{"id":763,"date":"2007-04-16T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T03:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2007-04-16T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T03:30:06","slug":"april-16-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"April 16, 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>4.11%<\/td>\n<td>43,992<\/td>\n<td>17.08<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>+0.5045%<\/td>\n<td>1,041.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.02%<\/td>\n<td>4.02%<\/td>\n<td>93,975<\/td>\n<td>17.06<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.4046%<\/td>\n<td>1,018.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.57%<\/td>\n<td>-15.74%<\/td>\n<td>56,073<\/td>\n<td>0.13<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>+0.0100%<\/td>\n<td>1,055.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.73%<\/td>\n<td>3.17%<\/td>\n<td>84,022<\/td>\n<td>2.11<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0949%<\/td>\n<td>1,033.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.02%<\/td>\n<td>3.79%<\/td>\n<td>156,666<\/td>\n<td>3.17<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>-0.0604%<\/td>\n<td>1,049.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.52%<\/td>\n<td>5.60%<\/td>\n<td>63,254<\/td>\n<td>2.28<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.0944%<\/td>\n<td>1,044.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.04%<\/td>\n<td>3.97%<\/td>\n<td>186,958<\/td>\n<td>5.31<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>-0.0256%<\/td>\n<td>1,059.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.53%<\/td>\n<td>4.56%<\/td>\n<td>873,569<\/td>\n<td>16.30<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>-0.0656%<\/td>\n<td>1,064.8<\/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>BCE.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-1.5758%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2011-05-01. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=757\">carnage in BCE issues<\/a> continues! This issue traded as low as 24.17, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsx.com\/en\/help.html#rollingLow\">52-week low<\/a>, before closing at 24.36-84, 10&#215;10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.P<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.0158%<\/td>\n<td>Odd! I haven&#8217;t noticed the CIBC walking into any sharp objects lately. Now with a very attractive pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.43% based on a bid of 26.31 and a call 2012-11-28 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>SLF.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>80,935<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins crossed 50,000 at 24.99. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 24.92 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CU.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>56,400<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 40,000 at 27.20, then Scotia crossed 10,000 at the same price. Perhaps the sellers were making room for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=732\">pending new issue<\/a> &#8211; but then, what were the buyers doing? Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.06% based on a bid of 27.02 and a call 2008-07-01 at $26.00 &#8230; it won&#8217;t yield much more than bonds, unless CU decides to waive the call.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>W.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>51,200<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 50,000 at 26.65. 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