{"id":2224,"date":"2008-06-02T21:19:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2008-06-02T21:19:12","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T01:19:12","slug":"june-2-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=2224","title":{"rendered":"June 2, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On VoxEU, Francesco Giavazzi writes about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voxeu.com\/index.php?q=node\/1188\">the suddenly topical OIS \/ LIBOR spread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BCE received <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=aaBwOpC6IeSM&#038;refer=home\">leave to appeal to the Supreme Court<\/a>; the case will be heard June 17.<\/p>\n<p>The market drifted downwards, perhaps due to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2216\">the National Bank Fixed Reset, 5.375%+205 new issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\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. In this version, index values are based at 1,000.0 on 2006-6-30<\/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>4.27%<\/td>\n<td>4.28%<\/td>\n<td>54,032<\/td>\n<td>16.5<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>-0.1574%<\/td>\n<td>1,112.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.88%<\/td>\n<td>4.67%<\/td>\n<td>62,870<\/td>\n<td>16.03<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.6986%<\/td>\n<td>1,026.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.07%<\/td>\n<td>4.12%<\/td>\n<td>61,352<\/td>\n<td>17.09<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.6054%<\/td>\n<td>926.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.83%<\/td>\n<td>2.43%<\/td>\n<td>89,456<\/td>\n<td>2.70<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>+0.0389%<\/td>\n<td>1,056.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.24%<\/td>\n<td>5.37%<\/td>\n<td>73,028<\/td>\n<td>4.22<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>+0.1323%<\/td>\n<td>1,059.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.11%<\/td>\n<td>6.20%<\/td>\n<td>51,510<\/td>\n<td>3.81<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.2373%<\/td>\n<td>1,115.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.84%<\/td>\n<td>5.10%<\/td>\n<td>415,115<\/td>\n<td>6.70<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>+0.0033%<\/td>\n<td>1,025.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.67%<\/td>\n<td>5.71%<\/td>\n<td>225,444<\/td>\n<td>14.31<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>-0.1681%<\/td>\n<td>924.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\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>BCE.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-2.3684%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.3327%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.61% based on a bid of 19.99 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>-1.2048%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.1707%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.50% based on a bid of 20.26 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.1178%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0779%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.56% based on a bid of 20.19 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.0753%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0204%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.50% based on a bid of 22.31 and  a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0078%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.54% based on a bid of 21.61 and  a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>W.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.2074%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.91% based on a bid of 23.47 and  a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\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>GWO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>82,050<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 25,000 at 22.59. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.39% based on a bid of 22.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>74,895<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 60,000 at 25.11. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.87% based on a bid of 25.12 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FAL.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Ratchet<\/td>\n<td>51,750<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2176\">Called for redemption<\/a>. Nesbitt was on the sell side for the day&#8217;s last ten trades, starting at 2:12pm and totally 51,650 in a range of 25.38-42.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>40,795<\/td>\n<td>National Bank crossed each of the day&#8217;s last ten trades, time-stamped 3:52 &#038; 3:53, totalling 16,600 shares, all at 21.65. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.54% based on a bid of 21.61 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>24,475<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.89% based on a bid of 20.68 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were twenty-one other index-included $25-pv-equivalent issues trading over 10,000 shares today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On VoxEU, Francesco Giavazzi writes about the suddenly topical OIS \/ LIBOR spread. BCE received leave to appeal to the Supreme Court; the case will be heard June 17. 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