Nothing happened today. The Canadian preferred share market got smacked again, with PerpetualDiscounts losing 113bp, FixedResets down 34bp and DeemedRetractibles off 28bp. BAM issues were prominent on the very lengthy Performance Highlights list, and not …
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August 9, 2013
Nothing happened today. It was another terrible day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts losing 67bp, FixedResets off 32bp and DeemedRetractibles down 63bp. The Performance Highlights table is suitably enormous, with bank issues …
August 8, 2013
I’ve just had a look at A Review of the Oncology Under-Dosing Incident by Jake J. Thiessen, Ph.D. … the report on the chemotherapy scandal in which neither hospitals nor purchasing agents made the slightest …
August 7, 2013
Nothing happened today. Another crushing day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts losing 77bp, FixedResets off 8bp and DeemedRetractibles down 23bp. There is a suitably lengthy Performance Highlights table, suitably featuring PerpetualDiscount losers, …
August 6, 2013
The Fabulous Fab verdict is having its intended effect: funding prospects for the SEC have brightened: The win adds weight to pledges by SEC Chairman Mary Jo White to reinvigorate the regulator, seeking more onerous …
MAPF Portfolio Composition: July, 2013
Turnover returned to the quiet levels of the past two years in July, to about 4%. There is extreme segmentation in the marketplace, with OSFI’s NVCC rule changes in February 2011 having had the effect …
August 2, 2013
The US jobs number was no great shakes: “This number isn’t an earth-shaker,” John Manley, who helps oversee $222.7 billion as chief equity strategist for Wells Fargo Funds Management in New York, said in a …
August 1, 2013
Here’s an amusing – and perhaps inevitable – consequence of preferential ballotting: The number of parties registered to contest an upper house election due by Nov. 30 has more than doubled to 54 since 2010, …
July 31, 2013
The FOMC statement was released and had no surprises: To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at the rate most consistent with its dual mandate, the Committee …
July 30, 2013
The Fabulous Fab trial goes to jury today: A win by the SEC may demonstrate the agency has the will and resources to win cases at trial, strengthening its hand in future negotiations with Wall …