{"id":232,"date":"2006-10-30T23:36:35","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T03:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2006-10-30T23:36:35","modified_gmt":"2006-10-31T03:36:35","slug":"october-30-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"October 30, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<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<\/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>4.11%<\/td>\n<td>3.99%<\/td>\n<td>42,872<\/td>\n<td>10.67<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.0798%<\/td>\n<td>1,021.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.00%<\/td>\n<td>2.83%<\/td>\n<td>153,742<\/td>\n<td>6.11<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.0066%<\/td>\n<td>1,026.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.52%<\/td>\n<td>-15.94%<\/td>\n<td>75,151<\/td>\n<td>6.51<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0.1115%<\/td>\n<td>1,022.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.68%<\/td>\n<td>2.30%<\/td>\n<td>89,145<\/td>\n<td>2.37<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0108%<\/td>\n<td>1,020.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>4.95%<\/td>\n<td>3.64%<\/td>\n<td>159,085<\/td>\n<td>3.64<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>0.0562%<\/td>\n<td>1,022.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.88%<\/td>\n<td>5.11%<\/td>\n<td>56,689<\/td>\n<td>1.98<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.1196%<\/td>\n<td>1,023.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.08%<\/td>\n<td>3.97%<\/td>\n<td>213,795<\/td>\n<td>4.36<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>-0.0275%<\/td>\n<td>1,037.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.61%<\/td>\n<td>4.64%<\/td>\n<td>604,467<\/td>\n<td>16.14<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.0636%<\/td>\n<td>1,030.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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>BSD.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>InterestBearing<\/td>\n<td>-1.3699%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax YTW of 6.04%, based on a bid of $10.08 and a maturity 2015-03-31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-1.2640%<\/td>\n<td>Looks like a trade of 400 shares at 3:36pm at $25.40 took out the bid and left the next bid at $25.20<\/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>Volume<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>399,590<\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=230\">SLF.PR.D : Clearance Sale Winding Down?<\/a>. It doesn&#8217;t look like it, at least as far as volume goes!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>184,770<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt processed an internal cross of 130,000 shares @26.95, Scotia crossed 50,000 @ $26.96. YTW 4.11% based on a call 2010-5-31 @ $26.00. Pays $1.35 with a $0.25 annual decline in premium, so it could very well hang on until the $25.00 call 2014-5-31 to have yielded 4.22% &#8230; unless interest rates move!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>170,660<\/td>\n<td>BMO crossed 65,000 for cash at $26.81, then bought 100,000 for cash from Desjardins at the same price. Odd. They&#8217;re nowhere near their ex-Date. 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