{"id":15187,"date":"2011-05-26T23:44:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T03:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2011-05-26T23:44:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T03:44:05","slug":"may-26-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=15187","title":{"rendered":"May 26, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow got clobbered again!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border =1>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=6>YLO Issues, 2011-5-26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ticker<\/td>\n<td>Quote<br \/>5\/25<\/td>\n<td>Quote<br \/>5\/26<\/td>\n<td>Bid YTW<br \/>5\/26<\/td>\n<td>YTW<br \/>Scenario<br \/>5\/26<\/td>\n<td>Performance<br \/>5\/26<br \/>(bid\/bid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>YLO.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>23.84-95<\/td>\n<td>22.75-85<\/td>\n<td>11.04%<\/td>\n<td>Soft Maturity<br \/>2012-12-30<\/td>\n<td>-4.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>YLO.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>17.85-99<\/td>\n<td>17.06-10<\/td>\n<td>12.96%<\/td>\n<td>Soft Maturity<br \/>2017-06-29<\/td>\n<td>-4.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>YLO.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>18.88-00<\/td>\n<td>18.20-60<\/td>\n<td>9.27%<\/td>\n<td>Limit Maturity<\/td>\n<td>-3.60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>YLO.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>19.17-34<\/td>\n<td>18.99-09<\/td>\n<td>9.04%<\/td>\n<td>Limit Maturity<\/td>\n<td>-0.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apart from that, said Mrs. Lincoln, it was a very nice evening at the theatre! The Canadian preferred share market did quite well today, with PerpetualDiscounts gaining 15bp, FixedResets picking up 1bp and DeemedRetractibles winning 29bp. A good crop of winners is in the Performance Highlights table, led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=15180\">CM.PR.H, which is being redeemed<\/a> and followed by others that are not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=15183\">seeking NVCC status<\/a>. Volume was good, and again CM issues were featured.<\/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>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-0.0815 %<\/td>\n<td>2,462.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/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>-0.0815 %<\/td>\n<td>3,703.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>2.45 %<\/td>\n<td>2.24 %<\/td>\n<td>44,485<\/td>\n<td>21.64<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0815 %<\/td>\n<td>2,658.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.88 %<\/td>\n<td>3.36 %<\/td>\n<td>63,550<\/td>\n<td>0.42<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>-0.1844 %<\/td>\n<td>2,418.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>5.22 %<\/td>\n<td>-2.16 %<\/td>\n<td>60,882<\/td>\n<td>0.55<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>0.0000 %<\/td>\n<td>2,514.2<\/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>-0.1844 %<\/td>\n<td>2,211.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.72 %<\/td>\n<td>4.96 %<\/td>\n<td>143,584<\/td>\n<td>0.82<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>0.1694 %<\/td>\n<td>2,072.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.48 %<\/td>\n<td>5.56 %<\/td>\n<td>127,396<\/td>\n<td>14.47<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>0.1511 %<\/td>\n<td>2,170.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>5.15 %<\/td>\n<td>3.19 %<\/td>\n<td>195,858<\/td>\n<td>2.86<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>0.0159 %<\/td>\n<td>2,309.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>5.12 %<\/td>\n<td>4.91 %<\/td>\n<td>328,759<\/td>\n<td>8.08<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>0.2880 %<\/td>\n<td>2,150.8<\/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>ELF.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.01 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.91<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 7.07 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.02 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.76<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.68 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.11 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.61<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.66 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IGM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>1.14 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2019-01-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.76<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.51 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.53 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2041-05-26<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.58<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.85<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.30 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>2.00 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.97<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.58 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>2.06 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2016-03-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.21<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.61 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>3.44 %<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=15180\">Called for redemption<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2011-06-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.75<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.86<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.51 %<\/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>MFC.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>179,405<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins crossed 150,400 at 25.50; then another 20,000 at 25.54.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Soft Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2015-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.34<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.73 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>164,454<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=15180\">Called for redemption<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2011-06-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.75<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.86<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.51 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>103,470<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=15183\">Seeking NVCC status<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-05-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.23<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.24 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.W<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>87,953<\/td>\n<td>TD bought 10,000 from anonymous at 24.87.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.87<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.99 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HSE.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>86,924<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins bought blocks of 25,000 and 15,000 from anonymous, both at 25.46; Desjardins crossed 25,000 at 25.57.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2021-04-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.57<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.12 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>78,282<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2016-03-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.21<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.61 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 38 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border='1'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='3'><strong>Wide Spread Highlights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue<\/td>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>Quote Data and Yield Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.93 &#8211; 26.53<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.6000<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3412<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2013-10-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.93<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.49 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.87 &#8211; 27.25<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3800<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2706<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-01-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.87<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.06 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.06 &#8211; 26.39<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3300<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2266<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Option Certainty<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2013-06-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.06<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.28 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 24.87 &#8211; 25.18<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3100<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2119<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.87<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.96 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 27.40 &#8211; 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YLO Issues, 2011-5-26 Ticker Quote5\/25 Quote5\/26 Bid YTW5\/26 YTWScenario5\/26 Performance5\/26(bid\/bid) YLO.PR.A 23.84-95 22.75-85 11.04% Soft Maturity2012-12-30 -4.57% YLO.PR.B 17.85-99 17.06-10 12.96% Soft Maturity2017-06-29 -4.42% YLO.PR.C 18.88-00 18.20-60 9.27% Limit Maturity -3.60% &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}