December 1, 2009

The market-timing fiasco (in which trades were executed at stale prices) is heating up again. As far as I am aware, there has been no admission of guilt by anybody; and nobody lost their license due to facilitation of the scheme; or was personally named.

A strong day, with PerpetualDiscounts up 13bp and FixedResets gaining 7bp, on relatively heavy volume.

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 -0.1751 % 1,505.1
FixedFloater 6.04 % 4.15 % 41,363 18.60 1 0.2784 % 2,580.2
Floater 2.59 % 3.02 % 90,338 19.61 3 -0.1751 % 1,880.3
OpRet 4.86 % -6.32 % 134,847 0.08 15 -0.0016 % 2,308.9
SplitShare 6.34 % -8.23 % 300,176 0.08 2 0.0876 % 2,118.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0016 % 2,111.3
Perpetual-Premium 5.87 % 5.61 % 62,883 2.38 7 -0.1190 % 1,878.3
Perpetual-Discount 5.81 % 5.89 % 185,347 14.04 67 0.1318 % 1,787.1
FixedReset 5.44 % 3.79 % 375,728 3.93 41 0.0695 % 2,149.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
GWO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount -1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 23.39
Evaluated at bid price : 23.55
Bid-YTW : 6.11 %
CU.PR.B Perpetual-Premium -1.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2012-07-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.26
Bid-YTW : 5.61 %
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 19.30
Evaluated at bid price : 19.30
Bid-YTW : 5.84 %
CM.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 22.86
Evaluated at bid price : 23.06
Bid-YTW : 5.92 %
CM.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 23.58
Evaluated at bid price : 23.87
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %
MFC.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 19.18
Evaluated at bid price : 19.18
Bid-YTW : 5.89 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
PWF.PR.J OpRet 275,129 RBC crossed 100,000 at 26.13; Scotia bought 17,900 from TD at 26.15; TD crossed 20,000 at 26.13; RBC crossed 75,000 at 26.13; Scotia bought two blocks of 25,000 from RBC at 26.13.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2009-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.75
Evaluated at bid price : 26.11
Bid-YTW : -7.52 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset 231,602 Nesbitt crossed blocks of 155,000 and 20,000 at 25.52.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 25.47
Evaluated at bid price : 25.52
Bid-YTW : 4.25 %
GWO.PR.X OpRet 98,891 Desjardins crossed 40,200 at 25.98; RBC bought 10,000 from Nesbitt at 25.95; Nesbitt sold 14,000 more to Desjardins at 25.95 and 13,100 to anonymous at 25.95.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2009-12-31
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.94
Bid-YTW : 2.83 %
RY.PR.N FixedReset 89,810 RBC crossed blocks of 75,000 and 10,000 at 27.50.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.51
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %
RY.PR.P FixedReset 81,561 Desjardins crossed 73,900 at 27.55.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.67
Bid-YTW : 3.62 %
CM.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 78,909 Scotia bought 10,000 from anonymous at 24.25.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-12-01
Maturity Price : 23.58
Evaluated at bid price : 23.87
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %
There were 46 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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