{"id":24195,"date":"2014-01-15T02:47:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T07:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24195"},"modified":"2014-01-15T02:47:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T07:47:09","slug":"january-14-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24195","title":{"rendered":"January 14, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today, either.<\/p>\n<p>It was a mixed day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts up 20bp, FixedResets gaining 2bp and DeemedRetractibles off 4bp. The Performance Highlights table is notable for a fine complement of winning BAM PerpetualDiscounts. Volume was high, with many issues trading over 100,000 shares.<\/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>-0.6458 %<\/td>\n<td>2,555.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>4.42 %<\/td>\n<td>3.65 %<\/td>\n<td>32,591<\/td>\n<td>18.10<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.0000 %<\/td>\n<td>3,840.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>2.92 %<\/td>\n<td>2.94 %<\/td>\n<td>67,263<\/td>\n<td>19.90<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>-0.6458 %<\/td>\n<td>2,759.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.62 %<\/td>\n<td>0.34 %<\/td>\n<td>75,815<\/td>\n<td>0.08<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>0.0642 %<\/td>\n<td>2,674.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>4.85 %<\/td>\n<td>4.73 %<\/td>\n<td>67,323<\/td>\n<td>4.43<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.0882 %<\/td>\n<td>3,020.3<\/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>0.0642 %<\/td>\n<td>2,445.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.63 %<\/td>\n<td>3.61 %<\/td>\n<td>128,187<\/td>\n<td>0.14<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>0.0061 %<\/td>\n<td>2,322.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.62 %<\/td>\n<td>5.64 %<\/td>\n<td>166,660<\/td>\n<td>14.48<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>0.1967 %<\/td>\n<td>2,362.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>4.95 %<\/td>\n<td>3.49 %<\/td>\n<td>221,783<\/td>\n<td>3.45<\/td>\n<td>82<\/td>\n<td>0.0242 %<\/td>\n<td>2,486.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>5.14 %<\/td>\n<td>4.33 %<\/td>\n<td>164,652<\/td>\n<td>1.99<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>-0.0382 %<\/td>\n<td>2,403.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>2.60 %<\/td>\n<td>2.25 %<\/td>\n<td>225,169<\/td>\n<td>4.33<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0.1347 %<\/td>\n<td>2,475.7<\/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>PWF.PR.S<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>-1.07 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.81<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.13<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.42 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>-1.06 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.13<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.41<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.53 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PF.D<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.14 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.40<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.07 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PF.C<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.46 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.17<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.17<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.07 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.72 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.55<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.55<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.14 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.82 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.58<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.58<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.13 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>2.19 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.96<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.96<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.88 %<\/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>RY.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>300,560<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=23997\">Called for redemption<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-02-24<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.34<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 1.89 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>263,134<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24176\">Added to TXPL<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.08<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.82<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.03 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.Q<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>173,800<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed blocks of 98,100 and 63,200, both at 25.10.<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 : 25.10<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.49 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>154,215<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed blocks of 48,400, 26,600 and 74,800, all at 25.62.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-09-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.58<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.76 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>146,700<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 80,000 at 25.22; Nesbitt crossed 64,300 at the same price.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-04-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.22<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.14 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>138,115<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24098\">Will reset at 3.83%<\/a>. Yield to Deemed Maturity is 3.58%.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-02-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.17<br \/>\nBid-YTW : -3.02 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>136,000<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 124,900 at 25.10.<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 : 25.03<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.49 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>127,435<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 70,000 at 25.24; Desjardins crossed 55,800 at the same price.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-04-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.24<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.20 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>101,460<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 25.20.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2018-08-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.18<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.33 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>100,505<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=23997\">Called for redemption<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-02-24<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.32<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.60 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 43 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>SLF.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 21.07 &#8211; 21.28<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2100<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1370<\/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 : 21.07<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.58 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 21.51 &#8211; 21.79<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2800<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2102<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.51<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.51<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.43 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 22.41 &#8211; 22.64<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2300<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1621<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.13<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.41<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.53 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 22.01 &#8211; 22.28<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2700<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2041<\/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 : 22.01<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.33 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CGI.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 24.65 &#8211; 25.01<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3600<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3042<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Soft Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2023-06-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.65<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.99 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 22.00 &#8211; 22.27<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2700<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2193<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-01-14<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.72<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.00<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.46 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today, either. It was a mixed day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts up 20bp, FixedResets gaining 2bp and DeemedRetractibles off 4bp. The Performance Highlights table is notable for a fine &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-24195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24195","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=24195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}