NYMTM News and Press, New York Mortgage Trust Inc. 7.875% Series E Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock From 07/22/21

I'm projecting AGNC will report a combined minor unrealized gain on on-balance sheet MBS/investments for the second quarter of 2021 (mainly fixed-rate agency MBS). Lower coupon generic 15-year and 30-year fixed-rate agency MBS coupons had modest-notable price increases during the quar...

Best of Times and Worst of Times: Mortgage REITs endured punishing declines during the pandemic, but have nearly tripled from their lows and are back within shouting distance of pre-pandemic highs. The wave of dividend cuts has given way to a frenzy of increases this year as 20 m...

We’re getting a dip in the mortgage REIT sector. We saw a quick one that was corrected recently, but this one moved quite a bit lower. The sector was expensive prior to the start of the dip, so some weakness isn’t surprising. This is an opportunity to start building posi...

This series projects AGNC’s income statement for the second quarter of 2021. These projections help readers understand how some of the fixed-rate agency mREIT sector performed (valuable insight). I am projecting AGNC will report a notable decrease in net spread income for the s...

U.S. equity markets retreated from record highs this past week, pressured by renewed COVID concerns and hotter-than-expected inflation data showing the fastest rise in consumer and producer prices in decades. The S&P 500 declined by 1.0% on the week while Mid-Caps and Small-Caps s...

Occasionally we see a sector rotation where prices dip rapidly with no basis in fundamentals. When that happens, we see an opportunity to build new positions. We had one of those opportunities very recently. During the flash sale on Thursday, we picked up some DX. This is an examp...

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the first short week of July and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. We highlight the steep fall-off yield dynamic of callable securities moving past their "par" price level. And highlight a few opport...

U.S. equity markets were mixed on a volatile holiday-shortened trading week as renewed concerns over the spread of COVID variants and downbeat economic data pulled global sovereign yields to five-month lows. Climbing for the third-straight week and closing at record highs, t...

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the fourth week of June and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferreds returns remain strong as the average price in the $25-par market has now reached $26. We maintain a tripartite allocation in t...

Excitement from investors pushed price-to-book values dramatically higher over the last several months. Following the huge rally, investors should be very wary about which mortgage REITs they are purchasing. One of the few that still offers an attractive risk/reward profile is NRZ...