Klarman Made $1 Billion Hedging Markets. He Still Lost Money (Bloomberg) Seth Klarman made $1 billion betting against stocks and corporate credit. That...
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April 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
David Tepper is Planning on Converting Hedge Fund Into a Family Office (CNBC) Hedge fund manager David Tepper is planning on returning Appaloosa Management...
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May 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Steve Bannon and Kyle Bass Accuse Wall Street of ‘Funding’ China’s Fight with the US (CNBC) Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and...
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April 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Voluminous insider buying is generally interpreted as a bullish signal by the investment community, as there appears to be only one reason corporate insiders...
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December 29 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
The main indices on the US stock market are gaining ground on Tuesday, recovering from yesterday’s declines as markets across the world are in...
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August 23 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Some retail investors track insider trading behavior as part of their broader stock selection and analysis process, and rightly so. Past research concludes...
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May 5 - Dividend Stocks, Insider Trading, News - Comments
It was just about one year ago that QE3 made its debut, and mortgage REITs, particularly agency-only players like Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE...
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September 19 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
This series , brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, Wall...
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September 17 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The Federal Reserve was poised to be front and center this week, as it prepares for its Federal Open Market Committee meeting Tuesday and Wednesday. Then...
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September 16 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Is Mid America Apartment Communities Inc (NYSE:MAA) a good investment? In the financial world, there are dozens of methods market participants can use...
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September 16 - News - Comments
On this day in economic and business history … The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, better known as OPEC, was formed at the conclusion...
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September 15 - News - Comments
Mortgage agency REITs have been badly hammered in the past three months. For the hardy breed of investors who can withstand the stomach-churning volatility...
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September 12 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR), ...
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September 11 - News - Comments
What’s a smart Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE:HTS) investor to do? In the financial world, there are a multitude of methods shareholders can use...
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September 9 - News - Comments
If you’re thinking about buying a home but are waiting for mortgage rates to settle back down, then I hope you’re in it for the long haul....
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September 9 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are tons of indicators market participants can use to watch stocks. Some of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider...
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September 9 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS), ARMOUR...
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September 5 - News - Comments
If you were to ask many market players, hedge funds are assumed to be delayed, outdated financial tools of a period lost to current times. Although there...
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September 4 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:...
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September 3 - News - Comments
Is it smart to be bullish on CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS)? To many market players, hedge funds are viewed as useless, old investment vehicles of an...
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September 3 - News - Comments
Most years, the topic of mortgage rates would put most sensible people to sleep. But this year is far from ordinary. The rate on a 30-year fixed rate...
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August 29 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO), Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR), Javelin...
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August 28 - News - Comments
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of metrics market participants can use to analyze Mr. Market. A duo of the best are hedge fund...
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August 27 - News - Comments
The second quarter saw a sharp spike in interest rates, which caused havoc in the mortgage REIT sector. As inevitable book value losses became the norm...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Mortgage REITs got clobbered again on Monday, making Friday’s drubbing look like a walk in the park. While all players got slapped around to some...
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August 20 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR), American Capital Mortgage...
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August 19 - 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
Hybrid mortgage REITs with large exposures in lower-coupon long-duration fixed-rate Agency residential MBS act more like Agency-only mREITs when it comes...
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August 12 - 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
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long...
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August 8 - News - Comments
As American corporations continue to report their performance for the second quarter, another largely followed Agency-only mREIT, ARMOUR Residential...
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August 6 - News - Comments
Mortgage REITs have been income-oriented investors’ favorite for long due to their elevated dividend yields. Since we are well into the earnings season...
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August 5 - News - Comments
The Federal Reserve once again linked the unwinding of QE to improvements in the financial and macroeconomic conditions of the country. As the economy...
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July 29 - 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
Previously, Barclays was bearish on the entire Agency mREIT sector, leaving every Buy rating downgraded. Now, analysts at Barclays have come out with...
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July 25 - News - Comments
One of the last things that informed investors would expect from mortgage REITs is the possibility that they would destabilize the mortgage market. But...
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July 10 - News - Comments
After getting beaten to a pulp again last Friday, mortgage REITs ticked upward on Monday, even as a mass downgrading of the sector took place by Wunderlich...
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July 10 - News - Comments
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Friday, last week. Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over...
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July 8 - News - Comments
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR) is one of the most attractive dividend stocks, yielding an astounding 14.26%. But it is quite risky, as well....
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July 5 - News - Comments
The mortgage REIT sector has seen a lot of volatility during the past few months, thanks to speculation about the Fed’s exit from the Agency MBS markets...
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July 5 - News - Comments
The confusion around the unwinding of QE persists as the Fed again links its unwinding intentions to macroeconomic improvements. The macroeconomic indicators...
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July 1 - News - Comments
Colonial Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:CLP) was in 8 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. CLP investors should pay attention to an increase...
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June 27 - News - Comments
As a result of recent volatility and spreads widening, mortgage REITs are in for a second consecutive quarter bloodbath as far as their book values are...
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June 20 - News - Comments
CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS) hiked its quarterly dividend in the second quarter of the current year. Given the challenging macroeconomic situation...
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June 18 - News - Comments
American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) has been one of the star performers in the mortgage REIT sector since its inception in 2008. However, the...
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June 17 - News - Comments
Stocks snapped a losing streak late last week with a big rally after the release of a series of positive data, including encouraging jobless claims and...
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June 17 - News - Comments
In a recent article, I ranked American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) as one of my least preferred pure-play mREITs. The reason was largely the composition...
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June 14 - News - Comments
The mortgage REITs space is in a lot of trouble right now as speculation regarding the Fed’s tapering off of its quantitative easing program has led...
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June 14 - 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
The recent gyrations in the mortgage REIT sector have knocked down even big players like Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) and American Capital...
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June 13 - News - Comments
