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Investors are thrilled about the steeper yield curve. A steeper yield curve is generally positive for mortgage REITs, and the impact to fundamentals is smaller than many investors may think. When the yield curve was flat and mortgage REITs traded at huge discounts to book, many in...

Mortgage REIT preferred shares offer big dividend yields and some offer steady payouts. The preferred shares from AGNC carry some of the lowest risks and AGNCP has been attractively priced. We took the opportunity to significantly increase our position in AGNCP at $23.70 on 3/15/2...

The mortgage REIT sector began the year with big discounts to book value. Since then, it has delivered big returns. If you've read even a few of our articles on mortgage REITs, you're surely familiar with the price-to-book ratios. Investors who didn't buy mortgage REITs in April 2...

The mortgage REIT sector has been on fire lately. It gave us some huge gains in late 2020 and more huge gains in early 2021. As investors shift into "value" stocks, we've seen a dramatic increase in price with price-to-book ratios increasing substantially in the sector. With these...

During February, we placed a handful of trades in the mortgage REIT preferred shares. We recently picked up shares of ARR-C and NRZ-B. We'll highlight the index cards and commentary on those positions. In February we also closed out positions in NYMTP, TWO-E (which was called) and...

U.S. equity markets were broadly lower on a choppy week after encouraging coronavirus data and positive vaccine news triggered a "reopening rotation" that sent Treasury yields soaring to mid-pandemic highs. Declining for the second-straight week, the S&P 500 retreated by 2.5%, whi...

We trade our mortgage REIT positions based on shifting price-to-book ratios. It’s a great technique. It’s like counting cards, except we get to use machines, and some people think they sat down to play "Go Fish." We will share one of our recent adjustments in our por...

U.S. equity markets retreated from all-time-highs this week as interest rates and inflation expectations jumped to mid-pandemic highs amid a Southern 'Deep Freeze' and a slate of strong economic data. Declining on all four trading days this week, the S&P 500 retreated by 0.7% this...

Pricing between the different series of NLY preferred shares is absurd. NLY-G values are much too close to NLY-F and NLY-I. Investors in NLY-G can get a dramatically better risk-adjusted rate of return by swapping to NLY-F or NLY-I. The payback period on the upgrade is less than t...

The following slide deck was published by Arlington Asset Investment Corp. in conjunction with their 2020 Q4 earnings call. For further details see: Arlington Asset Investment Corp. 2020 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation