June 25, 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 5.66% 5.78% 29,564 14.40 2 +0.3098% 959.9
Fixed-Floater 5.40% 5.61% 139,067 14.65 7 +0.2492% 931.4
Floater 4.83% 2.31% 89,320 5.85 3 +0.0941% 1,048.5
Op. Retract 4.83% 3.97% 85,920 3.12 17 +0.0440% 1,020.2
Split-Share 5.02% 4.57% 158,983 3.98 15 +0.0636% 1,043.7
Interest Bearing 6.80% 7.15% 85,677 6.12 4 -0.2294% 1,022.6
Perpetual-Premium 5.41% 5.18% 149,877 8.33 34 +0.0403% 1,018.5
Perpetual-Discount 5.06% 5.11% 509,165 15.30 29 -0.1440% 964.6
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.A PerpetualDiscount -1.5481% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.06% based on a bid of 23.53 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.N PerpetualDiscount -1.0835% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.45% based on a bid of 21.91 and a limitMaturity.
W.PR.H PerpetualPremium +1.2749% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.40% based on a bid of 25.42 and a limitMaturity (which seems odd, I know, but almost the entire premium is about to be paid as a dividend).
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
SLF.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 68,200 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.08% based on a bid of 22.25 and a limitMaturity.
TD.PR.O PerpetualPremium (for now!) 55,100 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.07% based on a bid of 24.25 and a limitMaturity.
BMO.PR.J PerpetualDiscount 54,916 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.12% based on a bid of 22.19 and a limitMaturity.
MFC.PR.B PerpetualDiscount 54,687 There was an anonymous seller of 18,800 to RBC and 11,200 to Nesbitt, in four tranches, all at 23.50. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.97% based on a bid of 23.50 and a limitMaturity.
ALB.PR.A SplitShare 34,763 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.11% based on a bid of 25.10 and a call at 25.00 2008-3-29.

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

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