The US Personal Consumption Expenditures index picked up in September:
Prices, as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures index, increased 0.5 percent in September from a month earlier and 3.6 percent compared with the same time last year, according to a report released on Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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“Core” prices, which exclude more volatile categories like food and energy, jumped 3.1 percent in September annually and rose 0.3 percent from a month earlier. That month-over-month increase was also 0.3 percent in August.
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The data also showed that Americans’ personal income grew more slowly last month. Thursday’s release showed personal income increased 0.2 percent, less than the 0.3 percent increase reported in August.
| HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices Values are provisional and are finalized monthly |
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| 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 | 0.2044 % | 2,771.6 |
| FixedFloater | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.2044 % | 5,219.4 |
| Floater | 5.59 % | 5.66 % | 25,698 | 14.40 | 2 | 0.2044 % | 3,008.0 |
| OpRet | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.0320 % | 3,614.2 |
| SplitShare | 4.80 % | 5.34 % | 58,938 | 2.41 | 5 | -0.0320 % | 4,316.1 |
| Interest-Bearing | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.0320 % | 3,367.6 |
| Perpetual-Premium | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.0551 % | 3,035.8 |
| Perpetual-Discount | 5.77 % | 5.81 % | 48,734 | 14.11 | 32 | -0.0551 % | 3,266.6 |
| FixedReset Disc | 5.71 % | 6.21 % | 84,391 | 13.32 | 25 | -0.1408 % | 3,356.3 |
| Insurance Straight | 5.69 % | 5.79 % | 64,112 | 14.20 | 19 | 0.2864 % | 3,162.9 |
| FloatingReset | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.1408 % | 4,098.0 |
| FixedReset Prem | 6.04 % | 5.01 % | 74,998 | 1.92 | 24 | 0.0456 % | 2,614.0 |
| FixedReset Bank Non | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.1408 % | 3,430.8 |
| FixedReset Ins Non | 5.62 % | 5.70 % | 45,187 | 13.94 | 13 | 0.4919 % | 3,242.2 |
| Performance Highlights | |||
| Issue | Index | Change | Notes |
| CU.PR.D | Perpetual-Discount | -4.97 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 21.40 Evaluated at bid price : 21.40 Bid-YTW : 5.83 % |
| PWF.PR.S | Perpetual-Discount | -1.79 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 20.25 Evaluated at bid price : 20.25 Bid-YTW : 5.97 % |
| ENB.PF.G | FixedReset Disc | -1.25 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 22.73 Evaluated at bid price : 23.70 Bid-YTW : 6.51 % |
| PWF.PR.P | FixedReset Disc | -1.17 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 21.15 Evaluated at bid price : 21.15 Bid-YTW : 5.98 % |
| FTS.PR.J | Perpetual-Discount | -1.16 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 21.30 Evaluated at bid price : 21.30 Bid-YTW : 5.68 % |
| BN.PR.X | FixedReset Disc | -1.14 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 21.33 Evaluated at bid price : 21.60 Bid-YTW : 6.25 % |
| MFC.PR.B | Insurance Straight | -1.09 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 20.90 Evaluated at bid price : 20.90 Bid-YTW : 5.64 % |
| GWO.PR.R | Insurance Straight | -1.00 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 20.73 Evaluated at bid price : 20.73 Bid-YTW : 5.86 % |
| POW.PR.A | Perpetual-Discount | 1.41 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 24.14 Evaluated at bid price : 24.39 Bid-YTW : 5.78 % |
| GWO.PR.P | Insurance Straight | 1.51 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 23.25 Evaluated at bid price : 23.55 Bid-YTW : 5.79 % |
| IFC.PR.G | FixedReset Ins Non | 1.59 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2028-06-30 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.50 Bid-YTW : 5.09 % |
| POW.PR.B | Perpetual-Discount | 3.09 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 23.11 Evaluated at bid price : 23.37 Bid-YTW : 5.76 % |
| ENB.PF.C | FixedReset Disc | 3.48 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 22.83 Evaluated at bid price : 23.80 Bid-YTW : 6.43 % |
| MFC.PR.M | FixedReset Ins Non | 3.72 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2029-12-20 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.10 Bid-YTW : 5.65 % |
| GWO.PR.G | Insurance Straight | 7.33 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 22.44 Evaluated at bid price : 22.70 Bid-YTW : 5.79 % |
| Volume Highlights | |||
| Issue | Index | Shares Traded |
Notes |
| SLF.PR.E | Insurance Straight | 76,400 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 20.36 Evaluated at bid price : 20.36 Bid-YTW : 5.59 % |
| BN.PF.N | FixedReset Disc | 53,750 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 23.07 Evaluated at bid price : 24.78 Bid-YTW : 5.71 % |
| PVS.PR.N | SplitShare | 36,438 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2033-09-29 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.01 Bid-YTW : 5.34 % |
| ENB.PR.D | FixedReset Disc | 29,265 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2056-10-29 Maturity Price : 22.86 Evaluated at bid price : 23.32 Bid-YTW : 6.42 % |
| NA.PR.E | FixedReset Prem | 25,900 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2028-05-15 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.29 Bid-YTW : 4.89 % |
| BILP.PR.A | FixedReset Prem | 25,500 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2031-10-01 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.10 Bid-YTW : 5.80 % |
| There were 7 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 |
| CU.PR.D | Perpetual-Discount | Quote: 21.40 – 22.99 Spot Rate : 1.5900 Average : 1.0262 YTW SCENARIO |
| CU.PR.K | Perpetual-Discount | Quote: 24.55 – 25.92 Spot Rate : 1.3700 Average : 1.0226 YTW SCENARIO |
| ENB.PR.P | FixedReset Disc | Quote: 24.25 – 24.93 Spot Rate : 0.6800 Average : 0.4252 YTW SCENARIO |
| PWF.PR.S | Perpetual-Discount | Quote: 20.25 – 20.99 Spot Rate : 0.7400 Average : 0.5244 YTW SCENARIO |
| GWO.PR.N | FixedReset Ins Non | Quote: 20.70 – 21.50 Spot Rate : 0.8000 Average : 0.5961 YTW SCENARIO |
| CU.PR.G | Perpetual-Discount | Quote: 19.00 – 21.20 Spot Rate : 2.2000 Average : 1.9976 YTW SCENARIO |