REM News and Press, iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF From 05/08/19

Investment Thesis iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF ( REM ) provides access to U.S.-based real estate and provides a higher dividend yield than similar real estate ETFs. However, REM's higher expense ratio and lower long-term performance make it a less attractive option than other real estate...

Losses for the major averages are accelerating in afternoon trade, with the S&P 500  down 2.2%  and Nasdaq  down 2.7% . More news on: Annaly Capital Management, Inc., AGNC Investment Corp., Chimera Investment Corporation, Financial stocks news, Stocks on the move, News o...

The Pimco Mortgage Income Trust ( PMTG ) will attempt to raise $1B by selling 50M shares at an expected price of $20 each. More news on: PIMCO Mortgage Income Trust Inc., UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF, Financial stocks news...

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 the mortgage REIT should trade in. We expect that all mortgage REITs holding similar assets will generally be corre...

Real Estate Weekly Review Pushing their 2019 total returns back near 20%, REITs ( VNQ and IYR ) continued their strong performance, climbing for the 15th of the past 17 weeks. Helping to power this remarkable run of performance has been the ‘Goldilocks’ economic backdrop of l...

Introduction/Recap: On 4/24/2019, AGNC Investment Corp. ( AGNC ) reported results for the first quarter of 2019. AGNC reported net income of $265 million, other comprehensive income (“OCI”) of $400 million, comprehensive (total) income of $665 million, a non-tangible book value...

Modern Monetary Theory and 2X-leveraged mREIT-based ETNs Modern Monetary Theory is a topic currently being bandied about by some at both ends of the political spectrum. Stephanie Kelton, who advised Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign and was chief economist for the Democrats on...

Real Estate Weekly Review Bouncing back from their worst week of 2019, REITs ( VNQ and IYR ) resumed their rally, now having produced positive returns in all but three weeks of 2019. Led by the yield-sensitive segments of the real estate market, REITs climbed 1.5% as the 10-year yield pu...

It has been less than two months since we posted a buy alert for Anworth ( ANH ): Since 3/11/2019, ANH has thoroughly outperformed the iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF ( REM ): It has been only a few days since we provided our buy rating on ANH publicly . Let's review how the...

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.20% for the week ending April 25, 2019 vs. 4.17% in the prior week and 4.58% a year ago, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ...