{"id":856,"date":"2007-05-18T01:03:55","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T05:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=856"},"modified":"2007-05-18T01:03:55","modified_gmt":"2007-05-18T05:03:55","slug":"may-17-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=856","title":{"rendered":"May 17, 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>4.95%<\/td>\n<td>4.98%<\/td>\n<td>42,381<\/td>\n<td>15.59<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.3851%<\/td>\n<td>974.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.58%<\/td>\n<td>5.00%<\/td>\n<td>135,867<\/td>\n<td>15.65<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>-0.1057%<\/td>\n<td>927.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.81%<\/td>\n<td>-2.06%<\/td>\n<td>76,997<\/td>\n<td>11.14<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.1497%<\/td>\n<td>1,046.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.75%<\/td>\n<td>3.39%<\/td>\n<td>84,051<\/td>\n<td>2.33<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.0795%<\/td>\n<td>1,032.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>4.98%<\/td>\n<td>4.22%<\/td>\n<td>231,241<\/td>\n<td>3.97<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>+0.0367%<\/td>\n<td>1,048.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.50%<\/td>\n<td>6.11%<\/td>\n<td>68,204<\/td>\n<td>3.22<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>+0.0596%<\/td>\n<td>1,047.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.15%<\/td>\n<td>4.66%<\/td>\n<td>173,916<\/td>\n<td>6.15<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>-0.3263%<\/td>\n<td>1,046.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>4.64%<\/td>\n<td>4.68%<\/td>\n<td>737,370<\/td>\n<td>16.06<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>-0.1475%<\/td>\n<td>1,047.5<\/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.I<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-2.5676%<\/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 21.25-46, 6&#215;2, touching a 52-week low of 21.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.3546%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.84%, based on a bid of 24.76 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.3158%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.66% based on a bid of 26.25 and a call 2012-11-30 at 25.00. That&#8217;s a lot of interest rate protection, with a still-attractive yield!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.2246%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.78% based on a bid of 25.81 and a call 2014-1-30 at 25.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNA.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>-1.2121%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=826\">Recently downgraded by DBRS<\/a> &#8211; but still investment grade! Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.72% based on a bid of 24.45 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2019-1-10 at 25.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium (for now!)<\/td>\n<td>-1.1581%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.76% based on a bid of 24.75 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TCA.PR.X<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.0056%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.54% based on a bid of 53.16 and a call 2013-11-14 at 50.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>+1.2631%<\/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 23.25-64, 11&#215;8<\/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>HSB.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>256,650<\/td>\n<td>National Bank crossed 250,000 at 26.38. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.32% based on a bid of 26.31 and a call 2015-1-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SBN.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>415,750<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=855\">New issue settled today<\/a>. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.63% based on a bid of 10.42 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#hardMaturity\">hardMaturity<\/a> 2014-12-1 at 10.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TD.PR.O<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>94,850<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.35% based on a bid of 25.90 and a call 2014-11-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>56,300<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.66% based on a bid of 24.71 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>53,500<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.56% based on a bid of 24.71 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were sixteen other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--f87e191af677ecd2d189670098ac6f46--><\/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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