{"id":813,"date":"2007-04-30T23:46:34","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T03:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2007-04-30T23:46:34","modified_gmt":"2007-05-01T03:46:34","slug":"april-30-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"April 30, 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>4.56%<\/td>\n<td>4.61%<\/td>\n<td>42,404<\/td>\n<td>16.40<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.6230%<\/td>\n<td>972.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.48%<\/td>\n<td>4.52%<\/td>\n<td>122,596<\/td>\n<td>16.47<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>+0.1112%<\/td>\n<td>942.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.56%<\/td>\n<td>-19.27%<\/td>\n<td>60,029<\/td>\n<td>4.18<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0196%<\/td>\n<td>1,062.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.74%<\/td>\n<td>3.12%<\/td>\n<td>83,261<\/td>\n<td>2.59<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0409%<\/td>\n<td>1,032.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.04%<\/td>\n<td>4.34%<\/td>\n<td>177,507<\/td>\n<td>4.01<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>-0.1518%<\/td>\n<td>1,044.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.50%<\/td>\n<td>4.87%<\/td>\n<td>61,407<\/td>\n<td>2.25<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>-0.2148%<\/td>\n<td>1,047.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.07%<\/td>\n<td>4.53%<\/td>\n<td>219,572<\/td>\n<td>6.15<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>-0.0271%<\/td>\n<td>1,051.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.58%<\/td>\n<td>4.61%<\/td>\n<td>936,660<\/td>\n<td>16.20<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>-0.2193%<\/td>\n<td>1,054.1<\/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>CM.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>Hit a 52-week low of 25.52 on volume of 500 &#8211; count &#8217;em, 500 &#8211; shares, closing at 25.75-00, 2&#215;6. Geez, this market is getting sloppy! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.50% based on a bid of 25.75 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#softMaturity\">softMaturity<\/a> 2013-4-29 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>RY.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>839,800<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=894\">Recent new issue<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.62% based on a bid of 24.46 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>133,900<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.53% based on a bid of 24.90 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>57,558<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.58% based on a bid of 24.75 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>26,920<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.59% based on a bid of 25.00 and a limitMaturity. Goes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#exDividend\">ex-Dividend<\/a> 5\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>22,211<\/td>\n<td>Pays 70% of Canadian Prime on par value. 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