Steve Pei’s Gratia Capital has revealed their top picks to close out 2014, and they include a couple of old favorites and an IPO which has taken off...
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February 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Mortgage REITs soared after Bernanke announced that the Fed wouldn’t taper at its September meeting. Now, two days later, the industry is signaling...
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September 21 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Source: Valerie Everett, Flickr. Earlier this week, I applauded American Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACAS)‘s asset management subsidiary as a rock star...
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September 18 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
In 1991, rapper Naughty By Nature released a single called “O.P.P.,” inspired by a conversation with a drug dealer, who said he was “...
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September 17 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
It’s been a rough and tumble season for mortgage REITs as QE3 taper fears and rising interest rates ravage the sector. Nearly every mREIT has seen...
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August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The movement to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is gaining momentum, with legislation wending its way through Congress, and President Obama recently...
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August 19 - News - Comments
Rising interest rates cause the value of fixed-income instruments to fall. Nearly all of the assets held by mortgage REITs are mortgage-backed securities...
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August 8 - News - Comments
American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) will release its quarterly report on Monday, and the real estate investment trust faces the toughest environment...
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July 26 - News - Comments
Just as we examine companies each week that may be rising past their fair value, we can also find companies potentially trading at bargain prices. While...
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July 10 - News - Comments
I am positive on the mortgage REITs sector following their dramatic sell-off. The MBS spreads are back to their pre-QE3 levels, and the stocks are trading...
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July 5 - News - Comments
The Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting concludes today, and markets will be on pins and needles waiting for Chair Ben Bernanke’s announcement...
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June 19 - News - Comments
Like many other real estate investment trusts (REITs), mortgage REITs have sold off of late. That drop, however, doesn’t make them buys. Investors...
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June 13 - News - Comments
Mortgage REITs have been getting savaged lately as chatter about an early end to the Federal Reserve’s QE3 program causes shares of American Capital...
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June 4 - News - Comments
Mortgage REITs have a special place in the hearts of investors thanks to the ultra-low interest rate environment, which has made their dividends extremely...
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May 29 - News - Comments
Investors in mortgage REITs haven’t had a lot to cheer about since last September, when the Federal Reserve instituted its latest round of quantitative...
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May 20 - News - Comments
May has been a rather drab month for mortgage REITs, and the entire sector has been in a slump since industry heavy American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ...
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May 17 - News - Comments
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) reported yet another story of spread and book value compression. However, the outlook for the second quarter...
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May 14 - News - Comments
Several mortgage REITs reported first-quarter results last week, among them Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp. (...
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May 6 - News - Comments
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) will be reporting first-quarter earnings soon, when investors will get a glimpse of how 2013 has been treating...
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April 29 - News - Comments
When it comes to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), there’s a multitude out there. Some buy up health centers while some focus on shopping malls...
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April 18 - News - Comments
Company insiders should be strongly resistant to buying shares, since it increases company-specific risk rather than diversifying their wealth. Therefore...
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April 9 - Insider Trading - Comments
While Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp (NYSE:WMC) is trading in line with its peers as far as its relative valuations are concerned, it is still an...
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March 20 - News - Comments
This article brings to you the latest dividend declaration and dividend cuts by some of the most famous dividend stocks within the US mortgage REITs sector...
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March 19 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Dividend investing is popular again. Investors have taken to heart Jeremy Siegel’s studies, which show that higher-yielding stocks tend to offer...
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March 18 - News - Comments
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR) reported insider buying, signaling management’s confidence in the company’s future. Let’s dive in and...
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March 17 - News - Comments
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp (NYSE:WMC) has been named top dividend stock with insider buying last month in an article on Forbes. Paid in quarterly...
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March 13 - News - Comments
More signs that the real estate market has bottomed out and is on an upward track were evident in two recently released reports: 1) The S&P/Case Shiller...
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March 5 - News - Comments
Shares of real estate investment trust Realty Income Corp (NYSE:O) reached a 52-week high on Tuesday.Let’s take a look at how it got here to find...
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February 20 - News - Comments
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) has had a tough time of it lately, as investors were surprised first by its announced plans to purchase Crexus...
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February 20 - News - Comments
Agency mortgage REITs are real estate investment trusts that seek to invest in mortgage backed securities for which any of the government Agencies, like...
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February 18 - News - Comments
Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO) commenced operations in 2009 and seeks to invest in residential mortgage-backed securities, residential loans,...
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February 7 - News - Comments
Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors. The key to making smart investment...
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February 7 - News - Comments
Today, SAB Capital Management, managed by Brian Jackelow, announced in a Form 3 filing with the SEC that it had increased its stake of American Capital...
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September 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
