{"id":49613,"date":"2018-08-30T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=49613"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:44:02","slug":"august-30-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=49613","title":{"rendered":"August 30, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, we’re moving closer to a surveillance society<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google paid for.<\/p>\n

But most of the two billion Mastercard holders aren\u2019t aware of this behind-the-scenes tracking. That\u2019s because the companies never told the public about the arrangement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’ve been assuming this was happening already, so I’ve been using my credit cards sparingly for the past while. I’ve recently started using DuckDuckGo<\/a> as my search engine … it has one of world’s stupider names, but they did attract $10-million in OMERS-led financing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is leading a US$10-million investment in the profitable U.S. firm, which handles about 24 million searches a day and generates more than US$25-million in annual revenue. DuckDuckGo has steadily grown following a rash of disclosures in recent years about how much personal data is harvested online and used by Google, Facebook and the U.S. National Security Agency.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a small but symbolic investment by the pension giant. OMERS Ventures, the pension plan\u2019s venture capital arm, recently stated it believes emerging blockchain technologies will empower a \u201cdecentralized web\u201d where users will regain greater control over their own data, potentially disrupting the business models of internet giants that extensively collect and mine user information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices<\/strong>
Values are provisional and are finalized monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index<\/td>\nMean
Current
Yield
(at bid)<\/td>\n		Median
YTW<\/td>\n		Median
Average
Trading
Value<\/td>\n		Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)<\/td>\n		Issues<\/td>\nDay’s Perf.<\/td>\nIndex Value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ratchet<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.0539 %<\/td>\n3,099.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FixedFloater<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.0539 %<\/td>\n5,687.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Floater<\/td>\n3.49 %<\/td>\n3.70 %<\/td>\n42,875<\/td>\n18.01<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0.0539 %<\/td>\n3,277.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OpRet<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n-0.0950 %<\/td>\n3,229.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SplitShare<\/td>\n4.61 %<\/td>\n4.41 %<\/td>\n53,996<\/td>\n4.85<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n-0.0950 %<\/td>\n3,856.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interest-Bearing<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0.00 %<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n-0.0950 %<\/td>\n3,008.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n5.61 %<\/td>\n-9.83 %<\/td>\n53,926<\/td>\n0.08<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n0.0275 %<\/td>\n2,919.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n5.38 %<\/td>\n5.52 %<\/td>\n58,883<\/td>\n14.56<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n0.1514 %<\/td>\n3,007.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FixedReset<\/td>\n4.29 %<\/td>\n4.66 %<\/td>\n127,901<\/td>\n3.82<\/td>\n106<\/td>\n0.1336 %<\/td>\n2,592.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deemed-Retractible<\/td>\n5.15 %<\/td>\n5.81 %<\/td>\n62,186<\/td>\n5.42<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n0.1391 %<\/td>\n2,999.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FloatingReset<\/td>\n3.50 %<\/td>\n3.66 %<\/td>\n42,779<\/td>\n5.71<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n0.2554 %<\/td>\n2,861.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Performance Highlights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issue<\/td>\nIndex<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\nNotes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRP.PR.C<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n-1.24 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 17.52
\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.52
\nBid-YTW : 5.13 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BAM.PR.T<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n-1.11 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 21.31
\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.31
\nBid-YTW : 5.12 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BAM.PR.X<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n1.04 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 19.48
\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.48
\nBid-YTW : 4.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IAG.PR.I<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n1.11 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Call
\nMaturity Date\t: 2023-03-31
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.59
\nBid-YTW : 4.45 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BAM.PR.N<\/td>\nPerpetual-Discount<\/td>\n1.43 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 21.26
\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.26
\nBid-YTW : 5.69 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRP.PR.B<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n2.57 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 17.20
\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.20
\nBid-YTW : 4.91 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Volume Highlights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issue<\/td>\nIndex<\/td>\nShares
Traded<\/td>\n		Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EMA.PR.C<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n50,913<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 22.84
\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.13
\nBid-YTW : 4.97 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PWF.PR.K<\/td>\nPerpetual-Discount<\/td>\n46,800<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 22.19
\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.47
\nBid-YTW : 5.56 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MFC.PR.Q<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n45,143<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Call
\nMaturity Date\t: 2023-06-19
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.00
\nBid-YTW : 4.67 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRP.PR.C<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n34,561<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 17.52
\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.52
\nBid-YTW : 5.13 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BNS.PR.Z<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n32,500<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Hard Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-01-31
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.74
\nBid-YTW : 4.14 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TD.PF.A<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\n30,484<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 23.26
\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.77
\nBid-YTW : 4.67 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
There were 14 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Wide Spread Highlights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issue<\/td>\nIndex<\/td>\nQuote Data and Yield Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BAM.PF.G<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\nQuote: 24.98 – 26.20
\nSpot Rate : 1.2200
\nAverage : 0.6807<\/p>\n

YTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 23.62
\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.98
\nBid-YTW : 5.01 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

SLF.PR.E<\/td>\nDeemed-Retractible<\/td>\nQuote: 21.50 – 21.96
\nSpot Rate : 0.4600
\nAverage : 0.2688<\/p>\n

YTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Hard Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.50
\nBid-YTW : 7.23 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

BAM.PR.Z<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\nQuote: 25.12 – 25.50
\nSpot Rate : 0.3800
\nAverage : 0.2411<\/p>\n

YTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Call
\nMaturity Date\t: 2022-12-31
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.12
\nBid-YTW : 4.79 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

SLF.PR.G<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\nQuote: 19.95 – 20.25
\nSpot Rate : 0.3000
\nAverage : 0.1882<\/p>\n

YTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Hard Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.95
\nBid-YTW : 7.20 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

BAM.PF.E<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\nQuote: 23.55 – 24.19
\nSpot Rate : 0.6400
\nAverage : 0.5289<\/p>\n

YTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2048-08-30
\nMaturity Price : 23.14
\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.55
\nBid-YTW : 5.08 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

MFC.PR.K<\/td>\nFixedReset<\/td>\nQuote: 22.88 – 23.50
\nSpot Rate : 0.6200
\nAverage : 0.5135<\/p>\n

YTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Hard Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2025-01-31
\nMaturity Price : 25.00
\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.88
\nBid-YTW : 6.03 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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