{"id":560,"date":"2007-02-05T22:49:16","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T02:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2007-02-05T22:49:16","modified_gmt":"2007-02-06T02:49:16","slug":"february-5-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"February 5, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>4.04%<\/td>\n<td>4.05%<\/td>\n<td>28,531<\/td>\n<td>17.36<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>+0.0401%<\/td>\n<td>1,038.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.81%<\/td>\n<td>3.51%<\/td>\n<td>103,723<\/td>\n<td>8.23<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>+0.1475%<\/td>\n<td>1,042.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.43%<\/td>\n<td>-30.31%<\/td>\n<td>57,894<\/td>\n<td>6.55<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.0776%<\/td>\n<td>1,057.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.72%<\/td>\n<td>2.32%<\/td>\n<td>74,475<\/td>\n<td>2.10<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>+0.1024%<\/td>\n<td>1,027.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.17%<\/td>\n<td>0.86%<\/td>\n<td>272,353<\/td>\n<td>2.52<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>-0.1860%<\/td>\n<td>1,040.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.70%<\/td>\n<td>4.30%<\/td>\n<td>71,118<\/td>\n<td>3.88<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>+0.0265%<\/td>\n<td>1,035.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.03%<\/td>\n<td>4.05%<\/td>\n<td>236,263<\/td>\n<td>5.04<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>+0.0356%<\/td>\n<td>1,052.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.55%<\/td>\n<td>4.58%<\/td>\n<td>1,113,363<\/td>\n<td>16.24<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>+0.0202%<\/td>\n<td>1,052.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\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>LBS.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.2127%<\/td>\n<td>It&#8217;s always the way, eh? This is an issue I like. And on the first day of trading after an issue I don&#8217;t like gets called (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=559\">DIV.PR.A<\/a>), it&#8217;s the issue I like that craps out. Such is life in the preferred market. LBS.PR.A now has a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.32% based on a bid of $10.59 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2013-11-29 at $10.00.<\/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>Volume<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>59,130<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of $24.75 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>51,137<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 27,000 at $26.00. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.26% based on a bid of $25.90 and a call 2014-4-29 at $25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>43,790<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=548\">Recent new issue<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.58% based on a bid of $24.66 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>33,890<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.28% based on a bid of $26.31 and a call 2014-11-30 at $25.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>26,470<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.52% based on a bid of $25.40 and a call 2016-3-1 at $25.00. Both better yield and better interest rate protection than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=540\">new issue<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were eleven other &#8220;$25 p.v. equivalent&#8221; index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version. 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