{"id":46626,"date":"2024-04-04T21:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T02:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=46626"},"modified":"2024-04-04T21:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T02:04:43","slug":"april-4-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=46626","title":{"rendered":"April 4, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the jobs numbers come out tomorrow and we will see what we will see! Could be a wild one &#8230; could be a fizzle. Not knowing is half the fun; not caring is the other half!<\/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>-0.1610 %<\/td>\n<td>2,368.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/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>-0.1610 %<\/td>\n<td>4,542.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>10.16 %<\/td>\n<td>10.30 %<\/td>\n<td>44,153<\/td>\n<td>9.34<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>-0.1610 %<\/td>\n<td>2,617.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/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>-0.0597 %<\/td>\n<td>3,435.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>4.90 %<\/td>\n<td>7.11 %<\/td>\n<td>34,021<\/td>\n<td>1.79<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>-0.0597 %<\/td>\n<td>4,102.9<\/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>-0.0597 %<\/td>\n<td>3,201.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/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>0.1149 %<\/td>\n<td>2,665.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>6.45 %<\/td>\n<td>6.64 %<\/td>\n<td>46,396<\/td>\n<td>12.99<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>0.1149 %<\/td>\n<td>2,907.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>5.32 %<\/td>\n<td>7.02 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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>MFC.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>-1.82 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 18.30<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 18.30<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.21 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BIK.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>-1.76 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.99<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.51<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 7.82 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Ins Non<\/td>\n<td>-1.56 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.76<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.05<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 7.34 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BN.PF.J<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>-1.23 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.91<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.91<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 8.02 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>-1.01 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.53<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.53<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.65 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BN.PF.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>1.04 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 17.57<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.57<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 8.96 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Prem<\/td>\n<td>1.05 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 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Disc<\/td>\n<td>1.20 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.05<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.05<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 8.47 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>1.48 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.26<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.61<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 7.89 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Prem<\/td>\n<td>1.55 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.22<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.10<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.52 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Ins Non<\/td>\n<td>1.94 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 18.40<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 18.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 7.36 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTS.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>2.09 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 15.13<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 15.13<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 8.16 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PF.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>2.39 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.84<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.55<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.25 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>3.90 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.30<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.30<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.61 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>4.57 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.15<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.43<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.51 %<\/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>CM.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>96,147<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.62<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.70<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.25 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>84,100<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 24.19<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.05<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 7.27 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.Y<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>59,200<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2024-07-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.80<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.69 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>51,062<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.08<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.67<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.57 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BN.PF.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>41,548<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 17.57<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.57<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 8.96 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FFH.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>36,245<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 17.90<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.90<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 8.64 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 17 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>BN.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 15.40 &#8211; 16.10<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.7000<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.4409<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 15.40<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 15.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 9.04 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Ins Non<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 19.70 &#8211; 20.50<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  0.8000<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.5615<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2054-04-04<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.70<br 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Could be a wild one &#8230; could be a fizzle. 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