{"id":10431,"date":"2010-04-12T20:48:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T00:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=10431"},"modified":"2010-04-12T20:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T00:48:43","slug":"april-12-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=10431","title":{"rendered":"April 12, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=aK0V3mS.SPjI&#038;pos=1\">Greece is getting a bail-out<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forced into action by a surge in Greek borrowing costs to an 11-year high, finance ministers from the 16 euro countries said they and the International Monetary Fund would offer the loans at non-subsidized interest rates in case Greece runs out of money-raising options. European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said that the rate on the loans could be around 5 percent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word regarding the attached strings.<\/p>\n<p>PerpetualDiscounts continued their recovery today, gaining 38bp on continued heavy volume, while FixedResets were basically unchanged, gaining 1bp.<\/p>\n<table border='1'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='8'><strong>HIMIPref&trade; Preferred Indices<br \/>These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref&trade; Indices<\/strong><br \/>Values are provisional and are finalized monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>Mean<br \/>Current<br \/>Yield<br \/>(at bid)<\/td>\n<td>Median<br \/>YTW<\/td>\n<td>Median<br \/>Average<br \/>Trading<br \/>Value<\/td>\n<td>Median<br \/>Mod Dur<br \/>(YTW)<\/td>\n<td>Issues<\/td>\n<td>Day&#8217;s Perf.<\/td>\n<td>Index Value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ratchet<\/td>\n<td>2.60 %<\/td>\n<td>2.69 %<\/td>\n<td>54,786<\/td>\n<td>20.89<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>-0.8676 %<\/td>\n<td>2,128.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>4.90 %<\/td>\n<td>3.02 %<\/td>\n<td>47,787<\/td>\n<td>20.12<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>-0.2247 %<\/td>\n<td>3,227.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>1.91 %<\/td>\n<td>1.67 %<\/td>\n<td>42,337<\/td>\n<td>23.41<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0242 %<\/td>\n<td>2,418.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.88 %<\/td>\n<td>3.55 %<\/td>\n<td>105,244<\/td>\n<td>1.10<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>0.0000 %<\/td>\n<td>2,314.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>6.35 %<\/td>\n<td>-3.32 %<\/td>\n<td>133,872<\/td>\n<td>0.08<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.1315 %<\/td>\n<td>2,150.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest-Bearing<\/td>\n<td>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.0000 %<\/td>\n<td>2,116.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.84 %<\/td>\n<td>3.85 %<\/td>\n<td>33,374<\/td>\n<td>0.62<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.6517 %<\/td>\n<td>1,845.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>6.16 %<\/td>\n<td>6.19 %<\/td>\n<td>196,893<\/td>\n<td>13.66<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>0.3795 %<\/td>\n<td>1,728.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>5.42 %<\/td>\n<td>3.87 %<\/td>\n<td>481,188<\/td>\n<td>3.66<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>0.0052 %<\/td>\n<td>2,174.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border='1'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'><strong>Performance Highlights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue<\/td>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>Change<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>-1.02 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2040-04-12<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.84<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.15<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.08 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.00 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2040-04-12<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.10<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.10<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.18 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.01 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2040-04-12<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.95<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.95<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.04 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>1.02 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2015-01-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.71<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.00 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.18 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2040-04-12<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.80<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.00<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.98 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\/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2040-04-12<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.09<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.09<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.23 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border='1'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'><strong>Volume Highlights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue<\/td>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>Shares<br \/>Traded<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>461,960<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=10435\">New issue settled today<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2040-04-12<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 24.37<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.42<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.94 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>74,430<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 60,000 at 27.40.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-05-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 27.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.72 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