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.
| August 2010 | ||||
| Issue | Index | DBRS Rating | Monthly Performance | Notes (“Now” means “August 31”) |
| MFC.PR.C | Perpetual-Discount | Pfd-2(high) | -3.93% | Recently downgraded. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.23% based on a bid of 18.12 and a limitMaturity. |
| MFC.PR.D | FixedReset | Pfd-2(high) | -3.73% | Recently downgraded. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.88% based on a call 2014-7-19 at 25.00./td> |
| BAM.PR.K | Floater | Pfd-2(low) | -3.55% | |
| BAM.PR.B | Floater | Pfd-2(low) | -3.29% | |
| MFC.PR.E | FixedReset | Pfd-2(high) | -2.74% | Recently downgraded. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.66% based on a bid of 25.82 and a call 2014-10-19 at 25.00. |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| RY.PR.F | Perpetual-Discount | Pfd-1(low) | +4.71% | Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 5.37% based on a bid of 20.89 and a limitMaturity. |
| RY.PR.A | Perpetual-Discount | Pfd-1(low) | +5.03% | Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 5.37% based on a bid of 21.09 and a limitMaturity. |
| CM.PR.J | Perpetual-Discount | Pfd-1(low) | +5.06% | Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 5.54% based on a bid of 20.55 and a limitMaturity. |
| IAG.PR.A | Perpetual-Discount | Pfd-2(high) | +5.26% | Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 5.73% based on a bid of 20.10 and a limitMaturity. |
| NA.PR.L | Perpetual-Discount | Pfd-2 | +6.20% | Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.53% based on a bid of 22.08 and a limitMaturity. |
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