Ellen Roseman of the Toronto Star has been kind enough to publish some remarks I made about a preferred share portfolio. The situation is probably common enough to be republished here … although after the …
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January 2, 2009
Great news! I’ve made the switchover to the “December Revision” of the HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices for daily reporting purposes. While this may not mean a lot to you, it is very important to me, since …
Best & Worst Performers: December 2008
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. December, 2008 Issue Index DBRS Rating …
December 19, 2008
S&P cut a whack of bank ratings today, on the following grounds: overall assessment of industry risk has been increased sensitivity of ratings model to reliance on short term funding has increased levels of stress …
December 16, 2008
Next step, quantitative easing! The FOMC announced: The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to establish a target range for the federal funds rate of 0 to 1/4 percent.…As previously announced, over the next few …
December 11, 2008
JPMorgan, or one of their clients, wants to make a big bet on Collatteralized Loan Obligations: JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank, is seeking as much as $780 million of AAA rated portions …
December 4, 2008
Assiduous Readers will know that I am not averse to a little bit of stimulus in this lousy economy. Deficits are fine, provided they’re backed up with credible research showing a good healthy surplus through …
December 3, 2008
Econbrowser‘s James Hamilton reviews 5-Year TIPS, which have been showing some rather unusual behaviour recently: on Monday, the TIPS yield fell 214 basis points, while the nominal yield was down only 22 basis points, leaving …
XCM.PR.A Proposes Reorganization
Commerce Split Corp. has announced: Commerce Split Corp. (“the Company”) was required to sell the majority of its holdings in CIBC. The proceeds of these sales have been used to purchase fixed income securities under …
XMF.PR.A Proposes Reorganization
M-Split Corp. has announced: due to the dramatic and volatile drop in the price of Manulife common shares, M Split Corp. (“the Company”) was required to sell the majority of its holdings in Manulife. The …