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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 take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the first week of June and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferreds were pretty flat on the week as the rally of the previous week has stalled. We highlight how investors can follow institutional...

KBWD is a high-yield ETF heavy in mortgage REITs. Since inception, it has lost about 27% in share price. In 10 years, the annualized distribution has shrunk by over 40%. How to manage capital decay in high yield securities. For further details see: KBWD: A Decade Of ...

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 ...

We’ve got 3 choices for investors here. All 3 are in my portfolio, though in materially different amounts. 2 of our picks offer investors a high yield. All 3 have a large discount to either book value or call value. We’re also tossing in one share that’s a dud...

Mortgage REITs – along with other fixed income-oriented securities across the credit and maturity curve - have stabilized in recent weeks as bond market volatility has calmed following a historically rough early-2022. Earnings results confirmed that the challenging macro enviro...

With the shares we cover, one stood out for an exceptional bargain. It's a share we were not previously writing about, but we have included it in the charts for the last few articles. We posted a huge article for our paid members and now we're sharing the exact same article with a...

Despite a strong yield, SRET has failed to generate positive total returns throughout most of its existence of more than seven years. As almost 39 percent of SRET’s investments are in mortgage REITs, rising interest rates will surely impact its return in a negative way. SRE...

MDIV is a high-yield ETF diversified in 5 categories of securities. Since inception, the fund has lost about 17% in share price and 26% in annualized distribution. How to manage capital decay in high yield securities. For further details see: MDIV: Shrinking Income And C...

We've got 3 picks with dividend yields from 7.5% to 13.1%. Each share also has a significant discount to either projected current book value or to call value. We picked up shares in two of these investments to ramp up our dividend yield and capture the significant upside. Fo...