{"id":11034,"date":"2010-06-01T23:33:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T03:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=11034"},"modified":"2010-06-01T23:33:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T03:33:31","slug":"best-worst-performers-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=11034","title":{"rendered":"Best &amp; Worst Performers: May 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>May 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;May 31&#8221;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-10.17%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-9.56%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-4.77%<\/td>\n<td>The third-best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=10710\">April<\/a> and a regular guest on this table &#8211; as have been all Floating Rate issues throughout the Credit Crunch! 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>-3.08%<\/td>\n<td>Strong Pair with BAM.PR.G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>-2.26%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.52% based on a bid of 17.66 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>POW.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>+3.33%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.37% based on a bid of 22.33 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>+3.87%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.38% based on a bid of 23.07 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>+4.20%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.06% based on a bid of 19.12 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CL.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+4.36%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.30% based on a bid of 24.78 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+5.31%<\/td>\n<td>The worst performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=10710\">April<\/a>, so this is merely bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.01% based on a bid of 19.25 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a crashing to earth of the Floating Rate sector!<\/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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