{"id":673,"date":"2007-03-09T22:09:58","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T02:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2007-03-09T22:09:58","modified_gmt":"2007-03-10T02:09:58","slug":"march-9-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"March 9, 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>4.02%<\/td>\n<td>3.89%<\/td>\n<td>87,318<\/td>\n<td>3.88<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.0000%<\/td>\n<td>1,047.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.97%<\/td>\n<td>3.48%<\/td>\n<td>108,894<\/td>\n<td>4.60<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.0951%<\/td>\n<td>1,041.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.71%<\/td>\n<td>-17.32%<\/td>\n<td>71,942<\/td>\n<td>11.02<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.0264%<\/td>\n<td>1,050.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.70%<\/td>\n<td>2.65%<\/td>\n<td>77,098<\/td>\n<td>2.15<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0983%<\/td>\n<td>1,033.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.07%<\/td>\n<td>1.31%<\/td>\n<td>191,061<\/td>\n<td>3.23<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>-0.0182%<\/td>\n<td>1,044.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.47%<\/td>\n<td>3.96%<\/td>\n<td>67,036<\/td>\n<td>2.33<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.1659%<\/td>\n<td>1,041.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.00%<\/td>\n<td>3.56%<\/td>\n<td>247,963<\/td>\n<td>5.39<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>+0.0117%<\/td>\n<td>1,057.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.53%<\/td>\n<td>4.53%<\/td>\n<td>792,348<\/td>\n<td>13.15<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>-0.0040%<\/td>\n<td>1,066.7<\/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>TD.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>-1.5659%<\/td>\n<td>On volume of 700 shares &#8211; which was enough to knock the quote down to 27.03-59, 55&#215;4. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 2.90% based on the bid and a call 2009-5-30 at $26.00. If it survives until its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2013-10-30 at $25.00, it will have yielded 3.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>+1.3011%<\/td>\n<td>An issue with similar terms to the TD.PR.M &#8211; the main difference is the credit. It pays $1.375 p.a., as opposed $1.175 for TD.PR.M. It did not trade today, despite the efforts of the bidders to attract attention. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.25% based on a bid of $27.25 and a call 2009-7-30 at $25.75 &#8230; it if makes it to its softMaturity 2013-12-30, the yield will have been 4.17%<\/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>PWF.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>142,950<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 139,000 at 26.20. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.34% based on a bid of $26.16 and a call 2014-11-30 at 4.34%.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>116,200<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins crossed 108,400 at $25.20. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.77% based on a bid of $25.25 and a call 2016-03-01 at $25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.S<\/td>\n<td>Scraps (would be &#8220;ratchet&#8221; with more volume)<\/td>\n<td>102,500<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at $25.20.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WN.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>62,359<\/td>\n<td>Still on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=569\">credit watch negative<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.81% based on a bid of 25.08 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>50,000<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 27.40. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 2.37% based on a bid of $27.28 and a call 2009-5-30 at $26.00. Big Deal. Even if it survives until its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2014-1-30, its yield will have been only 3.21% &#8230; basically a corporate bond, in fact, after taking account of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=236\">Ontario Equivalency Factor<\/a> of 1.40.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were twelve other &#8220;$25 p.v. equivalent&#8221; index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--e568a9532d1a6ae1f25db57777458790--><\/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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