Market Action

June 27, 2025

Another new 52-week high in the TXPR Price Index today – it closed at the day’s high of 659.14, up 0.10% on the day, above the previous 52-week high of 658.61 set yesterday.

This was despite the excitment of a Trumper tantrum, this one about the Digital Service Tax:

President Donald Trump said Friday he has put an end to trade talks with Canada and will soon announce a new tariff rate for that country, he said in a Truth Social post on Friday.

The decision to end negotiations, which have been ongoing for several months, came after Canada announced a digital service tax, Trump said, calling it “a direct and blatant attack on our Country.”

“Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,” he said.

Trump has taken particular issue with DSTs throughout trade negotiations with other countries, commonly referring to them as “non-tariff trade barriers.” Canada has a new DST that is set to take effect on Monday that will be retroactive to 2022.

Digital services taxes are a way for countries to tax online services, in contrast to taxes on physical products. Countries with these taxes can collect revenue from large companies that operate online — even if the business is unprofitable. American firms, especially Big Tech companies such as Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, are disproportionately affected by DSTs, according to a report published last year by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

The current status of global DSTs is recorded HERE, which explains:

DST’s are a new class of taxes being implemented to tackle the perceived unfairness of non-resident digital companies to sell across borders without being liable to local corporate income taxes. They are typically a percentage charge of turnover from digital ad’s, content and platform services, with a sales threshold based on in-country and global income.

On 21 February 2025, President Trump ordered DST tariff retaliation review. On 20 January, President Trump withdrew the US from the OECD Pillar 1 negotiations global digital tax reform negotiations.

It is also of interest to peruse the list of US States with DSTs.

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
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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 0.2011 % 2,296.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2011 % 4,469.7
Floater 6.96 % 6.98 % 57,025 12.60 2 0.2011 % 2,575.9
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.3513 % 3,640.6
SplitShare 4.80 % 4.30 % 48,085 0.66 8 -0.3513 % 4,347.7
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.3513 % 3,392.2
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0192 % 2,967.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.79 % 5.92 % 43,658 13.97 33 0.0192 % 3,236.2
FixedReset Disc 5.56 % 6.06 % 109,761 13.15 46 0.2027 % 2,925.2
Insurance Straight 5.74 % 5.80 % 50,792 14.25 20 -0.0553 % 3,152.5
FloatingReset 5.63 % 5.71 % 37,913 14.32 3 0.0759 % 3,656.2
FixedReset Prem 6.05 % 5.02 % 102,271 3.03 12 -0.0866 % 2,622.3
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2027 % 2,990.1
FixedReset Ins Non 5.09 % 5.58 % 64,801 14.36 14 0.2631 % 3,026.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -2.90 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 18.76
Evaluated at bid price : 18.76
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %
PVS.PR.K SplitShare -2.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2029-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.39
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
TD.PF.I FixedReset Prem -1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2027-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.05
Bid-YTW : 4.87 %
SLF.PR.E Insurance Straight -1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 20.01
Evaluated at bid price : 20.01
Bid-YTW : 5.66 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 23.29
Evaluated at bid price : 24.64
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %
GWO.PR.M Insurance Straight -1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 24.19
Evaluated at bid price : 24.45
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non 1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 23.37
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 5.58 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 21.41
Evaluated at bid price : 21.74
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.86
Evaluated at bid price : 17.86
Bid-YTW : 6.01 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 18.31
Evaluated at bid price : 18.31
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %
BN.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 23.11
Evaluated at bid price : 24.39
Bid-YTW : 6.06 %
ENB.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 21.21
Evaluated at bid price : 21.21
Bid-YTW : 6.20 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 22.85
Evaluated at bid price : 23.20
Bid-YTW : 5.67 %
ENB.PR.N FixedReset Disc 2.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 22.67
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc 366,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2025-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.12
Bid-YTW : 3.45 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 168,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2025-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.93
Bid-YTW : 3.03 %
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 55,340 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 24.64
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 6.02 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 50,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 23.33
Evaluated at bid price : 24.87
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 50,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 23.34
Evaluated at bid price : 24.87
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 19,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 22.66
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.85 %
There were 5 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
See TMX DataLinx: ‘Last’ != ‘Close’ and the posts linked therein for an idea of why these quotes are so horrible.
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.90 – 23.90
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.5963

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 22.66
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.90 %

BN.PF.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 24.90 – 25.97
Spot Rate : 1.0700
Average : 0.6671

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2027-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 5.64 %

PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.10 – 24.49
Spot Rate : 1.3900
Average : 0.9880

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 22.43
Evaluated at bid price : 23.10
Bid-YTW : 5.79 %

TD.PF.I FixedReset Prem Quote: 26.05 – 26.70
Spot Rate : 0.6500
Average : 0.4033

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2027-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.05
Bid-YTW : 4.87 %

BN.PR.R FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.84 – 19.25
Spot Rate : 1.4100
Average : 1.1746

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.84
Evaluated at bid price : 17.84
Bid-YTW : 7.03 %

CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 18.76 – 21.75
Spot Rate : 2.9900
Average : 2.7851

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2055-06-27
Maturity Price : 18.76
Evaluated at bid price : 18.76
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %

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