{"id":10312,"date":"2010-03-31T21:59:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=10312"},"modified":"2010-03-31T21:59:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:59:33","slug":"best-worst-performers-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=10312","title":{"rendered":"Best &amp; Worst Performers: March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2122 indices.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><b>March 2010<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue<\/td>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>DBRS Rating<\/td>\n<td>Monthly Performance<\/td>\n<td>Notes (&#8220;Now&#8221; means &#8220;March 31&#8221;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HSB.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>-8.18%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.26% based on a bid of 20.51 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.P<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>-5.56%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.25% based on a bid of 22.05 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>-5.52%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.01% based on a bid of 19.00 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>-5.51%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.14% based on a bid of 18.36 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>-5.46%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.14% based on a bid of 18.86 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRI.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+4.40%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+4.55%<\/td>\n<td>The second-best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=9895\">February<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+4.84%<\/td>\n<td>The third-best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=9895\">February<\/a>, the best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=9576\">January<\/a> and the second-best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=9219\">December<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+7.56%<\/td>\n<td>The fifth-best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=9895\">February<\/a>. Strong pair with BAM.PR.E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>Ratchet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+8.85%<\/td>\n<td>The best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=9895\">February<\/a>. Strong Pair with BAM.PR.G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Momentum is still amazing, with the Floating Rate sector continuing to shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2122 indices. 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