January 5, 2009

American corporates were on fire today amidst a dramatic steepening in Treasuries; the 2-30 spread widened 26bp. Canadian 2-30s steepened as well, but only by 12bp; a mere bagatelle.

Jon Danielsson has an interesting essay on VoxEU : The myth of the riskometer:

There is a widely held belief that financial risk is easily measured – that we can stick some sort of riskometer deep into the bowels of the financial system and get an accurate measurement of the risk of complex financial instruments. Such misguided belief in this riskometer played a key role in getting the financial system into the mess it is in.

One of the biggest problems leading up to the crisis was the twin belief that risk could be modelled and that complexity was good. Certainly the regulators who made risk sensitivity the centrepiece of the Basel 2 Accord believed this.

Under Basel 2, bank capital is risk-sensitive. What that means is that a financial institution is required to measure the riskiness of its assets, and the riskier the assets the more capital it has to hold. At a first glance, this is a sensible idea, after all why should we not want capital to reflect riskiness? But there are at least three main problems: the measurement of risk, procyclicality (see Danielsson et. al 2001), and the determination of capital.

To have risk-sensitive capital we need to measure risk, i.e. apply the riskometer. In the absence of accurate risk measurements, risk-sensitive bank capital is at best meaningless and at worst dangerous.

Risk-sensitive capital can be dangerous because it gives a false sense of security.

The unreliability of capital calculations becomes especially visible when we compare standard capital calculations under international standards with the American leverage ratio. The leverage ratio limits the capital to assets ratio of banks and is therefore a much more conservative measure of capital than the risk-based capital of Basel 2. Because it is more conservative, it is much harder to manipulate.

As Philipp Hildebrand (2008) of the Swiss National Bank recently observed “Looking at risk-based capital measures, the two large Swiss banks were among the best-capitalised large international banks in the world. Looking at simple leverage, however, these institutions were among the worst-capitalised banks”

I take issue with the description of the leverage ratio as inherently conservative. Its virtue is simplicity, full stop.

Another glorious day for preferreds amidst continued heavy volume. It’s nice to see.

