Investment Q&A

Q: Question about preferred shares in general.
I will use a Pembina preferred as an example. PPL.PR.I issued March 31, 2015.
Rate reset date is December 1, 2020.
Issued at 4.75% - therefore initially issued at 3.91% + .85%.
Currently the 5 year government bond yield rate is 2.36% (I'm getting this from iTrade and to reset Pembina will use Bloomberg GCAN5YR. I'm assuming they are the same or close).
Therefore the reset rate will be 6.27% (3.91% + 2.36%).
I am assuming that Pembina will either reset the rate or redeem the preferred at $25.00 on December 1, 2020.
Two questions:
1. Is there anything else they can do other than reset or redeem?
2. If they can only do a reset or redeem then why has the stock decreased in value from above $25.00 to $24.25 this past week? I would have thought with the pending increased reset rate or redemption the preferred would be holding its value.
Am I totally missing something here?
Thanks so much.

Q: Why on earth would preferred shares be tumbling so much over the past couple of days? E.g. see ZPR, CPD, HPR etc. It can't be the threat of lower interest rates? Can it? And if so what does that say about the prospects for the economy and the stock market? Or is this an aberration and an opportunity to buy some preferreds?

Q: Do you have any reasons why all the Pref share ETFs have dropped by 1.5 % or more today - in an upward market; and why they have all dropped 7% or so this month, almost as much down as the common share market?

Q: Hello,
Just wondering why CPD Preferred ETF has been going down in October. I would assume the unit price would be going up in a rising rate environment. In fact the opposite is happening. I know its based on credit quality of the companies but there is a lot of high credit worthy companies in this ETF.

Thanks

Q: Would now be a good time to buy bank preferred shares?

Q: Peter,

Where can I find the credit rating of specific preferred shares. ie PFD1,2,3 etc.?

Thank you

Paul

Q: Good morning.
I am looking to swap out some preferred shares that have dropped in value, for others that are approximately the same price. One that I found was TA-PR-H, however, I show them as not being profitable, and with high debt. You don't seem positive on the stock, according to other questions, but would you invest in their prefs?
Thanks, and enjoy your weekend everyone.

Q: Hi there - looking for a little bit of US income - these both show up on my Rate Reset Preferred Share stock screen as currently undervalued. Your thoughts? KKR A and B

Q: Hi Guys.

I have a question about Rate Reset preferred shares. Where do you think the cutoff point is for a company not to extend their preferred share?

The call will affect my yield to maturity calculation.

As examples, TD Bank has a preferred share with a reset of GOC 5 year plus 1.68% (TD.PR.Y) and another at 4.66% (TD.PF.G). I would assume TD won’t call the 1.68% and will call the 4.66% at maturity.

I will ask the same question in the forums under “preferred shares” to get additional opinions from any member wanting to help another member.

Thanks for your insight.
John

Q: Good Morning,
I am considering adding this preferred share ETF for tax efficient income returns and to potentially cushion the portfolio a bit if (when) there is a downturn in equity markets. I do not hold any other fixed income. How will preferred shares perform in a downturn assuming interest rates may go up for a year or 2 more and then back down during a economic slowdown.

Q: I need a little more information about the Hydro One Installment Receipts. They represent debentures? How many IRs per $1000 debenture?

If the transaction goes through, how many H shares does a holder receive for each receipt? (Is it based on a fixed number of shares, or a fixed value?).

If the deal does not go through, what does the receipt receive (a fixed $ amount)?

Q: Hello, I own shares of Brookfield Office Properties 4.60% Cumulative Redeemable rate reset Class AAA preferred shares series T. Today the price is $23.18 and reset date is Dec 31, 2018. With the 5 year BoC rate increasing to 2.3% I would have figured the price of these shares to start increasing as the reset date gets closer. The mark-up is 3.16% and original B0C rate was 1.44%. Any thoughts.....thx

Q: Do rate reset preferred shares fare well as interest rares rise? Can you recommend any shares or an ETF?

Q: Can you recommend some good global bond etf's with Canadian Edged? Thanks

Q: Hi - I need to increase my fixed income allocation, Can you pls recommend some favorite ETFs issued in Cdn dollars. The assets can include US issues but no junk bonds please. Thanks for the help.

Q: Tricon announced they are redeeming TCN.DB.A on October 9th at a price of $1000. The debentures trade at $114. Does this mean that if you don't sell the debentures or convert them before October 9th, you'll get $100, even if they are trading way above that price?

Q: Preferred Shares: How to evaluate risk? How have blue chip preferred shares behaved during previous massive downturns such as 1987 and 2008? Have they gone down as much as regular shares? Thank you for your fine service.

Q: TD shows ECN’s projected earnings over next four quarters as 25 cents. Originally the preferred shares (ECN.PR.A) were rated Preferred -3 Low but perhaps deserve a higher rating if the common share estimated earnings are correct. Any view on the merit of adding to a small holding of this preferred (for income)?

Q: Hi there,
i have recently taken over managing my US 401K and am trying to replicate the income portfolio. There are so many US ETFs it is very difficult to understand the subtle differences between all the options out there. Would you consider VRP a good equivalent to the CPD in canada

Q: Philip Aug 16 might want to check out ECN.pr.A