Best & Worst Performers: January 2010

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.

January 2010
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “January 29”)
BAM.PR.J OpRet Pfd-2(low) -4.30% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.88% based on a bid of 26.02 and a softMaturity 2018-3-30 at 25.00.
W.PR.J PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) -3.71% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.18% based on a bid of 22.84 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.O OpRet Pfd-2(low) -3.09% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.29% based on a bid of 25.68 and a optionCertainty 2013-6-30 at 25.00.
IAG.PR.C FixedReset Pfd-2(high) -3.09% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.51% based on a bid of 26.66 and a call 2014-1-30 at 25.00.
W.PR.H PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) -3.05% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.14% based on a bid of 22.56 and a limitMaturity.
ELF.PR.G PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) +4.57% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.40% based on a bid of 18.75 and a limitMaturity.
ELF.PR.F PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) +4.94% The 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 limitMaturity.
CIU.PR.A PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(high) +6.70% The third-worst performer in December, so this is largely a bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.57% based on a bid of 21.01 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.K Floater Pfd-2(low) +8.62% The fourth best performer in December.
BAM.PR.B Floater Pfd-2(low) +9.20% The second-best performer in December. Momentum rules!

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