June 30, 2022

Well, that’s the end of the first half!

U.S. and Canadian stocks on Thursday closed out their worst quarter since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with another session of broad losses and growing unease among investors that the bloodletting in markets won’t let up any time soon.

The world’s most closely followed benchmark stock index, the S&P 500, saw the steepest percentage decline in the first half of a year since 1970.

The Canadian stock market has fared better, but its outperformance has been eroding in recent weeks amid growing bets that a rush by central bankers to hike interest rates to combat skyrocketing inflation will push economies into recession. Such a scenario paints an unsupportive picture for the S&P/TSX Composite Index, due to its heavy weighting of economically sensitive sectors such as energy, metals and financials.

In total, more than US$13-trillion has been erased from global stocks in a year that has also seen steep losses in bond markets and a breathtaking drop in cryptocurrencies, once thought to be a compelling way to diversify away from larger asset classes.

But we’ll end things on a hopeful note:

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid methanol at ambient temperature and pressure. The method takes place under continuous flow over a photo-catalytic material using visible light to drive the conversion.

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 0.0000 % 2,535.5
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0000 % 4,863.1
Floater 4.91 % 4.92 % 42,274 15.65 3 0.0000 % 2,802.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1549 % 3,458.0
SplitShare 4.92 % 5.77 % 44,206 3.19 8 -0.1549 % 4,129.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1549 % 3,222.0
Perpetual-Premium 6.07 % 6.20 % 77,781 13.50 2 1.2605 % 2,848.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.97 % 6.06 % 65,054 13.83 34 0.2745 % 3,106.6
FixedReset Disc 4.70 % 6.41 % 113,121 13.52 57 0.0194 % 2,506.5
Insurance Straight 5.99 % 6.11 % 93,272 13.78 19 0.5677 % 3,001.3
FloatingReset 5.81 % 6.06 % 44,736 13.81 2 -0.3989 % 2,634.6
FixedReset Prem 5.05 % 4.68 % 138,149 1.98 9 0.1756 % 2,610.2
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0194 % 2,562.2
FixedReset Ins Non 4.78 % 6.46 % 71,255 13.47 15 0.1898 % 2,616.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non -2.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.80
Evaluated at bid price : 20.80
Bid-YTW : 6.54 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.96 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 7.82 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc -1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.00
Bid-YTW : 6.34 %
GWO.PR.T Insurance Straight -1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.20
Evaluated at bid price : 21.20
Bid-YTW : 6.12 %
CCS.PR.C Insurance Straight -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.25
Evaluated at bid price : 21.25
Bid-YTW : 5.92 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.27
Evaluated at bid price : 20.27
Bid-YTW : 6.84 %
IFC.PR.F Insurance Straight -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.71
Evaluated at bid price : 22.05
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.81
Evaluated at bid price : 19.81
Bid-YTW : 7.23 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 14.85
Evaluated at bid price : 14.85
Bid-YTW : 7.04 %
SLF.PR.D Insurance Straight 1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.15
Evaluated at bid price : 19.15
Bid-YTW : 5.85 %
CU.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 22.02
Evaluated at bid price : 22.25
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
GWO.PR.L Insurance Straight 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 22.88
Evaluated at bid price : 23.15
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %
GWO.PR.M Insurance Straight 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 23.26
Evaluated at bid price : 23.56
Bid-YTW : 6.19 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.94
Evaluated at bid price : 20.94
Bid-YTW : 6.34 %
BAM.PR.C Floater 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 13.20
Evaluated at bid price : 13.20
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 14.60
Evaluated at bid price : 14.60
Bid-YTW : 7.01 %
GWO.PR.Q Insurance Straight 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.10
Evaluated at bid price : 21.10
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
BAM.PF.D Perpetual-Discount 1.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.40
Evaluated at bid price : 20.40
Bid-YTW : 6.05 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 23.71
Evaluated at bid price : 24.08
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %
SLF.PR.E Insurance Straight 1.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.50
Evaluated at bid price : 19.50
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %
GWO.PR.G Insurance Straight 1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.38
Evaluated at bid price : 21.38
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %
BMO.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.76 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.60
Evaluated at bid price : 22.00
Bid-YTW : 6.16 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.93 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 18.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.00
Bid-YTW : 7.39 %
GWO.PR.P Insurance Straight 2.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.85
Evaluated at bid price : 22.09
Bid-YTW : 6.14 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight 2.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.40
Evaluated at bid price : 19.40
Bid-YTW : 5.78 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 2.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 24.24
Evaluated at bid price : 24.56
Bid-YTW : 5.78 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 2.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.90
Evaluated at bid price : 20.90
Bid-YTW : 5.94 %
POW.PR.C Perpetual-Premium 2.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 23.69
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 6.05 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non 4.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 6.78 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.I FixedReset Disc 51,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 24.27
Evaluated at bid price : 24.93
Bid-YTW : 6.30 %
MFC.PR.C Insurance Straight 44,924 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.20
Evaluated at bid price : 19.20
Bid-YTW : 5.91 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 28,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.95
Bid-YTW : 2.80 %
IFC.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 25,830 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 22.18
Evaluated at bid price : 22.53
Bid-YTW : 6.02 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 25,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 20.10
Evaluated at bid price : 20.10
Bid-YTW : 7.26 %
BMO.PR.S FixedReset Disc 19,745 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.60
Evaluated at bid price : 22.00
Bid-YTW : 6.16 %
There were 12 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
CU.PR.H Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.25 – 25.10
Spot Rate : 2.8500
Average : 1.6007

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 22.02
Evaluated at bid price : 22.25
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %

TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc Quote: 13.51 – 17.00
Spot Rate : 3.4900
Average : 2.4861

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 13.51
Evaluated at bid price : 13.51
Bid-YTW : 7.59 %

GWO.PR.T Insurance Straight Quote: 21.20 – 23.00
Spot Rate : 1.8000
Average : 1.0618

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.20
Evaluated at bid price : 21.20
Bid-YTW : 6.12 %

MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 19.80 – 22.00
Spot Rate : 2.2000
Average : 1.4677

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 6.78 %

MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 19.07 – 20.50
Spot Rate : 1.4300
Average : 0.9241

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 19.07
Evaluated at bid price : 19.07
Bid-YTW : 6.90 %

PWF.PR.Z Perpetual-Discount Quote: 21.35 – 22.60
Spot Rate : 1.2500
Average : 0.8345

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2052-06-30
Maturity Price : 21.35
Evaluated at bid price : 21.35
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %

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