These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices.
| Issue |
Index |
DBRS Rating |
Monthly Performance |
Notes (“Now” means “April 30”) |
| W.PR.H |
PerpetualDiscount |
Pfd-2(low) |
-4.78% |
The Westcoast issues are quite volatile. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.15% based on a bid of 22.50 and a limitMaturity. |
| POW.PR.D |
PerpetualDiscount |
Pfd-2(high) |
-4.52% |
Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.78% based on a bid of 21.77 and a limitMaturity. |
| TCA.PR.Y |
PerpetualDiscount |
Pfd-2(low) |
-3.41% |
“Weak Pair” with TCA.PR.X, below. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.78% based on a bid of 48.20 and a limitMaturity. |
| BAM.PR.N |
PerpetualDiscount |
Pfd-2(low) |
-3.39% |
“Weak Pair” with BAM.PR.M. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.72% based on a bid of 17.93 and a limitMaturity. |
| TCA.PR.X |
PerpetualDiscount |
Pfd-2(low) |
-3.27% |
“Weak Pair” with TCA.PR.Y, above. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.77% based on a bid of 48.27 and a limitMaturity. |
| … |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| BCE.PR.Z |
FixFloat |
Pfd-2(low)
[Under Review – Negative] |
+3.93% |
|
| BMO.PR.K |
PerpetualDiscount |
Pfd-1 |
+4.44% |
Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.73% based on a bid of 22.91 and a limitMaturity. |
| BNA.PR.B |
SplitShare |
Pfd-2(low) |
+5.85% |
Asset coverage of just under 3.2:1 as of April 30 according to the company. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 8.04% based on a bid of 20.80 and a hardMaturity 2016-3-25 at 25.00. Compare with BNA.PR.C (below) and BNA.PR.A (6.35% TO 2010-9-30). |
| BNA.PR.C |
SplitShare |
Pfd-2(low) |
+7.36% |
Asset coverage of just under 3.2:1 as of April 30 according to the company. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.75% based on a bid of 20.71 and a hardMaturity 2019-1-10 at 25.00. Compare with BNA.PR.B (above) and BNA.PR.A (6.35% to 2010-9-30). |
| FTU.PR.A |
Split Share (now moved to Scraps) |
Pfd-3 |
+8.03% |
Asset coverage of just under 1.6:1 as of April 30, according to the company. Downgraded to Pfd-3 by DBRS and removed from the HIMIPref™ indices. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 7.49% based on a bid of 9.16% and a hardMaturity 2012-12-1 at 10.00. |
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Best and Worst Performers: April 2008
These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices.
[Under Review – Negative]
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