May 10, 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 4.74% 4.80% 43,199 16.02 2 0.0000% 983.7
Fixed-Floater 5.43% 4.69% 136,206 16.14 6 -0.3453% 952.1
Floater 4.79% -3.66% 77,599 5.62 3 -0.1723% 1,049.8
Op. Retract 4.74% 3.26% 84,254 2.35 17 -0.0109% 1,033.4
Split-Share 4.97% 4.37% 167,000 4.01 12 -0.2354% 1,043.8
Interest Bearing 6.52% 6.07% 62,837 3.39 5 -0.1457% 1,045.1
Perpetual-Premium 5.13% 4.35% 170,483 5.16 48 +0.0188% 1,050.8
Perpetual-Discount 4.62% 4.65% 815,775 16.11 19 -0.1083% 1,052.4
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BCE.PR.R FixFloat -1.1106% Exchange/Reset Date is 2010-12-1 (Exchanges with series ‘Q’, not issued); until then, pays 4.54% of par. Closed at 22.26-74, 7×2.
BCE.PR.G FixFloat -1.0667% Exchange/Reset date is 2011-05-01 (Exchanges with BCE.PR.H); until then, pays 4.35% of par. Closed at 22.26-60, 2×8; Hs closed at 23.26-49, 8×49.
WFS.PR.A SplitShare -1.0427% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.26% based on a bid of 10.44 and a hardMaturity 2011-6-30 at $10.00. Asset coverage is about 2.3:1, based on April 30 NAV.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
RY.PR.G PerpetualDiscount 55,438 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.63% based on a bid of 24.45 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.K Floater 54,850 TD bought a total of 50,000 from RBC in three tranches, each at 24.90.
CM.PR.I PerpetualPremium 43,165 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.65% based on a bid of 25.17 and a call 2016-3-1 at 25.00
BNS.PR.M PerpetualDiscount 24,620 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.56% based on a bid of 24.87 and a limitMaturity.
SLF.PR.A PerpetualPremium 18,080 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.46% based on a bid of 25.60 and a call 2014-4-30 at 25.00.

There were four other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.

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