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Agency-backed Mortgage REITs at a Crossroads by Patrick Harden
There is no doubt after the third quarter's earnings reports that the agency-backed mortgage REIT sector is beginning to splinter into markedly different strategic approaches. FOMC minutes confirm the high demand for agency MBS, noting that:To provide support to mortgage lending and... More »
November 6, 2009 • AGNC, ANH, CMO
No Longer Amazed by AGNC by Patrick Harden
High-flying agency-backed mortgage REIT American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) recently turned in third quarter numbers - the first in its sector to report for Q3. The headline numbers were impressive, with $1.82/share in GAAP earnings and $1.89/share in taxable income - well above the... More »
October 21, 2009 • AGNC
Cash for Trash: Better Never than Late by Linus Wilson
The U.S. government does few thing better than create debt. After a year of talking about it, the government is going to have the chance to throw their good debt, Treasury bills notes and bonds, after bad, non-performing toxic loans and securities. The Federal Deposit Insurance... More »
October 10, 2009 • JPM, BAC, WFC
Sleeper Mortgage REIT Cypress Sharpridge Has Sweet Surprises in Store by Patrick Harden
Have you missed the awesome run in agency-backed mortgage REITs? There may still be time to get in on the great returns by picking a sleeper stock that is poised to break out.Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. (CYS) is a recent entrant to the mortgage REIT world. The... More »
September 24, 2009 • CYS, AGNC, NLY
High Yield AmREITs on Fire! Prelude or Crescendo? by Self Directed Investor
Back on June 28 of this year, I suggested to readers here that they may want to look more closely at high yielding agency mortgage backed real estate investment trusts (AmREITs). I pointed out in the article that as a group, a divergence between AmREITs and the S&P 500 index ETF (SPY)... More »
September 23, 2009 • AGNC, NLY, ANH
Huge Dividend REIT Stocks by Alex Khandelwal
This is my first post on the Seeking Alpha InstaBlogs. So without hesitation, I will jump right into my dividend play for the remainder of 2009. American Agency Mortgage Corporation (AGNC) is a mortgage REIT with a whopping dividend of $1.50 per quarter. At the close on August... More »
August 19, 2009 • AGNC, ANH, CMO
Insiders Sold $165 Million - Bought $2 Million on June 21, 2009 by insider_guy
Grand Total Sells Today= $165,084,455.25Grand Total Buys Today= $2,532,593.80Notables:AGNCAmerican Capital Agency Corp2009-07-17AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD Disposed2500000$20.190$50,475,000.000Official Form 4 Document REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]SENEASENECA FOODS CORP... More »
July 22, 2009 • AGNC, SENEA, VVTV
Search for Yield, Momentum, and Value by Scott's Investments
Given the declining yields in US equities and continued thirst for dividends by investors, I decided to run a screen over at Finviz.com to see if I could come up with any potential high yield candidates. The criteria are listed below:Dividend Yield>4%Average Volume>50k, to filter out... More »
July 15, 2009 • AAUKY.PK, AEG, AGNC
Are High Yielding aMREITs Ready to Run? by Self Directed Investor
Agency mortgage backed real estate investment trusts, or aMREITs, are an often overlooked sub-industry in the MREIT industry and are showing recent divergence from the S&P 500. There is good reason for this divergence given recent economic news on the underlying weak fundamentals... More »
June 26, 2009 • NLY, ANH, MFA

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American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)

Instablog posts on AGNC

Agency-backed Mortgage REITs at a Crossroads by Patrick Harden

No Longer Amazed by AGNC by Patrick Harden

Cash for Trash: Better Never than Late by Linus Wilson

Sleeper Mortgage REIT Cypress Sharpridge Has Sweet Surprises in Store by Patrick Harden

High Yield AmREITs on Fire! Prelude or Crescendo? by Self Directed Investor

Huge Dividend REIT Stocks by Alex Khandelwal

Insiders Sold $165 Million - Bought $2 Million on June 21, 2009 by insider_guy

Search for Yield, Momentum, and Value by Scott's Investments

Are High Yielding aMREITs Ready to Run? by Self Directed Investor

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