February 18, 2011

No commentary today because … er … because … um … because it’s a full moon! That’s it, full moon tonight, therefore no commentary.

A good day on the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts up 13bp, FixedResets down 1bp, and DeemedRetractibles gaining 4bp. Volatility continued to be very low, with only one entry in the Performance Highlights table; volume subsided to average levels.

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 0.0476 % 2,398.5
FixedFloater 4.75 % 3.47 % 16,920 19.10 1 -0.4348 % 3,584.4
Floater 2.50 % 2.26 % 49,519 21.58 4 0.0476 % 2,589.7
OpRet 4.83 % 3.71 % 62,447 2.21 8 -0.0404 % 2,388.9
SplitShare 5.35 % 0.78 % 261,573 0.81 4 0.0606 % 2,468.8
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0404 % 2,184.5
Perpetual-Premium 5.74 % 5.48 % 124,486 1.07 9 0.0507 % 2,035.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.54 % 5.61 % 130,461 14.42 15 0.1331 % 2,110.6
FixedReset 5.25 % 3.77 % 183,931 3.03 54 -0.0054 % 2,260.7
Deemed-Retractible 5.20 % 5.23 % 392,981 8.26 53 0.0397 % 2,085.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.R FixedReset 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-07-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.16
Bid-YTW : 4.60 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.L Deemed-Retractible 42,490 TD crossed 35,000 at 24.01.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.99
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %
RY.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 38,973 TD crossed 25,000 at 24.20.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 5.08 %
HSB.PR.D Deemed-Retractible 24,700 Desjardins crossed 17,000 at 24.05.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.05
Bid-YTW : 5.59 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset 22,755 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2015-07-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.13
Bid-YTW : 4.03 %
GWO.PR.L Deemed-Retractible 20,450 RBC crossed 12,000 at 25.07.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.07
Bid-YTW : 5.75 %
RY.PR.A Deemed-Retractible 20,399 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.82
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %
There were 35 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PWF.PR.A Floater Quote: 23.24 – 23.89
Spot Rate : 0.6500
Average : 0.4791

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2041-02-18
Maturity Price : 22.97
Evaluated at bid price : 23.24
Bid-YTW : 2.24 %

FTS.PR.H FixedReset Quote: 25.50 – 25.95
Spot Rate : 0.4500
Average : 0.3315

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2015-07-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.50
Bid-YTW : 3.73 %

GWO.PR.F Deemed-Retractible Quote: 25.40 – 25.74
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2389

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2012-10-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 5.43 %

BAM.PR.I OpRet Quote: 25.31 – 25.70
Spot Rate : 0.3900
Average : 0.3014

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2012-07-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.31
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %

PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount Quote: 23.31 – 23.54
Spot Rate : 0.2300
Average : 0.1655

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2041-02-18
Maturity Price : 23.10
Evaluated at bid price : 23.31
Bid-YTW : 5.51 %

GWO.PR.M Deemed-Retractible Quote: 25.25 – 25.45
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1360

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.25
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %

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