List of Rate Reset Preferred Shares Canada

List of Rate Reset Preferred Shares Canada, includes all Canadian Rate-Reset preferred shares available. Resets offer the investor a guaranteed dividend for a five year period. At reset (end of the 5 year period), a new dividend is assigned based on the five-year government of Canada rates at that time, plus the spread.

However, to see how all rate-reset preferred shares have been ranked based on their yield go to Compare Rate-Reset Preferreds.

Why Hold Rate Reset Preferred Shares

The primary reason for holding resets it to protect against inflation. With a little bit of planning you can ensure, you hold shares with reset dates spread over the next 5 years. This is referred to as Laddering.  Laddering offers the following benefits to preferred share investors.

1. Inflation protection by design. Reduces Interest rate risk. As each preferred resets your new dividend is based on the current 5 year rate plus the spread.
2. Reduces the risk of reinvesting a large portion of your preferreds during bad market times. 
3. Increases diversification over a large number of preferreds.
4. Your monthly dividend income will remain relatively stable over time.

List of Rate Reset Preferred Shares Canada Today

Resets make up 60% of the preferred shares market. Great for investors since they provide a predictable source of income. Every five years you are guaranteed a set dividend based on current market rates. Resets by design provide some protection against inflation since they get reset every 5 years, thus picking up the new 5 year rate.

Dividends receive favorable tax treatment under Canadian tax law through the “dividend tax credit”. Tax wise they are better than bonds, GICs, Savings accounts.

At the end of the 5 year period the Issuer may buy back the preferred at face value (usually $25), thus removing it from the market.

For you, selecting the highest yielding rate-reset preferred does not get easier. As with all of the tools we provide in this site, the definition of the metrics “Table columns” is presented in a separate article Ranking Table Column Information.

Canadian Preferred Shares – Mission

Our mission is to provide the average investor with the knowledge, up to date information, latest trends, data and tools to select the best preferreds to purchase or sell today.

Without tools like the ones we provide here, its simply not possible to make an educated decision, thus keeping most individual investors away. Our tools provide an overall view, of the preferreds market. With a few clicks you can easily locate today’s best preferreds within a sector/category or across the whole market.

Using our homepage as a starting point you can access all of our tools.