{"id":7429,"date":"2009-08-01T13:10:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T17:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2009-08-01T13:10:46","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T17:10:46","slug":"best-worst-performers-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=7429","title":{"rendered":"Best &amp; Worst Performers: July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref\u2122 indices.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><b>July 2009<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue<\/td>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>DBRS Rating<\/td>\n<td>Monthly Performance<\/td>\n<td>Notes (&#8220;Now&#8221; means &#8220;July 31&#8221;)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>-3.23%<\/td>\n<td>Was the third-worst performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=7106\">June<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>-0.27%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.37% based on a bid of 25.76 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2013-7-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+0.19%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of <b>&#8211;<\/b>13.74% based on a bid of 25.91 and a call 2009-8-30 at 25.50. Since dividend is $1.325 and CM saves $0.25 p.a. on the redemption price, it will probably survive until softMaturity 2011-7-30, when it will have realized a yield of 3.42% &#8230; but you&#8217;re taking your chances!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+0.28%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.17% based on a bid of 25.50 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2012-3-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFC.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+0.71%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.82% based on a bid of 25.54 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2015-12-18 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+9.25%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.16% based on a bid of 18.31 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>Perpetua-lDiscount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-1(low)<\/td>\n<td>+9.62%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.15% based on a bid of 18.35 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(high)<\/td>\n<td>+9.92%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.81% based on a bid of 20.17 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>. Was the fourth-worst performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=7106\">June<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNA.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+10.65%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 9.15% based on a bid of 17.76 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2019-1-10 at 25.00. Was the best performer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=7106\">June<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRI.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>Pfd-2(low)<\/td>\n<td>+10.93%<\/td>\n<td>Moved to Scraps at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=7418\">July rebalancing<\/a> on volume concerns. Was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=7106\">worst performer in June<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. 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