March 12, 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 4.01% 3.82% 83,868 3.88 1 0.3185% 1,050.7
Fixed-Floater 4.97% 3.45% 109,132 4.59 5 +0.0160% 1,041.6
Floater 4.70% -17.30% 74,613 11.03 3 +0.0916% 1,051.0
Op. Retract 4.70% 2.59% 76,216 2.14 17 +0.0623% 1,033.8
Split-Share 5.07% 0.44% 189,839 3.22 15 -0.0188% 1,044.1
Interest Bearing 6.47% 3.25% 67,295 2.33 5 +0.1062% 1,043.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.00% 3.69% 245,160 5.20 53 -0.0206% 1,057.1
Perpetual-Discount 4.53% 4.53% 788,287 12.16 9 +0.1294% 1,068.0
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
SXT.PR.A SplitShare +1.1067% Makes at least some sense, since today is the first day of trading in post-redemption shares. I wonder if the sellers knew that?
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
SLF.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 220,785 RBC crossed 214,500 at 25.00. Did both sides pay a nickel a share? Nice work, if so! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.49% based on a bid of $25.00 and a call 2016-4-30 at $25.00.
POW.PR.D PerpetualPremium 70,000 Scotia crossed 65,000 at $26.45. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.27% based on a bid of $26.43 and a call 2014-11-30 at $25.00.
LBS.PR.A SplitShare 152,322 Scotia crossed 27,700 at $10.60 and 85,000 at 10.70. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.31% based on a bid of $10.64 and a hardMaturity 2013-11-29 at $10.00
SLF.PR.A PerpetualPremium 54,050 Scotia crossed 50,000 at $25.74. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.27% based on a bid of $25.71 and a call 2014-4-30 at $25.00.
BAM.PR.B Floater 47,165 Desjardins crossed 40,000 at $25.05.

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

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