April 1, 2009

Thornburg Mortgage has been a fascinating continuing saga and I have referred to it frequently in conversation over the past six months – it was last mentioned on PrefBlog on August 22. It is the only example I know of in which preferred shareholders were the target of a partial cram-down: reorganizations and bankruptcies are usually an all-or-nothing affair for preferred shareholders, but in this instance they got partial value.

All for naught! Thornburg Mortgage is going bust.

In a startling development some US investors in AIG have been able to figure out who the villains might be (assuming there are villains) when considering excessive bonuses (assuming bonuses are excessive) and are going after the chairman of the board’s compensation committee. A Nobel prize in economics can’t be far behind.

Another banner day for preferreds, with PerpetualDiscounts leading the way and FixedResets not far behind. PerpetualDiscounts now yield 7.26%, equivalent to 10.16% interest at the standard 1.4x equivalency factor; long corporates are now at 7.4% (maybe a tad higher) for a pre-tax interest-equivalent spread of 276bp.

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 -1.0890 % 860.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -1.0890 % 1,392.1
Floater 5.67 % 5.56 % 75,671 14.57 2 -1.0890 % 1,075.4
OpRet 5.21 % 4.78 % 136,820 3.87 15 0.3322 % 2,080.2
SplitShare 7.01 % 11.10 % 46,959 5.67 3 0.3075 % 1,649.1
Interest-Bearing 6.18 % 9.85 % 31,631 0.72 1 0.1031 % 1,929.6
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.9255 % 1,530.4
Perpetual-Discount 7.09 % 7.26 % 154,345 12.29 71 0.9255 % 1,409.4
FixedReset 6.09 % 5.83 % 769,743 13.72 34 0.5379 % 1,834.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount -1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 18.60
Evaluated at bid price : 18.60
Bid-YTW : 7.57 %
BAM.PR.B Floater -1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 7.90
Evaluated at bid price : 7.90
Bid-YTW : 5.56 %
W.PR.H Perpetual-Discount -1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 19.04
Evaluated at bid price : 19.04
Bid-YTW : 7.26 %
TD.PR.Q Perpetual-Discount 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.21
Evaluated at bid price : 21.21
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
BNS.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 20.98
Evaluated at bid price : 20.98
Bid-YTW : 6.82 %
GWO.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 19.90
Evaluated at bid price : 19.90
Bid-YTW : 7.48 %
SLF.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 14.76
Evaluated at bid price : 14.76
Bid-YTW : 7.61 %
RY.PR.L FixedReset 1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 24.28
Evaluated at bid price : 24.33
Bid-YTW : 4.89 %
POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 17.51
Evaluated at bid price : 17.51
Bid-YTW : 7.69 %
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 15.07
Evaluated at bid price : 15.07
Bid-YTW : 7.54 %
SLF.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 15.80
Evaluated at bid price : 15.80
Bid-YTW : 7.59 %
RY.PR.R FixedReset 1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.75
Bid-YTW : 5.83 %
HSB.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 17.71
Evaluated at bid price : 17.71
Bid-YTW : 7.26 %
RY.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.39
Evaluated at bid price : 21.71
Bid-YTW : 6.60 %
BMO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 20.55
Evaluated at bid price : 20.55
Bid-YTW : 7.18 %
TD.PR.R Perpetual-Discount 1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.23
Evaluated at bid price : 21.23
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
BAM.PR.H OpRet 1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 8.10 %
BMO.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 16.91
Evaluated at bid price : 16.91
Bid-YTW : 6.76 %
CM.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 19.09
Evaluated at bid price : 19.09
Bid-YTW : 7.35 %
BNS.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.32 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 16.93
Evaluated at bid price : 16.93
Bid-YTW : 6.79 %
MFC.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 15.82
Evaluated at bid price : 15.82
Bid-YTW : 7.44 %
CM.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 16.10
Evaluated at bid price : 16.10
Bid-YTW : 7.32 %
RY.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 16.78
Evaluated at bid price : 16.78
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
BAM.PR.I OpRet 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-12-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.80
Bid-YTW : 8.93 %
CM.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 18.53
Evaluated at bid price : 18.53
Bid-YTW : 7.30 %
BNS.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 17.98
Evaluated at bid price : 17.98
Bid-YTW : 6.82 %
TD.PR.S FixedReset 1.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.80
Evaluated at bid price : 21.86
Bid-YTW : 4.31 %
HSB.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 16.60
Evaluated at bid price : 16.60
Bid-YTW : 7.60 %
W.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 1.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 20.14
Evaluated at bid price : 20.14
Bid-YTW : 6.99 %
TD.PR.C FixedReset 1.73 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 24.63
Evaluated at bid price : 24.68
Bid-YTW : 4.91 %
NA.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 1.84 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.00
Bid-YTW : 7.10 %
TD.PR.Y FixedReset 1.84 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 22.05
Evaluated at bid price : 22.10
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %
BNS.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 1.96 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 19.76
Evaluated at bid price : 19.76
Bid-YTW : 6.79 %
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.96 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 13.51
Evaluated at bid price : 13.51
Bid-YTW : 8.85 %
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 2.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 16.95
Evaluated at bid price : 16.95
Bid-YTW : 7.47 %
POW.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 2.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 18.94
Evaluated at bid price : 18.94
Bid-YTW : 7.70 %
BNA.PR.C SplitShare 2.25 % Asset coverage of 1.7-:1 as of February 28 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2019-01-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 11.36
Bid-YTW : 15.51 %
NA.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 2.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.28
Evaluated at bid price : 21.28
Bid-YTW : 7.19 %
RY.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 2.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 17.90
Evaluated at bid price : 17.90
Bid-YTW : 6.67 %
BMO.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 2.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 18.75
Evaluated at bid price : 18.75
Bid-YTW : 7.12 %
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 2.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 20.11
Evaluated at bid price : 20.11
Bid-YTW : 7.51 %
NA.PR.N FixedReset 2.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 23.79
Evaluated at bid price : 23.86
Bid-YTW : 4.38 %
CM.PR.P Perpetual-Discount 2.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 18.83
Evaluated at bid price : 18.83
Bid-YTW : 7.32 %
IAG.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 3.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 14.76
Evaluated at bid price : 14.76
Bid-YTW : 7.87 %
PWF.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 3.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 19.25
Evaluated at bid price : 19.25
Bid-YTW : 7.65 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 4.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 17.08
Evaluated at bid price : 17.08
Bid-YTW : 7.64 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.X FixedReset 725,748 New issue settled today.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 23.14
Evaluated at bid price : 25.02
Bid-YTW : 6.11 %
BMO.PR.O FixedReset 117,942 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 25.07
Evaluated at bid price : 25.12
Bid-YTW : 6.38 %
BMO.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 81,775 Nesbitt crossed 16,000 at 18.50 and sold two blocks to Scotia at the same price, 25,000 & 12,500 shares.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 18.75
Evaluated at bid price : 18.75
Bid-YTW : 7.12 %
TD.PR.R Perpetual-Discount 54,500 TD crossed two blocks at 21.19: 11,000 & 38,600 shares.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 21.23
Evaluated at bid price : 21.23
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
MFC.PR.D FixedReset 53,614 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-04-01
Maturity Price : 24.50
Evaluated at bid price : 24.55
Bid-YTW : 6.58 %
GWO.PR.X OpRet 53,161 TD crossed two blocks at 25.05: 25,000 & 14,000 shares.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2013-09-29
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.05
Bid-YTW : 4.78 %
There were 39 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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