{"id":2262,"date":"2008-06-13T21:14:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T01:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2008-06-13T21:14:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-14T01:14:05","slug":"june-13-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=2262","title":{"rendered":"June 13, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No time! Those whose days are incomplete without PrefBlog&#8217;s commentary are urged to send me Deep Thoughts that I can pass off as my own.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another crummy day in the preferred share market and yet again the SunLife issues got hammered.<\/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>4.15%<\/td>\n<td>4.06%<\/td>\n<td>49,490<\/td>\n<td>0.16<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>+0.0000%<\/td>\n<td>1,114.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.92%<\/td>\n<td>4.67%<\/td>\n<td>59,975<\/td>\n<td>16.05<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.2005%<\/td>\n<td>1,016.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.13%<\/td>\n<td>4.12%<\/td>\n<td>66,527<\/td>\n<td>17.19<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.9244%<\/td>\n<td>927.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.84%<\/td>\n<td>2.53%<\/td>\n<td>85,391<\/td>\n<td>2.40<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>+0.0629%<\/td>\n<td>1,057.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.29%<\/td>\n<td>5.50%<\/td>\n<td>69,003<\/td>\n<td>4.17<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>+0.1134%<\/td>\n<td>1,051.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.09%<\/td>\n<td>6.02%<\/td>\n<td>46,529<\/td>\n<td>3.77<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.0335%<\/td>\n<td>1,118.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.88%<\/td>\n<td>4.97%<\/td>\n<td>384,454<\/td>\n<td>9.64<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>-0.1614%<\/td>\n<td>1,019.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.81%<\/td>\n<td>5.87%<\/td>\n<td>221,373<\/td>\n<td>14.06<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>-0.4128%<\/td>\n<td>902.8<\/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>BNS.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-3.0808%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.72% based on a bid of 23.28 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-2.8647%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.10% based on a bid of 18.31 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-2.8302%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.68% based on a bid of 20.60 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-2.1364%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.66% based on a bid of 21.53 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>-1.9512%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.9130%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.79% based on a bid of 20.51 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.4342%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.05% based on a bid of 19.93 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.4078%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.79% based on a bid of 21.01 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.3650%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.92% based on a bid of 22.40 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.2999%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.58% based on a bid of 22.02 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.1578%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.77% based on a bid of 23.05 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0277%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.89% based on a bid of 22.15 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0155%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.03% based on a bid of 18.52 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>+1.0509%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.40% based on a bid of 25.00 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2018-3-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HSB.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.3283%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.88% based on a bid of 21.36 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>TCA.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>62,176<\/td>\n<td>CIBC crossed 59,300 at 49.01. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.72% based on a bid of 49.00 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>112,500<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 20.00, after clearing out 8,300 shares offered in four tranches from 19.94 to 19.97. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.71% based on a bid of 19.90 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>36,694<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.94% based on a bid of 24.55 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>29,100<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.76% based on a bid of 19.62 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>27,060<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.91% based on a bid of 25.00 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were eighteen other index-included $25-pv-equivalent issues trading over 10,000 shares today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No time! Those whose days are incomplete without PrefBlog&#8217;s commentary are urged to send me Deep Thoughts that I can pass off as my own. 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