{"id":744,"date":"2007-04-06T13:28:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T17:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2007-04-06T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-06T17:28:06","slug":"april-5-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"April 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>4.14%<\/td>\n<td>4.09%<\/td>\n<td>48,057<\/td>\n<td>17.12<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>+0.0000%<\/td>\n<td>1,050.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.97%<\/td>\n<td>3.99%<\/td>\n<td>87,413<\/td>\n<td>17.14<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.5028%<\/td>\n<td>1,028.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.58%<\/td>\n<td>-17.77%<\/td>\n<td>61,718<\/td>\n<td>0.09<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0392%<\/td>\n<td>1,054.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.73%<\/td>\n<td>3.16%<\/td>\n<td>84,998<\/td>\n<td>2.14<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>+0.0757%<\/td>\n<td>1,033.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.00%<\/td>\n<td>3.74%<\/td>\n<td>168,106<\/td>\n<td>3.20<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>-0.0298%<\/td>\n<td>1,050.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.54%<\/td>\n<td>3.45%<\/td>\n<td>63,137<\/td>\n<td>2.29<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.1420%<\/td>\n<td>1,041.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.04%<\/td>\n<td>3.83%<\/td>\n<td>195,008<\/td>\n<td>5.12<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>-0.0435%<\/td>\n<td>1,058.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.52%<\/td>\n<td>4.54%<\/td>\n<td>981,834<\/td>\n<td>15.48<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>-0.0215%<\/td>\n<td>1,066.8<\/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>GWO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.1197%<\/td>\n<td>On volume of 11,555 shares, about average for this issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.50% based on a bid of 25.61 and a call 2014-10-30 at $25.00<\/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>BNS.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>724,590<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=742\">New issue settled today<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 24.87 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>62,000<\/td>\n<td>Becomes exchangeable into the Ratchet-Rate series AD March 1, 2008. Until then, it pays a fixed dividend of $1.385 p.a. 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