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 7.06 % 7.78 % 31,123 13.22 2 1.0136 % 871.0
FixedFloater 7.68 % 7.54 % 151,533 13.11 8 1.6567 % 1,330.8
Floater 5.55 % 5.46 % 33,780 14.76 4 6.8556 % 1,098.4
OpRet 5.39 % 4.74 % 127,549 4.04 15 0.6173 % 1,986.9
SplitShare 6.19 % 9.71 % 74,672 4.18 15 1.8315 % 1,795.0
InterestBearing 7.40 % 14.26 % 46,687 0.93 2 2.0962 % 1,912.3
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.6519 % 1,529.3
Perpetual-Discount 6.97 % 7.13 % 237,532 12.42 71 1.6519 % 1,408.4
FixedReset 5.90 % 4.95 % 762,978 15.05 18 -0.0880 % 1,800.3
Issue Index Change Notes
TD.PR.P Perpetual-Discount -4.29 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.67 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.10
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.O OpRet -3.95 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 14.83 %
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2013-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
SBC.PR.A SplitShare -3.93 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 10.69 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-11-30
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
SLF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount -3.83 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.43 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 15.31
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.A FixedFloater -3.73 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.33 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TD.PR.C FixedReset -3.40 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.08 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 24.35
Probability of Maturity : 68.12 %
Recursions 1
RY.PR.N FixedReset -2.63 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.56 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.46
Probability of Maturity : 53.20 %
Recursions 1
TD.PR.A FixedReset -2.33 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.78 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 22.18
Probability of Maturity : 91.19 %
Recursions 1
GWO.PR.G Perpetual-Discount -2.02 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.13 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 18.41
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.C FixedFloater -2.02 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.54 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.S Ratchet -1.83 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.78 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
NA.PR.N FixedReset -1.80 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.11 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.25
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BNA.PR.C SplitShare -1.78 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 19.39 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2019-01-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
RY.PR.H Perpetual-Discount -1.37 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.90 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.82
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
RY.PR.I FixedReset -1.32 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.71 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 22.36
Probability of Maturity : 89.88 %
Recursions 1
PWF.PR.M FixedReset -1.19 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.42 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 24.85
Probability of Maturity : 61.44 %
Recursions 1
NA.PR.M Perpetual-Discount -1.18 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.29 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
GWO.PR.J FixedReset -1.00 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.34 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 24.70
Probability of Maturity : 63.44 %
Recursions 1
BMO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.02 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.13 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.71
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
IAG.PR.C FixedReset 1.03 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.70 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 24.45
Probability of Maturity : 66.78 %
Recursions 1
ALB.PR.A SplitShare 1.05 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 15.61 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2011-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
TD.PR.S FixedReset 1.10 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.38 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 22.10
Probability of Maturity : 91.53 %
Recursions 1
BNS.PR.P FixedReset 1.12 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.61 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 22.43
Probability of Maturity : 88.82 %
Recursions 1
CM.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.13 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.31 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.75
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CM.PR.R OpRet 1.15 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.52 %
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-04-29
Maturity Price : 25.15
Probability of Maturity : 70.66 %
Recursions 2
ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.16 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 8.52 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 15.68
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TD.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.17 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.53 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 18.98
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
POW.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 1.19 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.14 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.45
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TD.PR.R Perpetual-Discount 1.24 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.74 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.22
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.29 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.27 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.31
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CM.PR.A OpRet 1.29 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : -15.68 %
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2011-07-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 63.75 %
Recursions 2
CM.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 1.32 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.99 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 16.87
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TD.PR.M OpRet 1.33 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.13 %
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-10-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 71.57 %
Recursions 2
LBS.PR.A SplitShare 1.37 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 10.14 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-11-29
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
BNS.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.57 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.77 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.75
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BNS.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 1.58 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.60 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.96
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CM.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 1.60 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.15 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.66
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
STW.PR.A InterestBearing 1.65 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 14.26 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2009-12-31
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
ENB.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 1.65 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.79 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 23.69
Probability of Maturity : 72.97 %
Recursions 1
DFN.PR.A SplitShare 1.66 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.08 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.69 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.46 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.50
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.76 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.46 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.26
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
PWF.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 1.79 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.42 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.85
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CU.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 1.82 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.80 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 22.23
Probability of Maturity : 91.71 %
Recursions 1
TCA.PR.X Perpetual-Discount 1.83 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.65 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 42.26
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
RY.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.86 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.46 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.52
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
RY.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 1.96 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.46 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.70
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
SBN.PR.A SplitShare 1.97 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.73 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
CM.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 2.04 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.09 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
W.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 2.06 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.99 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.35
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TD.PR.Y FixedReset 2.06 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.60 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.71
Probability of Maturity : 94.06 %
Recursions 1
CL.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 2.12 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.28 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.70
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.H OpRet 2.24 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 12.86 %
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
IAG.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 2.36 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.45 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 15.61
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.R FixedFloater 2.41 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.73 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
RY.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 2.45 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.37 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.95
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
MFC.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 2.57 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.34 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.95
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 2.59 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.09 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
FIG.PR.A InterestBearing 2.67 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 13.00 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-12-31
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 2.70 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.41 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TRI.PR.B Floater 2.73 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.46 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 11.30
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
HSB.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 2.82 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.22 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.85
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
WFS.PR.A SplitShare 2.84 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 9.71 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2011-06-30
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
BCE.PR.I FixedFloater 2.99 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.55 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
NA.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 3.10 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.36 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.28
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 3.16 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.26 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 15.66
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
TCA.PR.Y Perpetual-Discount 3.23 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.45 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 42.87
Probability of Maturity : 94.43 %
Recursions 1
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 3.35 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.20 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.58
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.G FixedFloater 3.39 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.42 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CM.PR.K FixedReset 3.45 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.90 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.95
Probability of Maturity : 89.08 %
Recursions 1
BNS.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 3.54 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.42 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.50
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 3.57 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.66 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 21.78
Probability of Maturity : 94.25 %
Recursions 1
BNS.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 3.76 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.39 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.66
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
NA.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 3.84 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.27 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.02
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.Y Ratchet 4.04 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.82 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BCE.PR.Z FixedFloater 4.11 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 8.13 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 4.14 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.50 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 15.61
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
LFE.PR.A SplitShare 4.24 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.28 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
BNS.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 4.29 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.27 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 18.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.I OpRet 4.35 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 11.03 %
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-12-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
POW.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 4.41 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.18 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.64
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BMO.PR.M FixedReset 4.46 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 4.33 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 22.45
Probability of Maturity : 88.92 %
Recursions 1
W.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 4.63 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 8.01 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 17.61
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
FBS.PR.B SplitShare 4.69 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 11.13 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2011-12-15
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 4.73 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 10.67 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 11.30
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
PWF.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 4.74 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.40 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 20.76
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
DF.PR.A SplitShare 5.10 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 7.76 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 5.43 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 8.11 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 14.76
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.B Floater 5.74 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.99 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 10.31
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.J OpRet 5.83 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 10.90 %
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2018-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
PPL.PR.A SplitShare 6.59 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 8.36 %
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 2
PWF.PR.A Floater 6.67 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.17 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 12.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 7.42 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 10.53 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 11.44
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.G FixedFloater 9.65 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 10.26 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 25.00
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 11.24 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 6.81 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 19.70
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
BAM.PR.K Floater 13.15 % Yield-to-Worst (at Bid) : 5.88 %
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-01-05
Maturity Price : 10.50
Probability of Maturity : 100.00 %
Recursions 1
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BAM.PR.H OpRet 229,415
FBS.PR.B SplitShare 213,658
MFC.PR.A OpRet 171,715
GWO.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 147,661
BCE.PR.I FixedFloater 126,919
BNA.PR.C SplitShare 117,350
ALB.PR.A SplitShare 111,572
RY.PR.N FixedReset 88,280
LBS.PR.A SplitShare 74,540
NA.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 64,380
PWF.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 64,000
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 50,550
BAM.PR.O OpRet 35,385
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 34,250
BMO.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 33,640
DF.PR.A SplitShare 31,410
GWO.PR.J FixedReset 28,250
NA.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 28,008
WFS.PR.A SplitShare 27,484
TD.PR.M OpRet 27,200
BAM.PR.B Floater 26,988
SLF.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 25,882
TD.PR.C FixedReset 24,650
TD.PR.A FixedReset 23,860
LFE.PR.A SplitShare 22,800
NA.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 21,890
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 21,114
CM.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 20,700
SLF.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 19,150
BNS.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 18,006
BMO.PR.N FixedReset 17,935
BCE.PR.F FixedFloater 17,500
MFC.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 16,575
RY.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 16,100
CM.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 16,075
SLF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 15,790
RY.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 15,350
RY.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 14,572
NA.PR.N FixedReset 14,250
IGM.PR.A OpRet 14,132
HSB.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 14,100
PPL.PR.A SplitShare 13,500
GWO.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 13,472
BNS.PR.Q FixedReset 13,224
CM.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 13,100
CM.PR.P Perpetual-Discount 12,975
SLF.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 12,695
POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 11,900
GWO.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 11,050
BNS.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 10,600
PWF.PR.J OpRet 10,252
BNS.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 10,236
SLF.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 10,000

