September 6, 2006

Note that these indices are experimental; the absolute and relative daily values are expected to change in the final version
Index Current Yield (at bid) YTW Average Trading Value Mod Dur (YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 4.47% 4.49% 39,033 16.51 1 -0.8147% 991.0
Fixed-Floater 4.96% 4.21% 338,654 13.99 6 0.2265% 1,000.0
Floater 4.63% -15.64% 78,789 8.03 4 0.1404% 1,009.9
Op. Retract 4.69% 2.28% 72,104 2.28 18 0.0667% 1,010.4
Split-Share 4.99% 3.86% 53,350 2.75 10 -0.1068% 1,006.2
Interest Bearing 6.80% 4.96% 57,428 1.86 7 0.1029% 1,019.6
Perpetual-Premium 5.16% 4.20% 183,072 4.46 48 -0.0390% 1,019.3
Perpetual-Discount 4.62% 4.63% 293,447 16.18 6 0.0143% 1,028.8
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
BC.PR.B FixedFloater +1.9167% Volume of 600 shares in a single trade at $24.79. Currently quoted at 24.46-80, 6×5
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
BC.PR.C FixedFloater 255,405 Boy, changing the terms on these things really helps out volume, eh?
SLF.PR.B PerpetualPremium 103,150 RBC crossed 100,000 shares at $25.30. These have a pre-tax Yield-to-Worst of 4.62% at the closing bid of $25.27
GWO.PR.I PerpetualDiscount 89,510 BMO crossed a lot of 39,500 @24.30 and another lot of 25,400 shares at the same price
RY.PR.B PerpetualPremium 88,348  
WN.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 85,003 RBC crossed 68,800 @ 24.70. This issue has a pre-tax YTW of 4.89% at the closing bid of 24.66.

There were six other index-included issues trading over 10,000 shares today.

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