January 19, 2007

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
Index Mean Current Yield (at bid) Mean YTW Mean Average Trading Value Mean Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.06% 4.08% 24,910 17.30 1 -0.0804% 1,029.6
Fixed-Floater 4.76% 3.18% 75,254 10.73 7 -0.2642% 1,045.4
Floater 4.56% -23.76% 63,524 8.23 4 +0.0688% 1,043.8
Op. Retract 4.68% 2.09% 78,173 2.01 17 -0.0479% 1,031.4
Split-Share 5.05% 0.37% 393,412 2.84 11 +0.1033% 1,045.4
Interest Bearing 6.70% 5.50% 74,192 2.63 6 -0.1111% 1,035.4
Perpetual-Premium 5.02% 3.65% 230,544 5.37 55 -0.0461% 1,051.8
Perpetual-Discount 4.50% 4.53% 1,482,997 16.36 5 -0.0077% 1,055.3
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
There were no index-included issues with major price moves today.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
RY.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 313,249 New issue settled today. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.53% based on a bid of $24.90 and a limitMaturity
PIC.PR.A SplitShare 77,623 It’s not often a seasoned splitShare makes it to the volume list! Desjardins bought 15,000 from RBC at $16.15, then crossed 60,000 at the same price. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.63% based on a bid of $16.10 and a hardMaturity 2010-11-01 at $15.00. That’s an interest-equivalent for high-bracket Ontarians of 5.08% … not bad for a less than three year term!
BMO.PR.J PerpetualDiscount 29,375 Recent new issue. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.53% based on a bid of $24.93 and a limitMaturity.
PWF.PR.K PerpetualPremium 20,500 RBC bought a total of 14,600 from Scotia in four tranches [2,000 at $26.15, the rest at $26.10] and 1,300 in two other trades at $26.05. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.32% based on a bid of $26.05 and a call 2014-11-30 at $25.00.
LBS.PR.A SplitShare 48,720 Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 3.93%, based on a bid of $10.81 and a hardMaturity 2013-11-29 at $10.00. Interest equivalent for rich people in Ontario of 5.50% … not bad for investment-grade 7-year paper!

There were ten other “$25 p.v. equivalent” index-included issues with over 10,000 shares traded today.

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