Best & Worst Performers: November 2009

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.

November 2009
Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance Notes (“Now” means “November 30”)
IGM.PR.A OpRet Pfd-2(high) -3.26% Called for redemption.
GWO.PR.X OpRet Pfd-1(low) -1.13% Called for redemption.
GWO.PR.E OpRet Pfd-1(low) -0.3483% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 1.72% based on a bid of 25.75 and a call 2010-4-30 at 25.25.
BAM.PR.M PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) -0.34% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.86% based on a bid of 17.69 and a limitMaturity.
W.PR.J PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(low) -0.21% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 6.01% based on a bid of 23.61 and a limitMaturity.
PWF.PR.K PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) +6.08% The second-worst performer in October. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.94% based on a bid of 21.10 and a limitMaturity.
POW.PR.B PerpetualDiscount Pfd-2(high) +6.81% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.99% based on a bid of 22.60 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.G FixFloat Pfd-2(low) +8.06% Was the worst performer – by far – in October.
GWO.PR.I PerpetualDiscount Pfd-1(low) +8.09% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.79% based on a bid of 19.78 and a limitMaturity.
BAM.PR.J OpRet Pfd-2(low) +8.20% Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.53% based on a bid of 26.78 and a call 2018-3-30 at 25.00.

The redemption calls from the POW/PWF/GWO/IGM group really shook things up!

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  1. […] second-best performer in November, so this is just a bounce-back. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 5.98% based on a bid of 18.96 and a […]

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