{"id":20914,"date":"2013-01-19T01:10:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T05:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20914"},"modified":"2013-01-19T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T05:10:11","slug":"january-18-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=20914","title":{"rendered":"January 18, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today.<\/p>\n<p>It was another mixed day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualPremiums gaining 4bp, FixedResets dropping 19bp and DeemedRetractibles off 7bp. The slightly-longer-than-average Performance Highlights table is comprised entirely of FixedReset losers. Volume was enormous.<\/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>0.3178 %<\/td>\n<td>2,509.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>4.36 %<\/td>\n<td>3.67 %<\/td>\n<td>28,067<\/td>\n<td>18.04<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.5076 %<\/td>\n<td>3,728.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>2.77 %<\/td>\n<td>3.00 %<\/td>\n<td>63,064<\/td>\n<td>19.72<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>0.3178 %<\/td>\n<td>2,710.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.64 %<\/td>\n<td>0.87 %<\/td>\n<td>52,721<\/td>\n<td>0.37<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0860 %<\/td>\n<td>2,590.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>4.59 %<\/td>\n<td>4.54 %<\/td>\n<td>44,243<\/td>\n<td>4.32<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.1195 %<\/td>\n<td>2,904.8<\/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>-0.0860 %<\/td>\n<td>2,369.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.25 %<\/td>\n<td>-1.32 %<\/td>\n<td>77,542<\/td>\n<td>0.12<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>0.0374 %<\/td>\n<td>2,346.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.85 %<\/td>\n<td>4.89 %<\/td>\n<td>135,267<\/td>\n<td>15.65<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0305 %<\/td>\n<td>2,645.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>4.92 %<\/td>\n<td>2.90 %<\/td>\n<td>228,587<\/td>\n<td>3.59<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<td>-0.1865 %<\/td>\n<td>2,475.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>4.87 %<\/td>\n<td>3.21 %<\/td>\n<td>122,205<\/td>\n<td>0.34<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>-0.0714 %<\/td>\n<td>2,426.8<\/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>FTS.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.43 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-01-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.67<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.51<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.22 %<\/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 : 25.01<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.34 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.08 %<\/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 : 24.62<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.67 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.08 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2013-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.75<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.11 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.02 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-09-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.17<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.01 %<\/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>ENB.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>338,175<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20809\">Added to TXPR<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2019-06-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.43<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.80 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>272,297<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20809\">Added to both TXPR and TXPL<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2018-03-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.85<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.40 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PF.C<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>196,649<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20809\">Added to TXPR<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-01-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 24.59<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.98<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.90 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.Q<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>192,222<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20809\">Added to TXPR and TXPL<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2017-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.51 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>187,985<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20809\">Added to TXPR<\/a>.<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 : 25.60<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.53 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>184,462<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 17.55; RBC crossed blocks of 49,700 and 12,700 at the same price.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-01-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 17.55<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.55<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.01 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>176,890<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed blocks of 85,100 and 69,500 at 26.93 and bought 15,400 from RBC at 26.92.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-08-24<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.88<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.07 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>155,878<\/td>\n<td>National crossed 25,000 at 25.50; Scotia crossed 40,000 at the same price; TD crossed 40,000 at the same price; and Nesbitt crossed 40,000 at the same price again. Hmmm &#8230; I wonder if a large manager was allocating one large internal cross?<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2013-05-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.25<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.47<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 0.93 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>109,247<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=20809\">Added to TXPR<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2021-12-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.91<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.39 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>103,374<\/td>\n<td>National crossed two blocks of 50,000 each, both at 26.40.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2016-12-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.25<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.15 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 82 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>CU.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.41 &#8211; 27.00<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.5900<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.4316<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2017-06-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.41<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.77 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.58 &#8211; 27.00<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.4200<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3052<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2013-06-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.75<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.58<br \/>\nBid-YTW : -2.22 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.Q<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.14 &#8211; 26.47<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3300<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2270<\/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 : 26.14<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.59 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.80 &#8211; 26.15<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3500<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2498<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.80<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.65 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.51 &#8211; 25.83<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3200<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2203<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-01-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.67<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.51<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.46 &#8211; 26.77<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3100<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2219<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-07-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.46<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.23 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today. It was another mixed day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualPremiums gaining 4bp, FixedResets dropping 19bp and DeemedRetractibles off 7bp. The slightly-longer-than-average Performance Highlights table is comprised entirely of FixedReset &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-20914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20914","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=20914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}