{"id":929,"date":"2007-06-20T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T03:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2007-06-20T23:15:31","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T03:15:31","slug":"june-20-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"June 20, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s BCE news is that they&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.finance.yahoo.com\/s\/20062007\/2\/biz-finance-bce-telus-explore-possible-business-combination-non-exclusive.html\">talking to Telus<\/a> (rated A(low) by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbrs.com\">DBRS<\/a>, BBB+ by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standardandpoors.com\">S&#038;P<\/a>). We shall see.<\/p>\n<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>5.57%<\/td>\n<td>5.77%<\/td>\n<td>29,846<\/td>\n<td>14.41<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-0.3525%<\/td>\n<td>952.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.56%<\/td>\n<td>5.74%<\/td>\n<td>135,683<\/td>\n<td>14.53<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>+0.5257%<\/td>\n<td>904.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.83%<\/td>\n<td>2.06%<\/td>\n<td>92,812<\/td>\n<td>5.67<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>+0.2984%<\/td>\n<td>1,049.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.81%<\/td>\n<td>3.72%<\/td>\n<td>87,440<\/td>\n<td>2.83<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>+0.1635%<\/td>\n<td>1,023.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.03%<\/td>\n<td>4.59%<\/td>\n<td>167,459<\/td>\n<td>4.00<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>-0.1252%<\/td>\n<td>1,041.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.79%<\/td>\n<td>7.11%<\/td>\n<td>89,313<\/td>\n<td>6.13<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>+0.0974%<\/td>\n<td>1,024.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.42%<\/td>\n<td>5.19%<\/td>\n<td>150,643<\/td>\n<td>7.58<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>+0.0451%<\/td>\n<td>1,017.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.06%<\/td>\n<td>5.11%<\/td>\n<td>527,523<\/td>\n<td>15.31<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>+0.0964%<\/td>\n<td>963.6<\/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>CL.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>-1.1154%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.37% based on a bid of 25.71 and a call 2011-1-30 at 25.00. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=823\">Still not called<\/a>, despite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=906\">their recent financing<\/a>. Astonishing; I can only suppose they&#8217;re waiting to complete <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=543\">the rest of their capital markets programme<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.0889%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.K<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0200%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.17% based on a bid of 24.26 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>+1.0545%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>+1.1043%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 1.80% based on a bid of 26.55 and a call 2007-11-30 at $26.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>+1.1852%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.R<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>+1.4486%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>+1.6865%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/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>CCS.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>Scraps (Would be PerpetualDiscount, but there are credit concerns).<\/td>\n<td>401,000<\/td>\n<td>THUMP! Somebody bit the bullet on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=911\">ill-fated underwriting<\/a>, down 4.0870% on the day as Scotia crossed 400,000 at 22.00. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.71% based on a bid of 22.06 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>125,850<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.05% based on a bid of 22.50 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium (for now!)<\/td>\n<td>56,418<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.40% based on a bid of 24.74 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>32,898<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.13% based on a bid of 23.71 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMO.PR.J<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>27,650<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.09% based on a bid of 22.31 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SLF.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>25,720<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.03% based on a bid of 23.89 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were nineteen other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--49e6d2e322b18b2d0b3a964335a87413--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s BCE news is that they&#8217;re talking to Telus (rated A(low) by DBRS, BBB+ by S&#038;P). We shall see. 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