Best & Worst Performers: June 2010

These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices.

June 2010
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “June 30”)
BAM.PR.K Floater Pfd-2(low) -3.41% Also the worst performer in May.
BAM.PR.B Floater Pfd-2(low) -2.56% Also the second-worst performer in May.
GWO.PR.J FixedReset Pfd-1(low) -2.37% It’s presence here is largely due to a disappearing bid on June 30: the closing quote was 25.92-62, after trading 3,400 shares in a range of 26.62-85. Now with a (bid) yield of 4.90% based on a bid of 25.92 an a call 2014-1-30 at 25.00.
BAM.PR.E Ratchet Pfd-2(low) -1.41% Strong Pair with BAM.PR.G. Also the fourth-worst performer in May.
BNA.PR.D SplitShare Pfd-2(low) -0.19% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.35% based on a bid of 25.95 and a hardMaturity 2014-7-9 at 25.00.
W.PR.J Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low) +8.01% Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.10% based on a bid of 23.00 and a limitMaturity.
W.PR.H Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low) +8.05% Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.11% based on a bid of 22.53 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low) +8.26% Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.59% based on a bid of 18.16 and a limitMaturity.
IAG.PR.A Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(high) +8.72% The fifth-worst performer in May, so a lot of this return is merely bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.03% based on a bid of 19.20 and a limitMaturity.
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low) +9.10% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.62% based on a bid of 18.03 and a limitMaturity.

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