{"id":23659,"date":"2013-11-16T03:08:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T07:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=23659"},"modified":"2013-11-16T03:08:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T07:08:01","slug":"november-15-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=23659","title":{"rendered":"November 15, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today, except web server problems for me. Joy!<\/p>\n<p>It was a mixed day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts off 4bp, FixedResets down 39bp and DeemedRetractibles gaining 5bp. The Performance Highlights table was dominated by losing low-Spread FixedResets. Volume was well above average.<\/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>0.0000 %<\/td>\n<td>2,533.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>4.21 %<\/td>\n<td>3.49 %<\/td>\n<td>32,975<\/td>\n<td>18.39<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>-0.9211 %<\/td>\n<td>3,991.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>2.93 %<\/td>\n<td>2.95 %<\/td>\n<td>60,221<\/td>\n<td>19.80<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>0.0000 %<\/td>\n<td>2,735.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.64 %<\/td>\n<td>1.86 %<\/td>\n<td>69,234<\/td>\n<td>0.08<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>-0.0048 %<\/td>\n<td>2,651.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>4.73 %<\/td>\n<td>5.14 %<\/td>\n<td>66,568<\/td>\n<td>3.91<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.0198 %<\/td>\n<td>2,967.7<\/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>-0.0048 %<\/td>\n<td>2,424.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.58 %<\/td>\n<td>4.26 %<\/td>\n<td>125,632<\/td>\n<td>0.09<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>-0.0539 %<\/td>\n<td>2,307.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.56 %<\/td>\n<td>5.57 %<\/td>\n<td>176,840<\/td>\n<td>14.50<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>-0.0437 %<\/td>\n<td>2,367.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>4.97 %<\/td>\n<td>3.39 %<\/td>\n<td>229,648<\/td>\n<td>3.33<\/td>\n<td>82<\/td>\n<td>-0.3938 %<\/td>\n<td>2,480.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>5.07 %<\/td>\n<td>3.97 %<\/td>\n<td>193,754<\/td>\n<td>1.46<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>0.0455 %<\/td>\n<td>2,417.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>2.61 %<\/td>\n<td>2.39 %<\/td>\n<td>322,012<\/td>\n<td>4.49<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.0871 %<\/td>\n<td>2,457.3<\/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>TRP.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.94 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.78<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.25<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.95 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.79 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2017-06-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.75<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.59 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.46 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.59<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.65<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.43 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.42 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.94<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.30<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.31 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.36 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.22<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.52<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.24 %<\/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 : 23.90<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.70 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>-1.20 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.55<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.91<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.80 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.14 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.45<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.38<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.39 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.P<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.04 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.65<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.76<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.41 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>-1.01 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2017-09-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.71<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.51 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.S<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.15 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.51<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.85<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.28 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.84 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.60<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.60<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.34 %<\/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>BNS.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>403,746<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed blocks of 170,000 and 20,000, both at 23.70. RBC crossed 205,000 at the same price. Nice tickets!<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 : 23.75<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.09 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>225,730<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed blocks of 100,000 and 20,000, both at 25.60. Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at the same price.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2017-06-01<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.48<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.39 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>108,500<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed blocks of 50,000 shares, 23,100 and 30,000, all at 25.03.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2018-10-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.01<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.51 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>102,000<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 100,000 at 25.03.<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 : 25.01<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.53 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>62,115<\/td>\n<td>TD crossed 47,800 at 25.71.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-08-24<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.74<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.21 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>60,550<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 24,500 at 21.10.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.95<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.95<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.02 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 47 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>TRP.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 24.25 &#8211; 24.75<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.5000<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2904<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.78<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.25<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.95 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 22.52 &#8211; 23.09<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.5700<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3670<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.22<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.52<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 26.08 &#8211; 26.45<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3700<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2333<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2017-03-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 26.08<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.11 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 20.70 &#8211; 21.00<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3000<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1930<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.70<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.70<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.90 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HSB.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.18 &#8211; 25.46<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2800<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1758<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-06-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.18<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.04 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 22.63 &#8211; 23.07<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.4400<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3399<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-11-15<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.31<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.63<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.25 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today, except web server problems for me. Joy! It was a mixed day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts off 4bp, FixedResets down 39bp and DeemedRetractibles gaining 5bp. The Performance Highlights &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-23659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23659","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=23659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}