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.
| Issue | Index | DBRS Rating | Monthly Performance | Notes (“Now” means “April 30”) |
| W.PR.H | PerpetualDiscount | Pfd-2(low) | -4.78% | The Westcoast issues are quite volatile. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.15% based on a bid of 22.50 and a limitMaturity. |
| POW.PR.D | PerpetualDiscount | Pfd-2(high) | -4.52% | Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.78% based on a bid of 21.77 and a limitMaturity. |
| TCA.PR.Y | PerpetualDiscount | Pfd-2(low) | -3.41% | “Weak Pair” with TCA.PR.X, below. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.78% based on a bid of 48.20 and a limitMaturity. |
| BAM.PR.N | PerpetualDiscount | Pfd-2(low) | -3.39% | “Weak Pair” with BAM.PR.M. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.72% based on a bid of 17.93 and a limitMaturity. |
| TCA.PR.X | PerpetualDiscount | Pfd-2(low) | -3.27% | “Weak Pair” with TCA.PR.Y, above. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.77% based on a bid of 48.27 and a limitMaturity. |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| BCE.PR.Z | FixFloat | Pfd-2(low) [Under Review – Negative] |
+3.93% | |
| BMO.PR.K | PerpetualDiscount | Pfd-1 | +4.44% | Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.73% based on a bid of 22.91 and a limitMaturity. |
| BNA.PR.B | SplitShare | Pfd-2(low) | +5.85% | Asset coverage of just under 3.2:1 as of April 30 according to the company. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 8.04% based on a bid of 20.80 and a hardMaturity 2016-3-25 at 25.00. Compare with BNA.PR.C (below) and BNA.PR.A (6.35% TO 2010-9-30). |
| BNA.PR.C | SplitShare | Pfd-2(low) | +7.36% | Asset coverage of just under 3.2:1 as of April 30 according to the company. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.75% based on a bid of 20.71 and a hardMaturity 2019-1-10 at 25.00. Compare with BNA.PR.B (above) and BNA.PR.A (6.35% to 2010-9-30). |
| FTU.PR.A | Split Share (now moved to Scraps) | Pfd-3 | +8.03% | Asset coverage of just under 1.6:1 as of April 30, according to the company. Downgraded to Pfd-3 by DBRS and removed from the HIMIPref™ indices. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.49% based on a bid of 9.16% and a hardMaturity 2012-12-1 at 10.00. |