{"id":8615,"date":"2009-11-06T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T01:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=8615"},"modified":"2009-11-06T21:26:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T01:26:24","slug":"november-6-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=8615","title":{"rendered":"November 6, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another good day for preferreds, with PerpetualDiscounts gaining 17bp and FixedResets picking up 24bp. Volume remained subdued.<\/p>\n<table border='1'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='8'><strong>HIMIPref&trade; Preferred Indices<br \/>These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref&trade; Indices<\/strong><br \/>Values are provisional and are finalized monthly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Index<\/td>\n<td>Mean<br \/>Current<br \/>Yield<br \/>(at bid)<\/td>\n<td>Median<br \/>YTW<\/td>\n<td>Median<br \/>Average<br \/>Trading<br \/>Value<\/td>\n<td>Median<br \/>Mod Dur<br \/>(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>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-0.9566 %<\/td>\n<td>1,469.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedFloater<\/td>\n<td>6.70 %<\/td>\n<td>4.73 %<\/td>\n<td>46,608<\/td>\n<td>17.87<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.0617 %<\/td>\n<td>2,325.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>2.65 %<\/td>\n<td>3.15 %<\/td>\n<td>94,539<\/td>\n<td>19.34<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>-0.9566 %<\/td>\n<td>1,835.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>4.81 %<\/td>\n<td>-10.68 %<\/td>\n<td>118,237<\/td>\n<td>0.09<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>-0.0410 %<\/td>\n<td>2,301.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SplitShare<\/td>\n<td>6.33 %<\/td>\n<td>6.40 %<\/td>\n<td>411,654<\/td>\n<td>3.91<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.1530 %<\/td>\n<td>2,089.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest-Bearing<\/td>\n<td>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0.00 %<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-0.0410 %<\/td>\n<td>2,104.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.89 %<\/td>\n<td>5.75 %<\/td>\n<td>72,650<\/td>\n<td>1.17<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.1387 %<\/td>\n<td>1,859.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.92 %<\/td>\n<td>5.96 %<\/td>\n<td>190,998<\/td>\n<td>13.93<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>0.1722 %<\/td>\n<td>1,750.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>5.51 %<\/td>\n<td>4.09 %<\/td>\n<td>403,947<\/td>\n<td>3.98<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>0.2437 %<\/td>\n<td>2,119.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border='1'>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='4'><strong>Performance Highlights<\/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>BAM.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>-1.41 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 12.57<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 12.57<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.15 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>-1.18 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 12.60<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 12.60<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.15 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>-1.14 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.92<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.92<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.67 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.02 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 24.45<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 24.75<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.03 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.05 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 22.85<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.00<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.75 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.W<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.22 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 21.62<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 21.62<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.69 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.L<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.24 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 23.45<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 23.61<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.06 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIU.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.39 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.75<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.75<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.84 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.F<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>1.50 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.58<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.58<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.85 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>2.27 %<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-03-02<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 27.00<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.00 %<\/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>Shares<br \/>Traded<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>154,900<\/td>\n<td>RBC crossed 143,900 at 20.10.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.92<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.92<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.67 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>71,785<\/td>\n<td>TD crossed 55,000 at 19.79.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 19.84<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.84<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 5.97 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.N<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>68,215<\/td>\n<td>Desjardins bought 22,100 from RBC at 27.41 and two blocks of 13,800 and 14,500 from National, both at 27.45.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2014-03-27<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 27.46<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 3.97 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>53,785<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed two blocks at 18.55: 28,700 and 20,450 shares.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Limit Maturity<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2039-11-06<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 18.68<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 18.68<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 6.04 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRP.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixedReset<\/td>\n<td>50,980<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt bought 19,400 from Macquarie at 25.40.<br \/>\nYTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity Date\t: 2015-01-30<br \/>\nMaturity Price  : 25.00<br \/>\nEvaluated at bid price : 25.43<br \/>\nBid-YTW : 4.35 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NA.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>43,003<\/td>\n<td>YTW SCENARIO<br \/>\nMaturity Type   : Call<br \/>\nMaturity 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Volume remained subdued. HIMIPref&trade; Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref&trade; IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}