{"id":1639,"date":"2007-12-29T02:27:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T06:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2007-12-29T02:27:29","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T06:27:29","slug":"december-28-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=1639","title":{"rendered":"December 28, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, the same things that caused me to drastically foreshorten yesterday’s report<\/a> are causing me to chop today’s report to the bone!<\/p>\n

With any luck, 2008 will be a bit more consistent in terms of post lengths.<\/p>\n

The S&P\/TSX Preferred Share Index<\/a> gained again today and, barring a catastrophic end to the trading year, will be up on the month. PerpetualDiscounts performed superbly, but remain below the recent peak level of 930.2 reached on December 11.<\/p>\n

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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
Index<\/td>\nMean Current Yield (at bid)<\/td>\nMean YTW<\/td>\nMean Average Trading Value<\/td>\nMean Mod Dur (YTW)<\/td>\nIssues<\/td>\nDay’s Perf.<\/td>\nIndex Value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ratchet<\/td>\n5.19%<\/td>\n5.17%<\/td>\n76,492<\/td>\n15.19<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n+0.0000%<\/td>\n1,059.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n4.90%<\/td>\n5.13%<\/td>\n87,719<\/td>\n15.33<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n-0.1429%<\/td>\n1,025.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Floater<\/td>\n5.88%<\/td>\n5.90%<\/td>\n143,995<\/td>\n14.05<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n+0.0640%<\/td>\n821.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Op. Retract<\/td>\n4.87%<\/td>\n3.12%<\/td>\n84,029<\/td>\n3.30<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n-0.3452%<\/td>\n1,038.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Split-Share<\/td>\n5.33%<\/td>\n5.56%<\/td>\n109,594<\/td>\n4.31<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n+0.1328%<\/td>\n1,025.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interest Bearing<\/td>\n6.36%<\/td>\n6.51%<\/td>\n62,942<\/td>\n3.45<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n+0.1805%<\/td>\n1,059.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n5.83%<\/td>\n5.16%<\/td>\n81,131<\/td>\n4.24<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n+0.0743%<\/td>\n1,016.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n5.55%<\/td>\n5.56%<\/td>\n383,987<\/td>\n14.53<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n+1.0465%<\/td>\n920.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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