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July 3, 2018

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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June 29, 2018

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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June 28, 2018

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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June 27, 2018

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.51%, equivalent to 7.16% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield a little under 3.80%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is …

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June 26, 2018

I’ve never really understood the stock market excitement about marijuana. Sure, there will be some good money to be made in branding and retailing, but at its core the business is about farming. Now it’s …

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June 25, 2018

I indulged myself on February 26, complaining about sales competition from Mortgage Investment Corporations: I have a great personal interest in this matter, as every now and then a prospective client sneers at the pathetic …

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June 22, 2018

The Canada Five-Year yield dropped below 2% today (1.97%, to be precise), the first time it’s been there in a while. But the preferred share market had a good day anyway. So go figure … …

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June 21, 2018

In a rare outbreak of common sense, the Canadian Securities Administrators have decided not to ban trailer fees, but spoiled it by adding a lot more paperwork: The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has decided not …

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June 20, 2018

Trade politics are complicating projections of Canadian interest rates: The gap between September 2018 and December 2018 bankers’ acceptance futures narrowed to 14.5 basis points Tuesday amid record two-day volumes in the spread. Market participants …

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