{"id":2742,"date":"2008-08-28T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T23:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2008-08-28T19:12:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T23:12:05","slug":"august-28-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=2742","title":{"rendered":"August 28, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today.<\/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>4.60%<\/td>\n<td>4.38%<\/td>\n<td>58,290<\/td>\n<td>16.41<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.0690%<\/td>\n<td>1,113.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.04%<\/td>\n<td>4.08%<\/td>\n<td>43,153<\/td>\n<td>17.19<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.5729%<\/td>\n<td>914.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.97%<\/td>\n<td>3.85%<\/td>\n<td>111,108<\/td>\n<td>2.55<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0146%<\/td>\n<td>1,054.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.35%<\/td>\n<td>5.85%<\/td>\n<td>55,144<\/td>\n<td>4.36<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>+0.2384%<\/td>\n<td>1,042.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.25%<\/td>\n<td>6.62%<\/td>\n<td>45,613<\/td>\n<td>5.26<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.0000%<\/td>\n<td>1,129.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>6.16%<\/td>\n<td>5.41%<\/td>\n<td>64,674<\/td>\n<td>2.25<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>+1.1415%<\/td>\n<td>1,007.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>6.07%<\/td>\n<td>6.12%<\/td>\n<td>192,859<\/td>\n<td>13.55<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>+0.0969%<\/td>\n<td>878.0<\/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>ELF.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-3.2080%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.98% based on a bid of 19.31 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.5544%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.09% based on a bid of 19.00 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.3098%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.97% based on a bid of 17.33 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IGM.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>-1.1342%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.34% based on a bid of 26.15 and a call 2010-7-30 at 25.67.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TCA.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0052%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.94% based on a bid of 47.27 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.0766%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.18% based on a bid of 16.90 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.0821%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.67% based on a bid of 20.55 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CL.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.1415%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.41% based on a bid of 25.36 and a call 2011-1-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.1423%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.79% based on a bid of 19.48 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.3124%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.79% based on a bid of 25.01 and a call 2012-10-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>+1.3506%<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.3942%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.13% based on a bid of 24.00 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FBS.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>+1.7672%<\/td>\n<td>Asset coverage of just under 1.5:1 as of August 21, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdsecurities.com\/tds\/content\/SC_TDSponsoredCompanies?OpenForm\">TD Securities<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.41% based on a bid of 9.79 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2011-12-15 at 10.00.<\/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>RY.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>180,900<\/td>\n<td>TD crossed 16,300 at 18.60 and 100,000 at 18.70. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.08% based on a bid of 18.66 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>96,392<\/td>\n<td>National bought 10,000 from Scotia at 19.00; so did &#8220;anonymous&#8221;. RBC crossed 30,000 at 19.15. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.04% based on a bid of 19.19 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>65,600<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 28,800 at 20.50, then another 20,000 at the same price. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.12% based on a bid of 20.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.Q<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>57,275<\/td>\n<td>Anonymous &#8211; possibly a different one every time &#8211; bought three blocks of 10,000 each from TD at 24.75. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.71% based on a bid of 24.76 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>44,020<\/td>\n<td>TD crossed 10,100 at 19.40. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.11% based on a bid of 19.40 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were thirty-two other index-included $25-pv-equivalent issues trading over 10,000 shares today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing happened today. Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version. 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