January 11, 2007

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version. In this version, index values are based at 1,000.0 on 2006-6-30
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.09% 4.10% 26,170 17.25 1 -0.0403% 1,028.4
Fixed-Floater 4.78% 3.44% 82,080 10.14 7 -0.0436% 1,040.3
Floater 4.57% -22.41% 65,513 8.23 4 -0.0784% 1,041.3
Op. Retract 4.67% 2.02% 82,205 2.04 17 -0.0932% 1,032.3
Split-Share 5.06% 1.07% 403,351 2.86 11 -0.1108% 1,043.4
Interest Bearing 6.69% 5.49% 74,638 2.66 6 +0.1522% 1,036.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.02% 3.77% 252,058 4.91 55 -0.0934% 1,052.5
Perpetual-Discount 4.51% 4.51% 792,398 16.35 3 +0.0673% 1,055.6
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
There were no index-included issues with major price changes today.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
GWO.PR.I PerpetualDiscount 313,859 Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at $24.90. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.55% based on a bid of $24.87 and a limitMaturity
AL.PR.F Floater 172,800 Global crossed 86,000 at $25.77 for cash, then 86,000 at 25.48 for regular settlement. The issue went exDividend today for $0.28125.
BAM.PR.K Floater 100,700 Scotia crossed 100,000 at 24.70.
PWF.PR.J OpRet 80,932 Desjardins crossed 80,000 at 26.86. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 2.23% based on a bid of $26.75 and a call 2008-5-30 at $26.00. Obviously, there are some willing to bet that it will last until its softMaturity 2013-7-30 at $25.0. Pays only 1.175, with a 0.25 annual decline in redemption premium, so they might be right. Maybe.
BNA.PR.C SplitShare 72,300 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.47%, based on a bid of $24.76 and a hardMaturity 2019-1-10 at $25.00. That’s basically even with the recent perpetual issues!

There were nine other “$25 p.v. equivalent” index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

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