Best & Worst Performers: February 2010

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.

February 2010
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “February 26”)
NA.PR.L Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2 -5.42% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.90% based on a bid of 20.76 and a limitMaturity.
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low) -3.47% The fifth-best performer in January, so this loss is largely bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.67% based on a bid of 18.10 and a limitMaturity.
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low) -3.18% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.05% based on a bid of 20.72 and a limitMaturity.
BNS.PR.K Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low) -3.17% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.77% based on a bid of 21.05 and a limitMaturity.
CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(high) -3.09% The third-best performer in January so this is largely bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.76% based on a bid of 20.08 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.G FixedFloater Pfd-2(low) +6.15% Strong Pair with BAM.PR.E
PWF.PR.A Floater Pfd-1(low) +7.32%  
BAM.PR.B Floater Pfd-2(low) +12.83% The best performer in January and the second-best performer in December.
BAM.PR.K Floater Pfd-2(low) +14.41% The second-best performer in January and the fourth best performer in December. Momentum rules!
BAM.PR.E Ratchet Pfd-2(low) +14.57% Strong Pair with BAM.PR.G

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