AAIC News and Press, Arlington Asset Investment Corp Class A (new) From 06/29/22

The drop across the income investment space has been both broad and deep, hitting just about every type of asset. We take a look at which features have enabled some securities to weather the storm more successfully than others - we find these features more prevalent in shorter-maturit...

We’re bringing investors two picks with yields of at least 13.2%. Using our current estimated NAV figures (rather than just trailing figures), each share has a discount of at least 14%. We’re also upgrading one of the shares we bashed about a year ago. When the price...

Gainers: Fathom (FTHM) +13%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) +8%, Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) +8%, Monroe Capital (MRCC) +7%, Arlington Asset Investment (AAIC) +4%. Losers: Zhong Yang Financial (TOP) -16%, Redbox Entertainment (RDBX) -14%, Pennsyl...

The sector climbed significantly on Tuesday, but one stood above the rest. Management internalization may have been a factor, but commentary about current book value per share was probably a big boost. Management’s estimate as of June 15th came in very close to our estimate...

Panic in the high yield space continued with outstanding bargains on several shares in the sector. Make no mistake, Q2 2022 is a rough quarter. We will see several companies reporting a drop in book value. The ability to generate earnings is not as depressed as many investors may ...

Part 1 of this article compares NLY’s recent investment composition, leverage, hedging coverage ratio, quarterly BV, economic return (loss), and current valuation to 19 mREIT peers. My buy, sell, or hold recommendation, current BV projection (BV as of 6/10/2022 and 6/14/2022), ...

How the market environment will develop in the medium term is highly uncertain due to an unusual post-pandemic recovery, an unusually high level of inflation and a Fed hiking path. We discuss how income investors can aim to build an All-Weather portfolio - a portfolio that combines di...

Mortgage REITs were slaughtered. Index values down over 9% and some of the best mortgage REITs are down even more. One of the biggest decliners is a mortgage REIT that increased book value in each of the last 3 quarters while interest rates were rising. They also increased book va...

We've got 7 picks for solid dividends. Some are still better than others. These are for the investors who want high yield and upside, but still want to minimize their risk. You can easily see with just a tiny bit of math that the market got the valuations wrong. Hope I didn't ...

Most income securities have taken a big tumble this year, along with most other financial assets. Large drawdowns make it difficult for investors to take advantage of newly attractive opportunities by limiting the capital available to be deployed. The recent bounce-back in markets...