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One of the most important steps in evaluating mortgage REITs is finding the price to book value ratios. Using the mortgage REITs' book value gives us an idea for the general range where the mortgage REIT should trade. We expect that all mortgage REITs holding similar assets will generally be c...

Introduction/Recap: On 1/29/2020, AGNC Investment Corp. ( AGNC ) reported results for the fourth quarter of 2019. AGNC reported net income of $871 million, other comprehensive income (“OCI”) of $15 million, comprehensive (total) income of $886 million, a non-tangible book va...

2019 was a great year for most asset classes, including preferred stocks and baby bonds. The economy is strong and interest rates dropped. Here is a graph of the 10-year treasury rate over the last 1 year. Rates have dropped and there is no reason to think a reversal is in sight. (Source 10...

Introduction We are writing a series of reviews for those fixed-income investors who want to stay away from the interest risk, despite the current expectations of lowering interest rates. Presenting all term preferred stocks and baby bonds with a stated maturity date in less than 10 years. T...

One of the most important steps in evaluating mortgage REITs is finding the price to book value ratios. Using the mortgage REITs' book value gives us an idea for the general range where the mortgage REIT should trade. We expect that all mortgage REITs holding similar assets will generally be c...

Introduction In this monthly article, I review all the baby bonds, listed on a national exchange, sorted into several categories. There are 193 issues in our database that trade on primary exchanges. Since there is no common ETF for baby bonds only, I'll examine the two largest primary excha...

Focus of Article: The focus of this article is to provide a detailed projection of AGNC Investment Corp.’s ( AGNC ) book value (“BV”) per common share as of 12/31/2019. Prior to results being provided to the public on 1/29/2020 (via the company’s quarterly press...

As I've discussed in many recent articles, it seems clear that mortgage REITs are a great place for dividend-oriented investors to deploy their capital today. While dividends are below 4% for almost all investments (stocks, bonds, and equity REITs), they remain above 7% and often above 10% in ...

Author’s Note: PART 3 of this article is a continuation from PART 1 and PART 2 which were discussed in previous publications. Please see PART 1 and PART 2 of this article for a detailed projection of AGNC Investment Corp.’s ( AGNC ) income statement (technically speaking, the c...

Author's Note: PART 2 of this article is a continuation from PART 1 which was discussed in a previous publication. Please see PART 1 of this article for a detailed projection of AGNC Investment Corp.'s ( AGNC ) income statement (technically speaking, the company's "consolidated statement of...