Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) represent great investment opportunities, mainly because they pay most of their profits as dividends, which is why they sport solid dividend...
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September 27 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, Lists, News
Mortgage REITs soared after Bernanke announced that the Fed wouldn't taper at its September meeting.
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September 21 - Dividend Stocks, News
It was just about one year ago that QE3 made its debut, and mortgage REITs, particularly agency-only players like Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
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September 19 - Dividend Stocks, News
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.
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September 16 - Dividend Stocks, News
While every week offers a unique set of economic reports and company events that affect the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), some weeks are bigger than others.
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September 16 - News
This week at the Barclays Capital Global Financials Conference, droves of CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs trotted on stage to address a room full of eager analysts.
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September 13 - News
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
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September 12 - News
Mortgage agency REITs have been badly hammered in the past three months.
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September 12 - News
It's no secret that mREITs such as American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
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September 12 - News
Editor's Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
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September 11 - News
With the Federal Reserve scheduled to meet this month to decide on the fate of its monetary policy, many analysts and central bank observers are speculating that it may finally...
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September 9 - News
As the market has been lifted to all-time highs by an accommodative monetary policy and an economy starting to fire on all cylinders, long-term investors have profited handsomely...
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September 6 - News
Editor's Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
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September 5 - News
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported today that applications for home loans notched a rare increase last week.
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September 4 - News
Editor's Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp.
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September 3 - News
If you were to ask many investors, hedge funds are assumed to be bloated, old investment vehicles of an era lost to time.
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August 30 - News
Despite the continued volatility in interest rates and the resultant pressure on the book values, insiders at some of the highly followed mortgage REITs are busy increasing their...
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August 29 - News
Warren Buffett is famous for advising investors to "be greedy when others are fearful." This advice is apropos for the current mortgage Real Estate Investment Trust (mREIT) industry...
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August 29 - News
The housing recovery is continuing, but it's starting to lose steam.
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August 28 - News
A total of 21 block trades were executed during the market session, typically at least 10,000 shares or more represent a single block unit.
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August 28 - News
At the moment, there are plenty of indicators market participants can use to track publicly traded companies.
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August 27 - News
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC).
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August 26 - News
It's been a rough and tumble season for mortgage REITs as QE3 taper fears and rising interest rates ravage the sector.
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August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News
To many market players, hedge funds are viewed as useless, old financial vehicles of a forgotten age.
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August 23 - News
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), a real estate investment trust based in New York, promoted Glenn A. Votek to chief financial officer. He succeeds Kathryn F.
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August 20 - News
Down more than 20% year-to-date, Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) hasn't exactly been friendly to any REIT-concious investor's portfolio.
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August 20 - News
Mortgage REITs got clobbered again on Monday, making Friday's drubbing look like a walk in the park.
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August 20 - News
What Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) needs is another financial crisis.
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August 20 - News
For bank investors, the changes in today's interest rate environment simply cannot be ignored.
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August 20 - News
Mortgage real-estate investment trusts, which got hit unexpectedly hard Friday, are getting absolutely crushed Monday, in some cases revisiting 52-week lows, as Treasury yields...
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August 19 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO), American Capital Ltd.
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August 19 - News
The movement to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is gaining momentum, with legislation wending its way through Congress, and President Obama recently throwing his support ...
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August 19 - News
After a brutal earnings season during which most mortgage REITs reported second-quarter declines in book value, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) swam against the...
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August 16 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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August 12 - News
One of the things I really like to do is bury myself in market analysis.
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August 8 - News
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 term.
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August 8 - News
In June 2011 I invested my money equally in a selection of 10 high-yield dividend stocks.
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August 5 - News
The mortgage REITs earnings season has kicked off with CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS) reporting its results.
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July 29 - News
The Federal Reserve once again linked the unwinding of QE to improvements in the financial and macroeconomic conditions of the country.
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July 29 - News
When Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE:HTS) declared second-quarter earnings earlier this week, it was not a pretty sight, as earnings per share missed the mark by $0.04.
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July 29 - News
Mortgage REITs hold a distinct place in the hearts of income-oriented investors due to their elevated dividend yields.
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July 27 - News
American Capital Agency Corp.
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July 26 - News
Previously, Barclays was bearish on the entire Agency mREIT sector, leaving every Buy rating downgraded.
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July 25 - News
It first appeared that the Federal Reserve would begin tapering by the end of 2013, if not September 2013, a month cited in several analysts’ reports.
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July 22 - News
I am not talking about a dark and evil conspiracy plotting to overthrow the government.
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July 19 - Stock Analysis
Brighter economic times are ahead, but as the economy rebounds it will probably be necessary for interest rates to rise to keep a lid on inflation.
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July 19 - News
I keep my eyes on a few mREITs, but these use mortgages to make their money.
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July 19 - News
A lot of bearish opinions float around, especially regarding rising interest rates and their impact on the agency mREITs.
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July 15 - News
Amid concerns regarding QE unwinding, agency mREITs have experienced their biggest slide since October 2011 reports Bloomberg.
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July 15 - News
Mortgage REITs are currently offering double-digit yields, some in excess of even 20%.
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July 15 - News