December 15, 2006

 

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.20% 4.22% 33,370 17.01 1 -0.0404% 1,020.7
Fixed-Floater 4.79% 3.81% 100,905 8.38 7 +0.1629% 1,033.1
Floater 4.46% -25.29% 63,178 3.47 5 +0.6029% 1,044.9
Op. Retract 4.64% 0.86% 82,781 2.19 17 +0.0569% 1,032.2
Split-Share 5.10% 2.27% 138,530 2.72 8 +0.4143% 1,045.0
Interest Bearing 6.95% 5.09% 79,009 2.35 7 +0.2087% 1,027.6
Perpetual-Premium 5.00% 3.71% 291,647 4.30 52 +0.1269% 1,052.3
Perpetual-Discount 4.55% 4.50% 928,803 11.74 6 +0.1675% 1,056.0

 

Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
LBS.PR.A SplitShare +1.2903% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.75% based on a bid of $10.99 and a hardMaturity 2013-11-29 at $10.00. It is interesting to compare this with the FBS.PR.B new issue, which finished its opening data at 10.38-bid for a pre-tax YTW of 1.21% based on a call 2008-1-14 at $10.00, or 3.93% if it lasts until its hardMaturity 2011-12-15 at $10.00.
TOC.PR.B Floater +1.8010% What makes this large gain even more odd than it is already, is that it is based on a closing price of $26.00-bid. Global crossed 80,900 for cash at $26.56, then the same number for regular settlement at $26.29.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
FBS.PR.B SplitShare 2,347,825 New issue closed today. Volume was about one-sixth of the issue size!
GWO.PR.F PerpetualPremium 305,245 This has been a heavy trader recently. Desjardins crossed 89,600 at 28.15, then after a few hours, crossed 85,400 at the same price
BC.PR.B FixedFloater 212,900 Scotia crossed 100,000 at 25.40, then Nesbitt crossed 112,000 at the same price.
TOC.PR.B Floater 166,500 See the “performance” table, above.
RY.PR.D PerpetualPremium 68,240 Recent new issue.

There were fourteen other index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

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