{"id":790,"date":"2007-04-24T00:45:59","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T04:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=790"},"modified":"2007-04-24T00:45:59","modified_gmt":"2007-04-24T04:45:59","slug":"april-23-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"April 23, 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>4.25%<\/td>\n<td>4.24%<\/td>\n<td>40,467<\/td>\n<td>16.86<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>+0.9670%<\/td>\n<td>1,017.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.44%<\/td>\n<td>4.47%<\/td>\n<td>107,857<\/td>\n<td>16.44<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-1.7970%<\/td>\n<td>941.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.56%<\/td>\n<td>-18.58%<\/td>\n<td>56,159<\/td>\n<td>0.13<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>+0.3363%<\/td>\n<td>1,061.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.73%<\/td>\n<td>3.27%<\/td>\n<td>83,839<\/td>\n<td>2.20<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.1183%<\/td>\n<td>1,033.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.03%<\/td>\n<td>3.99%<\/td>\n<td>142,867<\/td>\n<td>3.23<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>+0.0266%<\/td>\n<td>1,046.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.51%<\/td>\n<td>3.92%<\/td>\n<td>61,511<\/td>\n<td>1.91<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.2016%<\/td>\n<td>1,047.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.05%<\/td>\n<td>4.22%<\/td>\n<td>222,634<\/td>\n<td>5.87<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>-0.1467%<\/td>\n<td>1,056.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.55%<\/td>\n<td>4.58%<\/td>\n<td>797,257<\/td>\n<td>16.26<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>-0.1873%<\/td>\n<td>1,061.2<\/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.R<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-3.762%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2010-12-01; until then these pay 4.54% of par. Closed at 22.00-50, 50&#215;100 &#8230; 50&#215;100? Seems to me that a few institutional investors have had time for their meetings. Traded as low as 21.50 today, a new 52-week low.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-2.5541%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2011-05-01 (exchange to BCE.PR.H); until then, they pay 4.35% of par. The bid moved on zero volume and they closed at 22.51-00, 4&#215;15. The BCE.PR.H closed at 24.25-50, 1&#215;20.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-2.1324%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Resdet date is 2011-08-01 (counterpart is unissued series &#8216;AJ&#8217;); until then pay 4.65% of par. Closed at 22.03-19, 4&#215;15; new low of 22.00 today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.6387%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 25.81 and a call 2014-11-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>-1.3842%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2007-12-1 (to BCE.PR.Y); until then they pay 5.319% of par. Closed at 23.51-79, 5&#215;1; the Ys closed at 23.87-19.<\/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>CM.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>245,550<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins crossed 240,000 at 26.70. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.69% based on a bid of 26.50 and a call 2008-5-30 at $26.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>43,300<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.82% based on a bid of 24.80 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>. These fell 0.44% today &#8230; almost certainly due to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=778\">very similar new issue announced today<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.W<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>38,660<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.18% based on a bid of 26.00 and a call 2014-3-26 at 25.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>25,655<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.57% based on a bid of 24.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>24,300<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.55% based on a bid of 24.78 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--24bf0b2fc34da8f89ad625a8e6de0108--><\/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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