{"id":738,"date":"2007-04-04T22:53:40","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T02:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2007-04-04T22:53:40","modified_gmt":"2007-04-05T02:53:40","slug":"april-4-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"April 4, 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>4.14%<\/td>\n<td>4.10%<\/td>\n<td>45,864<\/td>\n<td>17.11<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>+0.0004%<\/td>\n<td>1,050.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.95%<\/td>\n<td>3.96%<\/td>\n<td>85,337<\/td>\n<td>17.16<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.4319%<\/td>\n<td>1,033.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.58%<\/td>\n<td>-18.22%<\/td>\n<td>61,752<\/td>\n<td>0.26<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.2152%<\/td>\n<td>1,055.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.73%<\/td>\n<td>3.18%<\/td>\n<td>85,831<\/td>\n<td>2.15<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.1758%<\/td>\n<td>1,032.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.00%<\/td>\n<td>3.69%<\/td>\n<td>170,502<\/td>\n<td>3.21<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>+0.0333%<\/td>\n<td>1,050.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.53%<\/td>\n<td>3.04%<\/td>\n<td>63,163<\/td>\n<td>2.29<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.0481%<\/td>\n<td>1,043.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.04%<\/td>\n<td>3.85%<\/td>\n<td>197,137<\/td>\n<td>5.13<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>+0.0202%<\/td>\n<td>1,059.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.53%<\/td>\n<td>4.54%<\/td>\n<td>825,567<\/td>\n<td>16.34<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>+0.0121%<\/td>\n<td>1,067.0<\/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>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-1.7289%<\/td>\n<td>On high volume (for this issue) of 17,277 shares.<\/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.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>261,200<\/td>\n<td>National Bank crossed 50,000 at 24.95. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.52% based on a bid of $24.95 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>122,100<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.td.com\/investor\/preferred.jsp\">Went ex-dividend today<\/a> and Global crossed 60,800 for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsx.com\/en\/help.html#lttcsh\">cash<\/a> at 27.51 and 60,800 for regular settlement at 27.21. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.04% based on a bid of 26.72 and a call 2009-5-30 at 26.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>100,400<\/td>\n<td>RBC bought two tranches of 10,000 shares each from National Bank at 25.05; Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 25.06.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.W<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>71,340<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 60,000 at 26.30. 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