{"id":2025,"date":"2008-04-07T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2008-04-07T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T16:56:37","slug":"mapf-performance-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=2025","title":{"rendered":"MAPF Performance : March 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fund’s amazing run of three superb months in a row came to a halt in March as the market swooned with the fund having overweighted PerpetualDiscount<\/a> issues, the hardest hit sector<\/a>. A fair bit of trading mitigated, but could not eliminate, the damage.<\/p>\n

This was only one month, however, and the fund takes a long-term approach to the markets – it is recognized that not every month will deliver excess returns, or even every quarter. Trades are executed when there is a good probability of relative profit and in the past this has brought excess returns over time, albeit with considerable lumpiness in the timing of these excess returns.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Returns to March, 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Period<\/td>\nMAPF<\/strong><\/td>\nIndex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One Month<\/td>\n-4.56%<\/strong><\/td>\n-2.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Three Months<\/td>\n+0.16%<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One Year<\/td>\n-1.59%<\/strong><\/td>\n-7.07%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Two Years (annualized)<\/td>\n+1.88%<\/strong><\/td>\n-1.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Three Years (annualized)<\/td>\n+3.82%<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Four Years (annualized)<\/td>\n+4.35%<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.99%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Five Years (annualized)<\/td>\n+10.69%<\/strong><\/td>\n+2.61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Six Years (annualized)<\/td>\n+8.19%<\/strong><\/td>\n+3.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seven Years (annualized)<\/td>\n+9.28%<\/strong><\/td>\n+2.86%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Index is the BMO-CM “50”<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Returns assume reinvestment of dividends, and are shown after expenses but before fees. Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. You can lose money investing in Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund or any other fund. For more information, see the fund’s main page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The competition was outpaced for the quarter: the fund outperformed the closed-end fund (DPS.UN), which returned an estimated -2.26% on the month and an estimated -0.79% on the quarter, as well as the exchange-traded fund (CPD) which returned -2.90% and -1.23% on the month and quarter. Calculation details for these two performances have been posted separately<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The yields available on high quality preferred shares remain elevated, which is reflected in the current estimate of sustainable income<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Calculation of MAPF Sustainable Income Per Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Month<\/td>\nNAVPU<\/td>\nPortfolio
\nAverage
\nYTW<\/td>\n		Leverage
\nDivisor<\/td>\n		Sustainable
\nIncome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June, 2007<\/td>\n9.3114<\/td>\n5.16%<\/td>\n1.03<\/td>\n0.4665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September<\/td>\n9.1489<\/td>\n5.35%<\/td>\n0.98<\/td>\n0.4995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December, 2007<\/td>\n9.0070<\/td>\n5.53%<\/td>\n0.942<\/td>\n0.5288<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March, 2008<\/td>\n8.8512<\/td>\n6.17%<\/td>\n1.047<\/td>\n0.5216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NAVPU is shown after quarterly distributions.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

It should be noted that I do not have this calculation audited in any way, so unitholders will not be able to see an explicit confirmation of these figures, although you will be able to derive the year end figure for yourselves – I will be happy to provide supporting documents for the calculation to unitholders on request. Readers should also note that the fund is indifferent to whether investment returns are in the form of capital gains or dividends – portfolio management seeks to maximize total return after tax for a notional high-marginal-rate investor based in Ontario. It should also be noted that this sustainable income figure is not targetted in any manner; it may well go down if, for instance, it is decided that quality is cheap and trades are executed to increase credit quality at the expense of yield.<\/p>\n

For all that, though, there is a point to the calculation – it shows that in the recent past, and subject to the usual warning that historical performance is not necessarily indicative of future returns:<\/p>\n