4 Responses to “January 5, 2009”

  1. adrian2 says:

    Is it only me who’s missing the “human touch” in the daily tables? I do realize time is precious, but the old colourful style will be sorely missed by this Assiduous Reader.

    Adrian

  2. jiHymas says:

    Geez, I’ve been looking forward to this day for TWO YEARS and there’s already a complaint!

    Look at the bright side: you’re getting a lot more data! If I had to do the tables manually, I probably would have cut off the performance highlights at +/- 4%, maybe 3% if I had lots of time.

    I’m experimenting with the data that go in the notes column – and with everything else about the tables, frankly. Once I’m happy that the mind-numbing repetition has been addressed, I’ll resume adding colour to the notes.

  3. beluga says:

    I prefer the new automated table. Could you make the notes column wider and add the current credit rating? What does recursions mean?

  4. jiHymas says:

    I prefer the new automated table.

    Good for you!

    Could you make the notes column wider

    That’s more difficult than it looks. The code does not currently specify width – that decision is made by your browser’s implementation of HTML. I don’t want to make the coding too complex (which has implications of inflexibility, unless I were to spend a ridiculous amount of time on it), but I’ll see what I can do. I might be able to address the issue simply by hyphenating “InterestBearing”.

    and add the current credit rating?

    Maybe. I’ll have to think about it – I don’t want to give away the store, here!

    What does recursions mean?

    It’s an internal note on calculations. Of technical interest only, and more of a debugging aid than directly useful information.

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