReset Disc 77,712 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 23.51
Evaluated at bid price : 23.96
Bid-YTW : 5.22 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 71,398 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 23.15
Evaluated at bid price : 25.01
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
HSE.PR.G FixedReset Prem 54,358 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.73
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset Disc 53,844 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 23.41
Evaluated at bid price : 23.84
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
There were 28 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 23.74 – 24.74
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.5458

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.74
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %

BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.10 – 23.49
Spot Rate : 0.3900
Average : 0.2631

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 22.60
Evaluated at bid price : 23.10
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %

ELF.PR.H Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.16 – 24.54
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2595

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 23.83
Evaluated at bid price : 24.16
Bid-YTW : 5.71 %

HSE.PR.G FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.73 – 25.19
Spot Rate : 0.4600
Average : 0.3424

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.73
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %

BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.80 – 24.15
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2359

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-17
Maturity Price : 23.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %

MFC.PR.B Deemed-Retractible Quote: 20.53 – 20.95
Spot Rate : 0.4200
Average : 0.3107

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.53
Bid-YTW : 8.50 %

October 16, 2018

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

Trump mouthed off about the Fed again:

U.S. President Donald Trump heaped more criticism on the Federal Reserve in an interview with Fox Business Network on Tuesday, extending his discontent beyond its chairman, Jerome Powell, whom he has frequently critiqued in public.

“My biggest threat is the Fed,” he said, according to excerpts released before the interview with “Trish Regan Primetime” airs. “I put a couple of other people there I’m not so happy with too but for the most part I’m very happy with people.”

I suspect that this is more of an attempt to buy political insurance in the event of an economic downturn than a serious move to undermine Fed independence. But what do I know?

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 1.8769 % 3,187.5
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.8769 % 5,849.0
Floater 3.41 % 3.60 % 38,760 18.32 4 1.8769 % 3,370.8
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0873 % 3,223.3
SplitShare 4.62 % 4.69 % 53,772 4.72 5 -0.0873 % 3,849.3
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0873 % 3,003.4
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % -1.85 % 60,411 0.21 12 -0.0565 % 2,914.2
Perpetual-Discount 5.53 % 5.67 % 71,199 14.42 21 0.0294 % 2,963.7
FixedReset Disc 4.19 % 5.04 % 141,118 15.43 45 0.3189 % 2,594.8
Deemed-Retractible 5.28 % 6.68 % 63,683 5.26 27 -0.2365 % 2,929.8
FloatingReset 3.57 % 3.73 % 40,694 5.57 4 0.5101 % 2,869.1
FixedReset Prem 4.88 % 4.26 % 230,906 2.83 34 0.2921 % 2,567.7
FixedReset Bank Non 3.12 % 3.40 % 73,118 0.35 8 0.0815 % 2,576.4
FixedReset Ins Non 4.38 % 5.42 % 101,292 5.36 22 0.4714 % 2,555.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible -1.77 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 6.28 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible -1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.65
Bid-YTW : 7.61 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 19.10
Evaluated at bid price : 19.10
Bid-YTW : 5.12 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.30
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.87
Bid-YTW : 5.72 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 22.82
Evaluated at bid price : 23.44
Bid-YTW : 4.91 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.55
Bid-YTW : 6.47 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 20.46
Evaluated at bid price : 20.46
Bid-YTW : 5.86 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.57
Bid-YTW : 7.20 %
PWF.PR.Q FloatingReset 1.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 21.46
Evaluated at bid price : 21.46
Bid-YTW : 3.73 %
BAM.PR.C Floater 1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 18.07
Evaluated at bid price : 18.07
Bid-YTW : 3.61 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 2.32 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 18.11
Evaluated at bid price : 18.11
Bid-YTW : 3.60 %
BAM.PR.B Floater 3.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 18.12
Evaluated at bid price : 18.12
Bid-YTW : 3.60 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem 3.94 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.05
Bid-YTW : 4.63 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 182,126 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 23.14
Evaluated at bid price : 24.98
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 100,707 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 20.40
Evaluated at bid price : 20.40
Bid-YTW : 5.88 %
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 84,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 21.49
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 5.70 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset Prem 72,487 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.14
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 72,228 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 22.02
Evaluated at bid price : 22.61
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem 69,616 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.05
Bid-YTW : 4.63 %
There were 44 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.85 – 24.32
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3445

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 6.28 %

W.PR.J Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.78 – 25.10
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2016

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 24.53
Evaluated at bid price : 24.78
Bid-YTW : 5.68 %

EIT.PR.B SplitShare Quote: 25.00 – 25.32
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2100

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-03-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.90 %

SLF.PR.J FloatingReset Quote: 20.00 – 20.31
Spot Rate : 0.3100
Average : 0.2124

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 7.02 %

POW.PR.A Perpetual-Premium Quote: 24.83 – 25.06
Spot Rate : 0.2300
Average : 0.1489

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 24.57
Evaluated at bid price : 24.83
Bid-YTW : 5.66 %

CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.80 – 22.20
Spot Rate : 0.4000
Average : 0.3192

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-16
Maturity Price : 21.45
Evaluated at bid price : 21.80
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %

