{"id":51244,"date":"2025-12-18T22:06:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=51244"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:06:55","slug":"december-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=51244","title":{"rendered":"December 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<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 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\/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.65<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.61 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>2.09 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 24.03<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.56 %<\/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>ENB.PF.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>59,300<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.86<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.26<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.34 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PF.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>40,300<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.13<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.64<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.31 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>31,297<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.27<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.54<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.17 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ENB.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Disc<\/td>\n<td>25,500<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.45<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.11<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.20 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>25,100<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 16.50<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 16.50<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.90 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>19,000<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 24.66<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.06<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.69 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'>There were 9 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 colspan='3'>See <a href='https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=13456'>TMX DataLinx: &#8216;Last&#8217; != &#8216;Close&#8217;<\/a> and the posts linked therein for an idea of why these quotes are so horrible.<\/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>GWO.PR.T<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 20.80 &#8211; 25.00<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  4.2000<br \/>\nAverage  :  2.7642<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.80<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.80<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.22 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 16.50 &#8211; 20.95<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  4.4500<br \/>\nAverage  :  3.5873<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 16.50<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 16.50<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.90 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IFC.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 22.40 &#8211; 25.99<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  3.5900<br \/>\nAverage  :  2.8945<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.02<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 22.40<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.04 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 23.90 &#8211; 25.75<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  1.8500<br \/>\nAverage  :  1.2614<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.63<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.90<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.96 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Insurance Straight<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 20.77 &#8211; 21.89<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  1.1200<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.6775<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2055-12-18<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 20.77<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 20.77<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.38 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BN.PF.J<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset Prem<\/td>\n<td>Quote: 25.90 &#8211; 26.90<br \/>\nSpot Rate  :  1.0000<br \/>\nAverage  :  0.7184<\/p>\n<p>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2027-12-31<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.90<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.29 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