{"id":932,"date":"2007-06-23T00:08:29","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T04:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=932"},"modified":"2007-06-23T00:08:29","modified_gmt":"2007-06-23T04:08:29","slug":"june-22-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"June 22, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of chatter about BCE \/ Telus today, but no real news. I haven&#8217;t yet seen the suggestion that Telus might buy BCE only to get swallowed itself &#8230; but why not?<\/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>5.67%<\/td>\n<td>5.77%<\/td>\n<td>30,212<\/td>\n<td>14.39<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>+0.8089%<\/td>\n<td>957.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fixed-Floater<\/td>\n<td>5.42%<\/td>\n<td>5.60%<\/td>\n<td>141,074<\/td>\n<td>14.67<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>+0.0203%<\/td>\n<td>929.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floater<\/td>\n<td>4.83%<\/td>\n<td>2.55%<\/td>\n<td>91,012<\/td>\n<td>5.65<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>-0.0938%<\/td>\n<td>1,047.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Op. Retract<\/td>\n<td>4.83%<\/td>\n<td>4.00%<\/td>\n<td>87,190<\/td>\n<td>3.11<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>-0.2414%<\/td>\n<td>1,019.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Split-Share<\/td>\n<td>5.03%<\/td>\n<td>4.59%<\/td>\n<td>161,626<\/td>\n<td>4.16<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>+0.1330%<\/td>\n<td>1,043.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interest Bearing<\/td>\n<td>6.13%<\/td>\n<td>7.09%<\/td>\n<td>86,467<\/td>\n<td>6.13<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-0.0249%<\/td>\n<td>1,024.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Premium<\/td>\n<td>5.42%<\/td>\n<td>5.18%<\/td>\n<td>149,810<\/td>\n<td>7.95<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>+0.1058%<\/td>\n<td>1,018.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perpetual-Discount<\/td>\n<td>5.05%<\/td>\n<td>5.10%<\/td>\n<td>515,700<\/td>\n<td>15.33<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>-0.1317%<\/td>\n<td>966.0<\/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>GWO.PR.E<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>-1.5238%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.74% based on a bid of 25.85 and a call 2011-4-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>POW.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.4026%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.23% based on a bid of 23.90 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#limitMaturity\">limitMaturity<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>-1.3583%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.D<\/td>\n<td>OpRet<\/td>\n<td>-1.1295%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.30% based on a bid of 26.26 and a call 2008-11-30 at 25.00.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BAM.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>-1.0811%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.43% based on a bid of 21.96 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ELF.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>+1.0069%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.48% based on a bid of 22.07 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWF.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium<\/td>\n<td>+1.2398%<\/td>\n<td>Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.19% based on a bid of 26.13 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.Z<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>+1.2603%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.S<\/td>\n<td>Ratchet<\/td>\n<td>+1.6750%<\/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>CM.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>127,970<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 23.35. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.12% based on a bid of 23.30 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BNS.PR.M<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>56,563<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 22.65. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.07% based on a bid of 22.61 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.H<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualDiscount<\/td>\n<td>54,000<\/td>\n<td>Nesbitt crossed 49,500 at 23.76. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.12% based on a bid of 23.75 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GWO.PR.G<\/td>\n<td>PerpetualPremium (for now!)<\/td>\n<td>47,241<\/td>\n<td>Scotia crossed 36,200 at 24.80. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.28% based on a bid of 24.70 and a limitMaturity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BCE.PR.I<\/td>\n<td>FixFloat<\/td>\n<td>28,612<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were twenty-one other $25-equivalent index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of chatter about BCE \/ Telus today, but no real news. I haven&#8217;t yet seen the suggestion that Telus might buy BCE only to get swallowed itself &#8230; but why not? 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