{"id":803,"date":"2007-04-26T22:08:43","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T02:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2007-04-26T22:08:43","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T02:08:43","slug":"april-26-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"April 26, 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>4.42%<\/td>\n<td>4.42%<\/td>\n<td>42,977<\/td>\n<td>16.62<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.1605%<\/td>\n<td>991.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.50%<\/td>\n<td>4.55%<\/td>\n<td>118,964<\/td>\n<td>16.29<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.3041%<\/td>\n<td>931.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.56%<\/td>\n<td>-19.12%<\/td>\n<td>57,071<\/td>\n<td>0.13<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>+0.0884%<\/td>\n<td>1,062.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.73%<\/td>\n<td>3.24%<\/td>\n<td>84,582<\/td>\n<td>2.38<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0507%<\/td>\n<td>1,033.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.04%<\/td>\n<td>4.33%<\/td>\n<td>182,814<\/td>\n<td>4.02<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>-0.0422%<\/td>\n<td>1,044.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.48%<\/td>\n<td>3.87%<\/td>\n<td>61,798<\/td>\n<td>2.27<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.1972%<\/td>\n<td>1,051.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.07%<\/td>\n<td>4.48%<\/td>\n<td>223,033<\/td>\n<td>6.23<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>-0.1385%<\/td>\n<td>1,053.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.57%<\/td>\n<td>4.59%<\/td>\n<td>935,745<\/td>\n<td>16.23<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>-0.3302%<\/td>\n<td>1,056.6<\/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>-2.7335%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2011-05-1 (exchanges with BCE.PR.H); until then pays 4.35% of par. Another new low today, 21.01. Closed at 21.35-55, 10&#215;2. The BCE.PR.H closed at 23.35-98, 50&#215;3. Let&#8217;s see &#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=769\">BCE Pairs<\/a>&#8230; say the &#8220;H&#8221; pay 6% (=100% of current prime), vs. the 4.35% on the &#8220;G&#8221;. Difference = 1.65% = $0.4125 p.a. Term to exchange is 4 years. I guess the market is betting that not only will the &#8220;H&#8221; pay 100% of prime until the exchange date, but that prime&#8217;s going to go up, too!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LBS.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.4178%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 10.43 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2013-11-29 at 10.00<\/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>RY.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>519,113<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=765\">New issue<\/a> settled today. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.61% based on a bid of 24.49 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>169,125<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 101,600 at 24.87. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.55% based on a bid of 24.89 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>166,820<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2008-3-1 (Exchange with series &#8216;AD&#8217;, not issued). Until then, pay 5.54% of par.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>52,770<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 50,000 @ 25.88. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.44% based on a bid of 25.85 and a call 2014-11-30 at 25.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>49,125<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.62% based on a bid of 25.18 and a call 2016-3-1 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were eighteen other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.<\/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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