{"id":1420,"date":"2007-11-05T22:11:25","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T02:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2007-11-05T22:11:25","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T02:11:25","slug":"november-5-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=1420","title":{"rendered":"November 5, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well &#8230; today was fairly busy, so there&#8217;s not much commentary! Just to keep my faithful readers entertained, however, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/J7_071105.pdf\">have uploaded the PerpetualPremium<\/a> index &#8230; look at CU.PR.A and CU.PR.B! A fine company and a solid credit &#8230; but should these issues <em>really<\/em> be trading 60+bp through Power Financial? There will be a small prize awarded to anybody who can give me a satisfactory explanation of this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\"><strong>Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version. In this version, index values are based at 1,000.0 on 2006-6-30<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>Mean Current Yield (at bid)<\/td>\n<td>Mean YTW<\/td>\n<td>Mean Average Trading Value<\/td>\n<td>Mean Mod Dur (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>4.92%<\/td>\n<td>4.91%<\/td>\n<td>206,688<\/td>\n<td>15.62<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.0000%<\/td>\n<td>1,045.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.86%<\/td>\n<td>4.82%<\/td>\n<td>87,410<\/td>\n<td>15.81<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>+0.0991%<\/td>\n<td>1,046.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.50%<\/td>\n<td>4.52%<\/td>\n<td>63,713<\/td>\n<td>16.30<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.3319%<\/td>\n<td>1,044.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.88%<\/td>\n<td>3.62%<\/td>\n<td>76,433<\/td>\n<td>3.60<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>+0.1751%<\/td>\n<td>1,028.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.18%<\/td>\n<td>5.05%<\/td>\n<td>87,676<\/td>\n<td>4.19<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>-0.1341%<\/td>\n<td>1,040.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.27%<\/td>\n<td>6.43%<\/td>\n<td>61,799<\/td>\n<td>3.57<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0746%<\/td>\n<td>1,055.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.81%<\/td>\n<td>5.43%<\/td>\n<td>80,650<\/td>\n<td>5.41<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>+0.2095%<\/td>\n<td>1,013,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.58%<\/td>\n<td>5.58%<\/td>\n<td>335,875<\/td>\n<td>14.32<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>-0.0698%<\/td>\n<td>911.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><strong>Major Price Changes<\/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>ELF.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-2.1053%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.15% based on a bid of 19.53 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.6471%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.83% based on a bid of 20.90 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LBS.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.3659%<\/td>\n<td>Asset coverage of just under 2.5:1 according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bromptongroup.com\/funds\/lbs\/overview\/\">Brompton Group<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.13% based on a bid of 10.11 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2013-11-29 at 10.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0761%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.23% based on a bid of 24.82 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNA.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.0067%<\/td>\n<td>Asset coverage of just over 3.8:1 as of July 31, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnnsplit.com\/investor_nav.htm\">the company<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.71% based on a bid of 20.65 and a hardMaturity 2019-1-10 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ASC.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.0000%<\/td>\n<td>Asset coverage of just under 2.3:1 as of November 2, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aic.com\/FundInfo\/FundProfile.aspx?fund=ASC&#038;lang=\/en\/\">AIC<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.22% based on a bid of 23.10 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>+1.2926%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 1.14% based on a bid of 25.86 and a call 2007-12-5 at 25.75.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\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>Volume<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>237,040<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.40% based on a bid of 20.90 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>107,260<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 85,100 at 23.60. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.60% based on a bid of 23.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.W<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>104,800<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 22.51. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.45% based on a bid of 22.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>86,120<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.69% based on a bid of 23.20 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>51,723<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 50,000 at 26.65. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.57% based on a bid of 26.65 and a call 2009-10-30 at 26.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were thirty-three other index-included $25.00-equivalent issues trading over 10,000 shares today.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--d358b41dcac3faca92179cf326edc794--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well &#8230; today was fairly busy, so there&#8217;s not much commentary! Just to keep my faithful readers entertained, however, I have uploaded the PerpetualPremium index &#8230; look at CU.PR.A and CU.PR.B! 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