NYMTN News and Press, New York Mortgage Trust Inc. 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock From 02/20/20

One of the most important steps in evaluating mortgage REITs is finding the price-to-book value ratios. Using a mortgage REIT's 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 cor...

If you want to see some real hard evidence of the increasingly desperate chase for yield among retail investors as traditional safe havens like government bonds go ever deeper into negative real (and nominal) territory, look no further than Seeking Alpha quote page view stats. Leading the pack...

Well, readers, it’s time for another couple to retire. When you’re ready for retirement, you need to be able to balance yield with safety. Too many investors focus on only one aspect. One way to improve yield, as we will demonstrate, is to include preferred shares. Awaiting ...

New York Mortgage Trust - A 12.6% Yield It Can't Afford If you read about a high-yield fund that seems too good to be true, maybe it is. You should always look closer. I specialize in looking at cash flow statements. I often find that many of these high-yield vehicles mask their non-ab...

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...

It is a difficult time to be an investor today. Yields are low and value is hard to find. No-dividend high-valuation companies like Tesla ( TSLA ) seem to only go in one direction, causing a sense that the market has lost its wits. While that is true on the high-valuation side, it also seems t...

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...

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...

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 ...