September 15, 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% 44,215 16.49 1 0.0407% 999.6
Fixed-Floater 4.91% 3.88% 320,079 11.53 6 0.0529% 1,011.4
Floater 4.66% -15.45% 95,396 8.12 4 0.3020% 1,011.9
Op. Retract 4.69% 2.54% 80,772 2.40 18 0.0728% 1,012.7
Split-Share 4.98% 2.29% 56,485 2.70 10 0.2561% 1,012.4
Interest Bearing 6.86% 4.69% 56,971 2.09 7 -0.0011% 1,020.5
Perpetual-Premium 5.14% 4.16% 179,827 4.24 48 0.0089% 1,023.7
Perpetual-Discount 4.61% 4.62% 321,973 16.21 6 0.1369% 1,031.7
Major Price Changes
Issue Index Change Notes
No index-included issues had bid/bid price changes in excess of 1% today.
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Volume Notes
GWO.PR.X OpRet 201,884 YTW is 2.82% based on a call in 2009; YTM is 3.28% if it survives until its soft retraction in 2013.
BAM.PR.K Floater 188,450  
WN.PR.B OpRet 182,875 YTW 3.12% based on call in 2009 immediately prior to retraction period.
CM.PR.B PerpetualPremium 137,600 YTW 4.23% based on call effective March ’07; it pays $1.50, just a shade under the RY.PR.S, which paid $1.525 and were called at a similar premium at the first opportunity.
WN.PR.E PerpetualDiscount 111,221  

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

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