December 10, 2010

Still no commentary! Sorry, guys, I’m sure next week will be better.

The Canadian preferred share market continued to slide today on above average volume, with PerpetualDiscounts down 21bp and FixedReset losing 13bp. Yield on FixedResets has climbed all the back up to 3.58%, which is a big difference from just over a month ago when it set a new all-time low of 2.88%. The current all-time low of 2.84% was reached on November 10.

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0125 % 2,274.3
FixedFloater 4.73 % 3.21 % 27,723 19.02 1 0.0000 % 3,557.5
Floater 2.62 % 2.39 % 53,906 21.26 4 0.0125 % 2,455.7
OpRet 4.80 % 3.48 % 71,437 2.37 8 0.1828 % 2,375.5
SplitShare 5.33 % 0.72 % 1,258,989 0.99 4 -0.4278 % 2,452.6
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1828 % 2,172.2
Perpetual-Premium 5.71 % 5.53 % 155,289 6.44 27 -0.2139 % 2,006.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.39 % 5.39 % 273,259 14.77 51 -0.2084 % 2,018.2
FixedReset 5.25 % 3.58 % 369,111 3.12 52 -0.1307 % 2,249.4
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -2.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 22.67
Evaluated at bid price : 22.86
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %
BNS.PR.K Perpetual-Discount -1.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 22.81
Evaluated at bid price : 23.03
Bid-YTW : 5.27 %
BNS.PR.N Perpetual-Discount -1.34 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 24.05
Evaluated at bid price : 24.27
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount -1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 21.52
Evaluated at bid price : 21.52
Bid-YTW : 5.39 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 25.17
Evaluated at bid price : 25.22
Bid-YTW : 4.08 %
GWO.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 22.89
Evaluated at bid price : 23.10
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNA.PR.E SplitShare 190,750 New issue settled today.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2017-12-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 4.93 %
BNS.PR.Q FixedReset 105,870 TD crossed two blocks of 50,000 each, both at 26.10.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-11-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.91
Bid-YTW : 3.84 %
BNS.PR.T FixedReset 81,560 RBC crossed blocks of 20,000 and 50,000, both at 27.50.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.45
Bid-YTW : 3.49 %
RY.PR.L FixedReset 70,786 RBC crossed two blocks of 30,000 each, both at 26.65.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.44
Bid-YTW : 3.78 %
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 66,740 Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 21.12.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 21.07
Evaluated at bid price : 21.07
Bid-YTW : 5.36 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset 31,940 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-12-10
Maturity Price : 23.08
Evaluated at bid price : 24.96
Bid-YTW : 4.56 %
There were 47 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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