March 6, 2012

Equities got whacked:

The six largest S&P/TSX banks and all eight insurers fell. TD dropped 1.6 percent to C$80.55. Royal Bank of Canada (RY), its bigger domestic rival, lost 1.1 percent to C$56.15. Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC), North America’s third-largest insurer, retreated 4.1 percent to C$11.81.

The Canadian preferred share market followed equities, with PerpetualPremiums down 12bp FixedResets off 15bp and DeemedRetractibles losing 24bp. All entries on the relatively length Performance Highlights table, almost entirely comprised of insurers today, were negative. Volume was very low.

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 -0.1918 % 2,367.8
FixedFloater 4.57 % 3.95 % 40,152 17.38 1 0.0481 % 3,412.5
Floater 3.03 % 3.06 % 48,663 19.50 3 -0.1918 % 2,556.6
OpRet 4.88 % 2.67 % 54,485 1.21 6 -0.2673 % 2,507.7
SplitShare 5.28 % -1.79 % 86,486 0.77 4 0.1895 % 2,678.7
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2673 % 2,293.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.40 % -1.89 % 110,592 0.15 25 -0.1166 % 2,216.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.08 % 5.08 % 187,586 15.28 7 -0.3861 % 2,424.8
FixedReset 5.05 % 2.89 % 208,131 2.25 66 -0.1486 % 2,385.2
Deemed-Retractible 4.93 % 3.76 % 225,612 2.92 46 -0.2443 % 2,310.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount -1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 22.25
Evaluated at bid price : 22.55
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 23.51
Evaluated at bid price : 25.81
Bid-YTW : 2.97 %
PWF.PR.O Perpetual-Premium -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.41
Bid-YTW : 4.93 %
MFC.PR.A OpRet -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2015-12-18
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.38
Bid-YTW : 3.64 %
MFC.PR.C Deemed-Retractible -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.30
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 23.53
Evaluated at bid price : 26.08
Bid-YTW : 3.77 %
SLF.PR.C Deemed-Retractible -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.93
Bid-YTW : 5.54 %
SLF.PR.D Deemed-Retractible -1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.01
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
MFC.PR.D FixedReset -1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-06-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.33
Bid-YTW : 4.07 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
ENB.PR.F FixedReset 85,027 RBC crossed 73,900 at 25.40.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 23.23
Evaluated at bid price : 25.42
Bid-YTW : 3.75 %
BNS.PR.M Deemed-Retractible 68,688 TD crossed 40,000 at 25.80; Desjardins crossed 10,900 at the same price.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-07-27
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.83
Bid-YTW : 3.80 %
PWF.PR.R Perpetual-Premium 65,736 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.70
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %
BAM.PR.H OpRet 60,374 Called for redemption.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2012-04-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.32
Bid-YTW : 2.67 %
TD.PR.K FixedReset 49,034 TD crossed 45,000 at 27.22.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.21
Bid-YTW : 2.71 %
ENB.PR.D FixedReset 49,025 RBC crossed 25,000 at 25.55.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 23.28
Evaluated at bid price : 25.55
Bid-YTW : 3.59 %
There were 17 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
RY.PR.H Deemed-Retractible Quote: 27.20 – 27.60
Spot Rate : 0.4000
Average : 0.2461

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-05-24
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.20
Bid-YTW : 1.72 %

TCA.PR.Y Perpetual-Premium Quote: 52.23 – 52.65
Spot Rate : 0.4200
Average : 0.2921

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-05
Maturity Price : 50.00
Evaluated at bid price : 52.23
Bid-YTW : 3.56 %

CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.20 – 25.69
Spot Rate : 0.4900
Average : 0.3652

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 24.91
Evaluated at bid price : 25.20
Bid-YTW : 4.57 %

PWF.PR.O Perpetual-Premium Quote: 26.41 – 26.75
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2420

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.41
Bid-YTW : 4.93 %

ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.55 – 22.87
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2223

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 22.25
Evaluated at bid price : 22.55
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %

ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.61 – 24.99
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2842

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2042-03-06
Maturity Price : 24.36
Evaluated at bid price : 24.61
Bid-YTW : 5.46 %

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