October 15, 2018

Monday, October 15th, 2018
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 0.7564 % 3,128.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.7564 % 5,741.2
Floater 3.47 % 3.67 % 39,129 18.15 4 0.7564 % 3,308.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1271 % 3,226.1
SplitShare 4.61 % 4.61 % 54,617 4.72 5 0.1271 % 3,852.6
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1271 % 3,006.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.61 % -1.82 % 58,963 0.21 12 0.0465 % 2,915.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.53 % 5.66 % 69,864 14.45 21 0.1157 % 2,962.8
FixedReset Disc 4.20 % 5.13 % 142,082 15.43 45 -0.0309 % 2,586.6
Deemed-Retractible 5.27 % 6.59 % 64,177 5.27 27 0.0384 % 2,936.8
FloatingReset 3.59 % 3.79 % 40,850 5.56 4 0.3023 % 2,854.5
FixedReset Prem 4.89 % 4.30 % 225,539 2.83 34 -0.0139 % 2,560.2
FixedReset Bank Non 3.12 % 3.60 % 73,363 0.36 8 -0.0153 % 2,574.3
FixedReset Ins Non 4.40 % 5.57 % 102,198 5.38 22 -0.0966 % 2,543.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem -2.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 22.85
Evaluated at bid price : 24.10
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount -1.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 20.16
Evaluated at bid price : 20.16
Bid-YTW : 5.95 %
IAG.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.60
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
IAG.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.66
Bid-YTW : 5.43 %
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 21.01
Evaluated at bid price : 21.01
Bid-YTW : 4.23 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 17.70
Evaluated at bid price : 17.70
Bid-YTW : 3.68 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 17.96
Evaluated at bid price : 17.96
Bid-YTW : 5.18 %
BAM.PR.C Floater 1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 17.76
Evaluated at bid price : 17.76
Bid-YTW : 3.67 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 6.83 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 207,032 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 23.14
Evaluated at bid price : 24.99
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Prem 98,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.03
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Premium 69,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-11-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.35
Bid-YTW : -13.69 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 61,560 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 23.55
Evaluated at bid price : 24.71
Bid-YTW : 5.19 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Prem 44,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-11-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.02
Bid-YTW : 4.87 %
TD.PR.Y FixedReset Bank Non 43,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-11-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.97
Bid-YTW : 3.30 %
There were 25 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
TD.PF.J FixedReset Prem Quote: 24.10 – 25.10
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.6140

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 22.85
Evaluated at bid price : 24.10
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %

BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.16 – 20.64
Spot Rate : 0.4800
Average : 0.2999

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 20.16
Evaluated at bid price : 20.16
Bid-YTW : 5.95 %

TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc Quote: 24.53 – 24.85
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.1988

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.53
Bid-YTW : 4.61 %

PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Premium Quote: 24.40 – 24.73
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2256

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 24.15
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 5.64 %

TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.17 – 23.48
Spot Rate : 0.3100
Average : 0.2109

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-10-15
Maturity Price : 22.58
Evaluated at bid price : 23.17
Bid-YTW : 4.96 %

MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 24.35 – 24.72
Spot Rate : 0.3700
Average : 0.2744

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.35
Bid-YTW : 5.57 %

October PrefLetter Released!

Sunday, October 14th, 2018

The October, 2018, edition of PrefLetter has been released and is now available for purchase as the “Previous edition”. Those who subscribe for a full year receive the “Previous edition” as a bonus.

PrefLetter may now be purchased by all Canadian residents.

Until further notice, the “Previous Edition” will refer to the October, 2018, issue, while the “Next Edition” will be the November, 2018, issue, scheduled to be prepared as of the close November 9 and eMailed to subscribers prior to market-opening on November 12.

PrefLetter is intended for long term investors seeking issues to buy-and-hold. At least one recommendation from each of the major preferred share sectors is included and discussed.

Note: My verbosity has grown by such leaps and bounds that it is no longer possible to deliver PrefLetter as an eMail attachment – it’s just too big for my software! Instead, I have sent passwords – click on the link in your eMail and your copy will download.

Note: The PrefLetter website has a Subscriber Download Feature. If you have not received your copy, try it!

Note: PrefLetter eMails sometimes runs afoul of spam filters. If you have not received your copy within fifteen minutes of a release notice such as this one, please double check your (company’s) spam filtering policy and your spam repository – there are some hints in the post Sympatico Spam Filters out of Control. If it’s not there, contact me and I’ll get you your copy … somehow!

Note: There have been scattered complaints regarding inability to open PrefLetter in Acrobat Reader, despite my practice of including myself on the subscription list and immediately checking the copy received. I have had the occasional difficulty reading US Government documents, which I was able to resolve by downloading and installing the latest version of Adobe Reader. Also, note that so far, all complaints have been from users of Yahoo Mail. Try saving it to disk first, before attempting to open it.

Note: There have been other scattered complaints that double-clicking on the links in the “PrefLetter Download” email results in a message that the password has already been used. I have been able to reproduce this problem in my own eMail software … the problem is double-clicking. What happens is the first click opens the link and the second click finds that the password has already been used and refuses to work properly. So the moral of the story is: Don’t be a dick! Single Click!

Note: Assiduous Reader DG informs me:

In case you have any other Apple users: you need to install a free App from the apple store called “FileApp”. It comes with it’s own tutorial and allows you to download and save a PDF file.

However, Assiduous Reader Adrian informs me in the comments to the January 2015 release:

Some nitpicking for DG:
FileApp costs $1.19 in the Apple Store.

But Adrian2 now advises:

Well, as of now, FileApp is free (again?).