{"id":24100,"date":"2013-12-31T22:12:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24100"},"modified":"2013-12-31T22:12:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:12:39","slug":"december-31-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24100","title":{"rendered":"December 31, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today.<\/p>\n<p>Another hot day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts winning 53bp, while both FixedResets and DeemedRetractibles were up 25bp. Volume was abysmally low.<\/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>1.1029 %<\/td>\n<td>2,523.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>4.57 %<\/td>\n<td>3.86 %<\/td>\n<td>36,865<\/td>\n<td>17.61<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.7752 %<\/td>\n<td>3,675.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>2.96 %<\/td>\n<td>2.95 %<\/td>\n<td>61,291<\/td>\n<td>19.83<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1.1029 %<\/td>\n<td>2,724.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.64 %<\/td>\n<td>2.16 %<\/td>\n<td>80,170<\/td>\n<td>0.41<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>0.0129 %<\/td>\n<td>2,660.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>4.85 %<\/td>\n<td>4.65 %<\/td>\n<td>72,756<\/td>\n<td>4.46<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0.0803 %<\/td>\n<td>3,021.0<\/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>0.0129 %<\/td>\n<td>2,433.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.63 %<\/td>\n<td>5.42 %<\/td>\n<td>130,024<\/td>\n<td>4.15<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>0.0966 %<\/td>\n<td>2,312.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.66 %<\/td>\n<td>5.68 %<\/td>\n<td>182,724<\/td>\n<td>14.41<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>0.5325 %<\/td>\n<td>2,339.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>4.97 %<\/td>\n<td>3.51 %<\/td>\n<td>222,883<\/td>\n<td>3.42<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>0.2523 %<\/td>\n<td>2,473.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>5.14 %<\/td>\n<td>4.24 %<\/td>\n<td>184,609<\/td>\n<td>1.34<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>0.2464 %<\/td>\n<td>2,397.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>2.61 %<\/td>\n<td>2.35 %<\/td>\n<td>254,860<\/td>\n<td>4.36<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0.0316 %<\/td>\n<td>2,468.3<\/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>GWO.PR.P<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>-1.17 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.71<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.09 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HSB.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.00 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.25<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.99 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.02 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.74<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.29 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.05 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.10<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.36 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>1.15 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-04-28<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.42<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.00 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>1.20 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 17.78<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.78<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.95 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>1.26 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.99<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.10<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.41 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>1.31 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 17.75<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.75<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.95 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.34 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.10<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.10<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.40 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PF.D<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.49 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.79<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.79<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.24 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.54 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.12<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.52 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>2.04 %<\/td>\n<td>Rather a silly entry. It&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=23606\">called for redemption<\/a> and no shares traded today.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-01-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.50<br \/>\nBid-YTW : -17.33 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>2.59 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.02<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.02<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.68 %<\/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>PWF.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>81,695<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=23965\">Recent new issue<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2019-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.39<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.93 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>17,200<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 16,000 at 25.17.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2018-07-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.15<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.35 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>14,100<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.03<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.03<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.42 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>11,350<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.21<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.94<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.61 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>11,156<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-01-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.08<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.01 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>10,819<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24024\">has been extended<\/a>. Will <a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24098\">reset at 3.83%<\/a>. Yield to Deemed Maturity is 3.78%.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-02-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.33<br \/>\nBid-YTW : -0.22 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 0 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>BAM.PF.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.20 &#8211; 25.67<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.4700<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3009<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2018-09-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.20<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.34 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 21.03 &#8211; 21.49<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.4600<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3190<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.03<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.03<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.42 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.P<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 23.71 &#8211; 24.13<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.4200<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2908<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Hard Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.71<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.09 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.81 &#8211; 26.15<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3400<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2211<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2016-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.81<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.13 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.61 &#8211; 25.95<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3400<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2436<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-04-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.61<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 1.89 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 20.38 &#8211; 20.62<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2400<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1516<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2043-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.38<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.38<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.05 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today. Another hot day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts winning 53bp, while both FixedResets and DeemedRetractibles were up 25bp. Volume was abysmally low. HIMIPref&trade; Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December &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-24100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24100","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=24100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}