{"id":564,"date":"2007-02-07T00:23:55","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T04:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2007-02-07T00:23:55","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T04:23:55","slug":"february-6-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"February 6, 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>4.05%<\/td>\n<td>4.05%<\/td>\n<td>28,412<\/td>\n<td>17.35<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>-0.0400%<\/td>\n<td>1,037.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.79%<\/td>\n<td>3.54%<\/td>\n<td>101,377<\/td>\n<td>4.56<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>+0.2711%<\/td>\n<td>1,045.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.45%<\/td>\n<td>-27.45%<\/td>\n<td>57,589<\/td>\n<td>6.58<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.2672%<\/td>\n<td>1,054.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.72%<\/td>\n<td>2.38%<\/td>\n<td>73,951<\/td>\n<td>2.12<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>-0.0237%<\/td>\n<td>1,027.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.10%<\/td>\n<td>1.00%<\/td>\n<td>314,869<\/td>\n<td>2.65<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>+0.1238%<\/td>\n<td>1,042.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.69%<\/td>\n<td>2.11%<\/td>\n<td>71,648<\/td>\n<td>3.87<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>+0.1858%<\/td>\n<td>1,036.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.03%<\/td>\n<td>3.88%<\/td>\n<td>234,236<\/td>\n<td>5.03<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>-0.0521%<\/td>\n<td>1,051.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.54%<\/td>\n<td>4.57%<\/td>\n<td>1,092,248<\/td>\n<td>16.25<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>+0.1051%<\/td>\n<td>1,053.9<\/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>TOC.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>-1.6541%<\/td>\n<td>Still gyrating, as it has since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=528\">January 26<\/a>. This time on volume of 873 shares. I wonder what the TSX is saying to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsx.com\/en\/trading\/products_services\/market_system.html\">market maker<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.5771%<\/td>\n<td>RBC sold 5,000 shares at 3:24pm, which took the bid from 27.55 to 27.46. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 2.70% based on a bid of 27.46 and a call 2008-10-30 at $26.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ACO.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>-1.2821%<\/td>\n<td>Closed at 26.95-60, 100&#215;5, but that fine bid was a late entry &#8230; some traded as low as 27.26 on the day. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.35% based on a bid of $26.95 and a call 2008-12-31 at $26.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WFS.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.0348%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.11% based on a bid of 10.52 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2011-6-30.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>+1.0236%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=490\">As recently discussed<\/a>, this becomes exchangeable with BCE.PR.Y in December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FIG.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>InterestBearing<\/td>\n<td>+1.1905%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=549\">Mergers &#038; liquidity<\/a> are good for you! The trouble, of course, comes with the call schedule. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of -17.67% based on a bid of $10.20 and a call 2007-3-8 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>ACO.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>77,046<\/td>\n<td>Down substantially on the day (bid\/bid). Somebody wanted to SELL!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>57,415<\/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 $24.65 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>55,900<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 50,000 at 26.27. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.26% based on a bid of $26.20 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>52,007<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 10,000 at 25.38. 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>. Just like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=560\">yesterday<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>26,412<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 24.73 and a limitMaturity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were eighteen other &#8220;$25 p.v. equivalent&#8221; index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--13a7f1c8159d9059e33115e733a94952--><\/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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