{"id":143,"date":"2006-10-02T21:54:38","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2006-10-02T21:54:38","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T01:54:38","slug":"october-2-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"October 2, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=142\">index has been rebalanced<\/a> and as a result statistical characterizations of the various indices will not be directly comparable to those of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=138\">September 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\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<\/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>4.31%<\/td>\n<td>4.31%<\/td>\n<td>42,382<\/td>\n<td>10.49<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.1199%<\/td>\n<td>1,015.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.00%<\/td>\n<td>3.96%<\/td>\n<td>227,096<\/td>\n<td>10.1<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>0.0062%<\/td>\n<td>1,016.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.52%<\/td>\n<td>-19.11%<\/td>\n<td>82,554<\/td>\n<td>6.51<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.0552%<\/td>\n<td>1,019.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.67%<\/td>\n<td>2.59%<\/td>\n<td>88,254<\/td>\n<td>2.59<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>0.0047%<\/td>\n<td>1,017.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>4.94%<\/td>\n<td>2.96%<\/td>\n<td>60,246<\/td>\n<td>3.03<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>-0.0602%<\/td>\n<td>1,013.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.89%<\/td>\n<td>4.64%<\/td>\n<td>54,362<\/td>\n<td>1.81<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.0861%<\/td>\n<td>1,022.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.13%<\/td>\n<td>4.00%<\/td>\n<td>176,118<\/td>\n<td>4.21<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>0.0289%<\/td>\n<td>1,029.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.59%<\/td>\n<td>4.61%<\/td>\n<td>328,409<\/td>\n<td>16.21<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.0672%<\/td>\n<td>1,038.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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>TCA.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>+1.0538%<\/td>\n<td>Both TCA.PR.X and TCA.PR.Y were strong today. The &#8220;X&#8221; closed at 53.70, with a YTW of 4.34% based on a call in 2013.<\/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>Volume<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>105,050<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 @ $25.85. This issue has a YTW of 4.53% based on a call at par in late 2010.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>63,325<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 44,000 @25.20. YTW is 4.58% based on a call at par in spring, 2014.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TCA.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>21,865<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 20,000 @ 53.75. 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