… is important to understand how Annaly and the other Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts like Agency ( AGNC ), Capstone ( CMO ), Hatteras ( HTS ), and Chimera ( CIM ) make money. As I detailed before, it is on the interest rate difference (the Complete …
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By Vatalyst : Annaly ( NLY ) is the largest publicly-traded mortgage REIT in the United States, and one of my all-time favorites. This is not without good reason, especially now that it has announced the public offering of its Convertible Senior Notes and Series C Cumulative Redeemable preferred ...
By Vatalyst : Mortgage REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp. ( TWO ) has an interesting new business plan designed to take advantage of America's new economic reality. It has entered the housing business by buying single family residential properties - in other words, houses. In its May 2 earnings ...
By Doug Carey : When investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) investors are sometimes surprised by the hefty tax bill. REITs are taxed at ordinary income tax rates if they are in taxable accounts, which takes a big bite out of the total return for many. But there is a way to get around ...
… Annaly Capital Management's ( NLY ) dividend performance from 2002-2011: Now let's take a look at Capstead Mortgage Corporation's ( CMO ) dividend performance from the same period (2002-2011): Finally, take a look at Anworth Mortgage …
By Investment Underground : by Kathleen Martin There has been talk in the blogsphere about a coming panic in the REIT market . Are we getting to a point in the economic cycle where we are more optimistic and certain of a recovery? Good question. REITs have been a great investment in this low ...
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By Zvi Bar : Agency mortgage REITs manage portfolios composed of residential mortgage backed securities that are issued and insured by federal agencies, such as Fannie Mae ( FNMA.OB ) and Freddie Mac ( FMCC.OB ). These securities come with an implied U.S. government backing, because the government
By Mark Williams : There has been a lot of interest in mREITs lately. They are attractive to many income investors because they have high yield and seem to have low volatility, exactly what income investors are looking for. Others are attracted to mREITs because their correlation to the S&P 500 is