{"id":849,"date":"2007-05-15T23:02:45","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T03:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=849"},"modified":"2007-05-15T23:02:45","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T03:02:45","slug":"may-15-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=849","title":{"rendered":"May 15, 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>4.90%<\/td>\n<td>4.93%<\/td>\n<td>42,317<\/td>\n<td>15.68<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>+0.1737%<\/td>\n<td>971.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.55%<\/td>\n<td>4.90%<\/td>\n<td>133,293<\/td>\n<td>15.80<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-1.1477%<\/td>\n<td>932.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.79%<\/td>\n<td>-2.06%<\/td>\n<td>76,993<\/td>\n<td>11.18<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>-0.2650%<\/td>\n<td>1,048.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.75%<\/td>\n<td>3.41%<\/td>\n<td>84,903<\/td>\n<td>2.58<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.1195%<\/td>\n<td>1,032.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>4.95%<\/td>\n<td>4.10%<\/td>\n<td>161,493<\/td>\n<td>4.00<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>+0.1931%<\/td>\n<td>1,049.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.51%<\/td>\n<td>6.18%<\/td>\n<td>65,698<\/td>\n<td>3.39<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.1347%<\/td>\n<td>1,046.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.14%<\/td>\n<td>4.39%<\/td>\n<td>172,216<\/td>\n<td>5.36<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>-0.0639%<\/td>\n<td>1,050.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.64%<\/td>\n<td>4.67%<\/td>\n<td>773,492<\/td>\n<td>16.07<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>-0.1614%<\/td>\n<td>1,049.5<\/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>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-2.4018%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset Date is 2011-5-1 (Exchanges with BCE.PR.H); until then, pays 4.35% of par. Closed at 21.13-99, 5&#215;6; the Hs closed at 23.36-49, 27&#215;19.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.4831%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2011-8-1 (Exchanges with Series &#8216;AJ&#8217;, not issued); until then, pays 4.65% of par. Closed at 21.92-35, 10&#215;15, on volume of 47,082 after Nesbitt crossed 40,000 at 22.25.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.4561%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2008-03-01 (Exchanges with Series &#8216;AD&#8217;, not issued); until then, pays 5.54% of par. Closed at 23.01-28, 3&#215;1.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.3442%<\/td>\n<td>On light volume of 3,280 shares. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.66% based on a bid of 24.22 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.1178%<\/td>\n<td>Exchange\/Reset date is 2007-12-1 (Exchanges with BCE.PR.Y); until then, pays 5.319% of par. Closed at 23.00-49, 24&#215;5, hitting a 52-week low of 23.00 along the way. BCE.PR.Y closed at 23.10-38, 3&#215;1, also hitting a 52-week low of 23.11.<\/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>CU.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>182,075<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins crossed 150,000 at 27.15 for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsx.com\/en\/help.html#lttdd\">delayed delivery (DD)<\/a>, then two more tranches at the same price, also DD. This issue went ex-dividend for $0.375 today. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.58% based on a bid of 26.56 and a call 2008-7-1 at 26.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>95,880<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.67% based on a bid of 25.16 and a call 2016-3-1 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>51,500<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.58% based on a bid of 24.81 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>47,082<\/td>\n<td>Discussed above as a major price move.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>33,400<\/td>\n<td>National Bank crossed 25,000 at 24.85. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.56% based on a bid of 24.81 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were twenty-five other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--12c6e7293104a46a9736262cf0bf1f22--><\/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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