MFO News and Press, MFA Financial Inc. 8.00% Senior Notes due 2042

We've got 3 shares up for comparison. Two good choices and one poor choice. You can look at it from different angles, but it still won't look good. Investors are taking more risk for a lower yield. If you're in the wrong share, it would be prudent to upgrade. Get ready for...

We're highlighting a 10% yielder (rounded) set to smash some 13% to 16% yielders. No, it's not NRZ / RITM. I covered that a week ago. We have a different share to highlight this time. Bold Prediction: I'm calling the 10% yielder to outperform four different shares. If this was ran...

The following slide deck was published by MFA Financial, Inc. SR NT 42 in conjunction with their 2021 Q2 earnings call. For further details see: MFA Financial, Inc. SR NT 42 2021 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

Today we're focusing in on preferred share opportunities. Specifically, we like CMO-E, CIM-A, TWO-D, and TWO-E among the fixed-rate opportunities. Each offers a solid yield and still has a modest discount to call value. In this series, we’re providing readers with discounts...

While many high-yield opportunities provide more risk than return, there are exceptions. The preferred shares from mortgage REITs can offer great opportunities. When prices get inefficient, we get nice opportunities. We recently added to our position in NYMTM. This is a high-risk ...

Investors frequently have questions about ex-dividend dates. This should be one of the simplest parts of investing, yet investors are often starved for information. When we look at mortgage REITs (where yields are very high), the ex-dividend dates matter even more. When we dis...

Part 1 of this article compares NLY’s recent investment composition, leverage, hedging coverage ratio, quarterly BV, economic return, and current valuation to twenty mREIT peers. Providing sector-wide metrics allows readers to better understand which mREIT companies will likely...

Want to avoid picking a mortgage REIT that’s carrying more risk than peers at a higher valuation? Simple solution: Stay bearish on MITT. Many peers offer better risk/reward ratios. In this series we’re providing readers with the discounts to trailing book values thro...

U.S. equity markets finished flat on the Christmas-shortened week as relief over the passage of the long-delayed fiscal stimulus package through Congress was offset by threats of a Presidential veto. Finishing the week within 1% of record-highs, the S&P 500 ended fractionally high...

U.S. equity markets extended their vaccine-driven rally despite the ongoing stimulus stalemate as encouraging vaccine developments, strong housing data, and a dovish Fed lifted equity markets to fresh records. Finishing just below its intra-week record-highs, the S&P 500 gain...