The winner of the Charles Brandes Prize, awarded by the Brandes Institute, has been announced and is an excellent effort by Samuel M. Hartzmark and David H. Solomon titled The Dividend Disconnect: We show that …
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October 25, 2017
The big news today is that the Bank of Canada did not change policy: The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly …
October 24, 2017
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 …
October 23, 2017
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 …
October 20, 2017
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 …
LCS.PR.A Upgraded to Pfd-3(low) by DBRS
DBRS has announced that it has: upgraded the rating of the Preferred Shares issued by Brompton Lifeco Split Corp. (the Company) to Pfd-3 (low) from Pfd-4 (high).…Based on the dividend yields of the underlying companies …
October 19, 2017
How about a good news drone story? One company may be giving your local food delivery person some cause for worry, or atleast a run for his money. Project Wing, which is a drone delivery …
October 18, 2017
PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.32%, equivalent to 6.92% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield about 3.95% so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about …
October 17, 2017
The Boston Fed has published a fascinating paper by Daniel H. Cooper, María José Luengo-Prado and Jonathan A. Parker titled The Local Aggregate Effects of Minimum Wage Increases: As part of the Fair Labor Standards …
October 16, 2017
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 …