REM News and Press, iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF From 05/27/19

There are trillions of dollars of bonds in the world with negative yields - a fact which future historians will find baffling. Until now those negative yields have been limited to the safest types of bonds issued by governments and major corporations. But this week a new category of negative...

Real Estate Weekly Review For the 17th time out of the 21 weeks of 2019, the REIT Indexes ( VNQ and IYR ) finished the week higher, continuing to feel the tailwinds of the retreat in benchmark interest rates. The 10-Year yield dipped to the lowest level since late 2017 as trade worries and...

Continuing a trend of declining since late last year, the  30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.06% for the week ending May 23, 2019, down from 4.07% in the prior week and 4.66% at this time a year ago, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: UBS ET...

Focus of Article: The focus of PART 1 of this article is to analyze Annaly Capital Management Inc.’s ( NLY ) recent results and compare several of the company’s metrics to nineteen other mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) peers. This analysis will show past and curre...

Real Estate Weekly Review Following the worst week of 2019 for the major equity indexes, the S&P 500 ( SPY ) finished the week lower by another 0.7% as trade talks have reportedly broken down between the US and China. Progress on North American trade relations and a delay of the European...

On ugly days like Monday, when the Dow finished down $617.38 and the Nasdaq finished down $269.92, it makes me even more thankful for dividends. I have been constructing a dividend portfolio outside of my wife and my 401Ks and trading accounts. I add to the dividend portfolio by selling posi...

Real Estate Weekly Review The major US equity indexes delivered their worst week of 2019 after a new curveball was thrown into trade discussions between China and the United States with the implementation of new 25% tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. REITs ( VNQ and IYR ) were among...

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 4.10% for the week ending May 9, 2019, down 4 basis points from 4.14% in the prior week and vs. 4.55% a year ago, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market survey. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iSh...

While certainly not always the case, investors ignoring or apathetic to names or sectors can be a sign of looming bullishness. In the cycle of Sentiment, Panic, Capitulation and Despondency often mark the extreme bottoms. However; Depression, Apathy and Indifference are often realized while ...

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...