October 8, 2013

Geez, maybe I should open a managed future fund:

Brokers have an incentive to keep clients in managed-futures funds because they receive commissions annually of up to 4 percent of assets invested, prospectuses show. Investors pay as much as 9 percent in total fees each year, including charges by general partners and fund managers.

Amazing – somebody actually took a quantitative look at the spread between downtown and suburban house prices:

No question, you’ll find house prices are cheaper outside big cities. Toronto Real Estate Board numbers suggest a spread of almost $250,000 between city homes and those in the neighbouring suburbs. But as shown in a spreadsheet created by Mr. Hughes, suburban living loses its cost advantage if you have two adults commuting by car each day. Add the effect of stress and time spent in gridlock, and suburbia looks even more costly.

It was another negative day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts losing 28bp, FixedResets down 9bp and DeemedRetractibles off 6bp. There was a surprisingly lengthy list of losers in the Performance Highlights table. Volume was above average.

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 -0.0612 % 2,521.9
FixedFloater 4.33 % 3.65 % 31,143 17.99 1 -0.2272 % 3,838.4
Floater 2.68 % 2.92 % 65,162 19.96 5 -0.0612 % 2,723.0
OpRet 4.62 % 2.67 % 61,816 0.63 3 0.2576 % 2,639.5
SplitShare 4.76 % 5.05 % 62,160 3.73 6 0.0602 % 2,946.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2576 % 2,413.5
Perpetual-Premium 5.79 % 1.04 % 106,098 0.10 8 -0.0219 % 2,280.6
Perpetual-Discount 5.58 % 5.56 % 158,413 14.51 30 -0.2845 % 2,335.1
FixedReset 4.95 % 3.69 % 235,148 3.61 85 -0.0862 % 2,452.2
Deemed-Retractible 5.14 % 4.45 % 189,415 6.87 43 -0.0554 % 2,376.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
CIU.PR.C FixedReset -4.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 19.66
Evaluated at bid price : 19.66
Bid-YTW : 4.25 %
CU.PR.G Perpetual-Discount -1.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 20.75
Evaluated at bid price : 20.75
Bid-YTW : 5.50 %
BAM.PF.D Perpetual-Discount -1.85 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 20.11
Evaluated at bid price : 20.11
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.80 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 20.78
Evaluated at bid price : 20.78
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset -1.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 20.76
Evaluated at bid price : 20.76
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset -1.42 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 23.24
Evaluated at bid price : 25.04
Bid-YTW : 4.73 %
SLF.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.08
Bid-YTW : 6.53 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible -1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.13
Bid-YTW : 6.28 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount -1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 19.45
Evaluated at bid price : 19.45
Bid-YTW : 6.16 %
ENB.PR.H FixedReset 1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 22.55
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 4.22 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.Q FixedReset 98,437 RBC crossed 50,000 at 24.81.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.81
Bid-YTW : 3.69 %
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 40,775 National crossed 23,800 at 22.38.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 21.96
Evaluated at bid price : 22.31
Bid-YTW : 5.54 %
TD.PR.Y FixedReset 40,526 Will reset at 3.5595%.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.85
Bid-YTW : 3.65 %
ENB.PR.H FixedReset 35,310 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 22.55
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 4.22 %
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 34,068 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 22.76
Evaluated at bid price : 23.00
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount 26,030 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 21.99
Evaluated at bid price : 22.28
Bid-YTW : 5.38 %
There were 41 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
CIU.PR.C FixedReset Quote: 19.66 – 20.66
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.7071

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 19.66
Evaluated at bid price : 19.66
Bid-YTW : 4.25 %

CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.42 – 21.03
Spot Rate : 0.6100
Average : 0.3766

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 20.42
Evaluated at bid price : 20.42
Bid-YTW : 5.71 %

IAG.PR.A Deemed-Retractible Quote: 22.62 – 22.98
Spot Rate : 0.3600
Average : 0.2535

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.62
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %

TD.PR.R Deemed-Retractible Quote: 25.85 – 26.10
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1520

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.75
Evaluated at bid price : 25.85
Bid-YTW : 4.09 %

TRP.PR.C FixedReset Quote: 23.03 – 23.54
Spot Rate : 0.5100
Average : 0.4336

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 22.55
Evaluated at bid price : 23.03
Bid-YTW : 3.78 %

PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 23.45 – 23.68
Spot Rate : 0.2300
Average : 0.1589

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-10-08
Maturity Price : 23.15
Evaluated at bid price : 23.45
Bid-YTW : 5.59 %

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