{"id":11695,"date":"2010-08-01T22:21:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T02:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=11695"},"modified":"2010-08-01T22:21:59","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T02:21:59","slug":"best-worst-performers-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=11695","title":{"rendered":"Best &amp; Worst Performers: July 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>July 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;July 30&#8221;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRI.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-1.06%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-1.04%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 1.21% based on a bid of 25.65 and a call 2010-10-30 at 25.25.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-1.02%<\/td>\n<td>Recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=11489\">deleted from TXPR<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.82% based on a bid of 26.08 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2018-3-30.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-0.39%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.08% based on a bid of 25.75 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#optionCertainty\">optionCertainty<\/a> 2013-6-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>-0.32%<\/td>\n<td>Recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=11489\">deleted from TXPR<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.10% based on a bid of 24.88 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>RY.PR.W<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+4.71%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 5.58% based on a bid of 21.95 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+5.18%<\/td>\n<td>The third-best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=11384\">June<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.30% based on a bid of 19.10 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+5.36%<\/td>\n<td>The third-worst performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=11384\">June<\/a>, which was due to a disappearing bid and lackadaisical market-making. Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 3.36% based on a bid of 27.31 and a call 2014-1-30 at 25.00..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+5.36%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-TTW of 6.42% based on a bid of 20.87 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+5.74%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.34% based on a bid of 18.99 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to see the BAM OpRet issues dominating the lower end of the monthly returns &#8230;. one is tempted to think that BAM.PR.J declined due to the TXPR rebalancing, and the other OpRets went down due to swaps triggered by the initial decline.<\/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. 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