{"id":2518,"date":"2008-07-28T19:34:04","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T23:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2008-07-28T19:34:04","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T23:34:04","slug":"july-28-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=2518","title":{"rendered":"July 28, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PerpetualDiscount winning streak ended today &#8211; the index was down less than a beep, but it was down! Volume continues fairly light.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<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. In this version, index values are based at 1,000.0 on 2006-6-30<\/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>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.68%<\/td>\n<td>4.39%<\/td>\n<td>66,304<\/td>\n<td>16.33<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>+0.0289%<\/td>\n<td>1,085.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.16%<\/td>\n<td>4.18%<\/td>\n<td>58,107<\/td>\n<td>17.03<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.8953%<\/td>\n<td>887.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.99%<\/td>\n<td>4.59%<\/td>\n<td>131,811<\/td>\n<td>3.41<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0994%<\/td>\n<td>1,040.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.38%<\/td>\n<td>6.16%<\/td>\n<td>61,773<\/td>\n<td>4.49<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>-0.1275%<\/td>\n<td>1,028.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.14%<\/td>\n<td>6.02%<\/td>\n<td>41,127<\/td>\n<td>3.67<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>-0.1669%<\/td>\n<td>1,120.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>6.15%<\/td>\n<td>6.17%<\/td>\n<td>70,163<\/td>\n<td>10.65<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0544%<\/td>\n<td>981.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>6.32%<\/td>\n<td>6.38%<\/td>\n<td>226,376<\/td>\n<td>13.38<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<td>-0.0063%<\/td>\n<td>840.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\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>POW.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-2.0843%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.39% based on a bid of 21.14 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>-1.9786%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.73% based on a bid of 23.78 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2013-12-30 at 25.00. Compare with BAM.PR.H (6.49% to 2012-3-30), BAM.PR.J (7.00% to 2018-3-30) and BAM.PR.O (6.60% TO 2013-6-30) &#8230; and consider the rather odd report in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2510#comments\">comments to July 25<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.9608%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.07% based on a bid of 20.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.9500%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.02% based on a bid of 19.61 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.5561%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.44% based on a bid of 21.51 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.4028%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.06% based on a bid of 24.60 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNA.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.3476%<\/td>\n<td>Asset coverage of 3.2+:1 as of June 30, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bamsplit.com\/investor\/nav.htm\">the company<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 8.92% based on a bid of 17.57 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2019-1-10 at 25.00. Compare with BNA.PR.A (6.11% to 2010-9-30) and BNA.PR.B (8.55% to 2016-3-25).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0846%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.13% based on a bid of 22.80 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>+1.0101%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.1804%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.17% based on a bid of 24.00 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>+1.6757%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IAG.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+2.1148%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.90% based on a bid of 16.90 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+2.5105%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.97% based on a bid of 22.05 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\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>ALB.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>131,314<\/td>\n<td>CIBC crossed 128,600 at 24.26. Asset coverage of 1.6+:1 as of July 24, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotiamanagedcompanies.com\">Scotia Managed Companies<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.81% based on a bid of 24.26 and a hardMaturity 2011-2-28 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>130,100<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 130,000 at 26.05. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.85% based on a bid of 26.02 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2013-10-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>39,011<\/td>\n<td>National crossed 30,000 at 20.84. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.86% based on a bid of 20.81 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>35,489<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.33% based on a bid of 17.61 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.Q<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>29,360<\/td>\n<td>CIBC crossed 25,000 at 23.95. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.87% based on a bid of 23.97 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were fourteen other index-included $25-pv-equivalent issues trading over 10,000 shares today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PerpetualDiscount winning streak ended today &#8211; the index was down less than a beep, but it was down! Volume continues fairly light. 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