{"id":24380,"date":"2014-02-04T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T03:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24380"},"modified":"2014-02-04T22:15:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T03:15:17","slug":"february-4-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24380","title":{"rendered":"February 4, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts winning 38bp, FixedResets gaining 11bp and DeemedRetractibles up 16bp. The performance highlights table is short, but comprised entirely of winning PerpetualDiscounts. Volume was 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>-0.5263 %<\/td>\n<td>2,345.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>4.60 %<\/td>\n<td>3.85 %<\/td>\n<td>27,781<\/td>\n<td>17.74<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.1941 %<\/td>\n<td>3,688.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>3.09 %<\/td>\n<td>3.17 %<\/td>\n<td>56,417<\/td>\n<td>19.29<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.5263 %<\/td>\n<td>2,532.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.60 %<\/td>\n<td>0.29 %<\/td>\n<td>75,655<\/td>\n<td>0.15<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>0.1279 %<\/td>\n<td>2,684.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>4.86 %<\/td>\n<td>4.93 %<\/td>\n<td>60,729<\/td>\n<td>4.37<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0.1769 %<\/td>\n<td>3,018.4<\/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>0.1279 %<\/td>\n<td>2,454.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.65 %<\/td>\n<td>1.09 %<\/td>\n<td>105,935<\/td>\n<td>0.09<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>0.1701 %<\/td>\n<td>2,338.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.53 %<\/td>\n<td>5.57 %<\/td>\n<td>160,004<\/td>\n<td>14.53<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>0.3760 %<\/td>\n<td>2,396.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>4.91 %<\/td>\n<td>3.61 %<\/td>\n<td>216,641<\/td>\n<td>4.16<\/td>\n<td>81<\/td>\n<td>0.1051 %<\/td>\n<td>2,488.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>5.12 %<\/td>\n<td>3.98 %<\/td>\n<td>173,598<\/td>\n<td>1.96<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>0.1603 %<\/td>\n<td>2,420.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>2.66 %<\/td>\n<td>2.54 %<\/td>\n<td>186,768<\/td>\n<td>4.29<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>0.1271 %<\/td>\n<td>2,447.4<\/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.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: 2044-02-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.53<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.80<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.54 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.22 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-02-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.38<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.38<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.27 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.28 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-02-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.19<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.19<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.32 %<\/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>TRP.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>108,100<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24234\">Recent new issue<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-02-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.04<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.78<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.94 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>89,159<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24330\">Recent new issue<\/a>.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-02-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.14<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.99<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.71 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>67,873<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24291\">Will reset at 3.52%<\/a>.<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 : 24.69<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.68 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>51,839<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 50,000 at 25.25.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-04-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.23<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.27 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>45,751<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed blocks of 25,000 and 10,800, both at 23.65.<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 : 23.73<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>32,275<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=24291\">Will reset at 4.26%<\/a>. Yield to Deemed Maturity 2022-01-31 at 25.00 is 3.75%.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-03-26<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.84<br \/>\nBid-YTW : -19.75 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 32 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>MFC.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.96 &#8211; 26.30<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3400<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2148<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2016-12-19<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.96<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.21 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.49 &#8211; 25.83<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3400<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.2633<\/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 : 25.49<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.77 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.51 &#8211; 25.72<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2100<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1404<\/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 : 25.51<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.32 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FloatingReset<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.30 &#8211; 25.48<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.1800<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1140<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2018-04-25<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.30<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 2.50 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.19 &#8211; 25.40<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.2100<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.1440<\/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 : 25.19<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.66 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 23.27 &#8211; 23.65<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.3800<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.3261<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2044-02-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.89<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.27<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.50 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today. It was a good day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts winning 38bp, FixedResets gaining 11bp and DeemedRetractibles up 16bp. The performance highlights table is short, but comprised entirely of &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-24380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380","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=24380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}