Best & Worst Performers: December 2009

These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices.

December 2009
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “December 30”)
GWO.PR.I PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) -2.75% The second-best performer in November, so this is just a bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.98% based on a bid of 18.96 and a limitMaturity.
BNA.PR.C SplitShare Pfd-2(low) -2.38% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 8.34% based on a bid of 18.90 and a hardMaturity 2019-1-10 at 25.00.
CIU.PR.A PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(high) -2.33% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.92% based on a bid of 19.69 and a limitMaturity.
CU.PR.B PerpetualPremium Pfd-2(high) -1.44% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.74% based on a bid of 17.69 and a call 2012-7-1 at 25.00.
ELF.PR.F PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) -1.44% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.78% based on a bid of 19.63 and a limitMaturity.
TD.PR.O PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) +5.50% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.35% based on a bid of 23.01 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.K Floater Pfd-2(low) +6.30%  
BAM.PR.G FixFloat Pfd-2(low) +6.35% Also the third-best performer in November, so it’s really on a tear!
BAM.PR.B Floater Pfd-2(low) +7.06%  
TRI.PR.B Floater Pfd-2(low) +9.46%  

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  1. […] fifth-worst performer in December, so this is a bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.50% based on a bid of 20.60 and a […]

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