February 3, 2017

Jobs, jobs, jobs!

Job growth was quick out of the gate in the new year, the government reported on Friday, as employers added a healthy 227,000 workers to their payrolls in January. But despite a surge of local minimum-wage increases in states across the country, wage growth was meager.

The official jobless rate rose slightly, to 4.8 percent, but for good cause: More people were lured back into the work force.

“The labor market started 2017 on the front foot,” said Carl R. Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust. “This is a good, good number.”

The downside, he added, was a monthly 0.1 percent increase in average hourly earnings, bringing the year-over-year average back down to “its disappointing 2.5 percent trend.”

“We’re still continuing to see wage pressure as the candidate market continues to shrink,” said Amy Glaser, senior vice president of Adecco Staffing USA, which has 300 branch offices. In addition to the omnipresent hunger for engineers, Ms. Glaser said there is a demand for those with middle-level trade skills like welding that fell into disuse during the recession, as well as entry-level warehouse and light assembly workers.

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 0.8891 % 1,994.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.8891 % 3,660.3
Floater 3.79 % 3.90 % 46,153 17.61 4 0.8891 % 2,109.5
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1866 % 2,969.1
SplitShare 4.71 % 4.35 % 61,396 4.17 4 0.1866 % 3,545.7
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1866 % 2,766.5
Perpetual-Premium 5.46 % -1.55 % 71,930 0.09 16 0.1993 % 2,717.5
Perpetual-Discount 5.22 % 5.23 % 92,703 14.95 22 0.1834 % 2,877.2
FixedReset 4.47 % 4.17 % 221,147 6.76 97 0.3878 % 2,299.3
Deemed-Retractible 5.07 % 0.39 % 131,477 0.22 31 0.1212 % 2,815.2
FloatingReset 2.46 % 3.13 % 47,285 4.71 9 0.0431 % 2,448.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BMO.PR.R FloatingReset -1.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.46
Bid-YTW : 3.35 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.53
Bid-YTW : 7.45 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset 1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 22.86
Evaluated at bid price : 23.90
Bid-YTW : 3.94 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 21.23
Evaluated at bid price : 21.23
Bid-YTW : 4.09 %
VNR.PR.A FixedReset 1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 20.97
Evaluated at bid price : 20.97
Bid-YTW : 4.76 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 15.50
Evaluated at bid price : 15.50
Bid-YTW : 4.20 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.39
Bid-YTW : 5.84 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.70
Bid-YTW : 5.66 %
FTS.PR.G FixedReset 1.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 20.23
Evaluated at bid price : 20.23
Bid-YTW : 4.16 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 12.15
Evaluated at bid price : 12.15
Bid-YTW : 3.92 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset 1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.87
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TRP.PR.K FixedReset 171,966 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.82
Bid-YTW : 4.17 %
BAM.PF.I FixedReset 88,547 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.80
Bid-YTW : 4.34 %
MFC.PR.R FixedReset 86,650 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-03-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.81
Bid-YTW : 4.37 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset 74,450 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 22.58
Evaluated at bid price : 23.30
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible 54,681 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.26
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset 49,035 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 21.26
Evaluated at bid price : 21.26
Bid-YTW : 4.02 %
There were 44 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
IAG.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 23.13 – 23.45
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2240

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.13
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %

PWF.PR.T FixedReset Quote: 21.91 – 22.16
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1560

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 21.53
Evaluated at bid price : 21.91
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %

PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.64 – 24.87
Spot Rate : 0.2300
Average : 0.1410

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 24.33
Evaluated at bid price : 24.64
Bid-YTW : 5.35 %

BNS.PR.D FloatingReset Quote: 21.25 – 21.49
Spot Rate : 0.2400
Average : 0.1555

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.25
Bid-YTW : 4.80 %

BMO.PR.W FixedReset Quote: 21.10 – 21.30
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1285

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-02-03
Maturity Price : 21.10
Evaluated at bid price : 21.10
Bid-YTW : 4.05 %

SLF.PR.H FixedReset Quote: 18.90 – 19.12
Spot Rate : 0.2200
Average : 0.1501

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.90
Bid-YTW : 7.14 %

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