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Index Construction / Reporting

Index Performance : April 2007

All over the map this month! Index Performance, April 2007 Ratchet -7.65% FixFloat -9.13% Floater +0.61% OpRet -0.14% SplitShare -0.79% InterestBearing +0.18% PerpetualPremium -0.82% PerpetualDiscount -1.19% Both the FixFloat and the RatchetRate indices are comprised …

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Market Action

February 6, 2026

My attention was drawn to a piece by David Berman of the G&M, in which he touted the virtues of ZEB, BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF. I took issue with one rather careless line …

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Market Action

February 5, 2026

Sorry this is so late! 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 …

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Market Action

February 4, 2026

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.62%, equivalent to 7.31% interest at the standard conversion factor of 1.3x. Long corporates yielded 4.92% on 2026-2-4. Therefore the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has narrowed slightly …

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Market Action

February 3, 2026

The Bank of Canada has introduced a new blog thingy, named Sparks at Bank: Sparks at Bank is a new platform for sharing insights, research and analysis from staff at the Bank of Canada. It’s …

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Market Action

February 2, 2026

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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Market Action

January 30, 2026

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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January 29, 2026

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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