REM News and Press, iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF From 07/18/19

Outstanding mortgage balances increased for the seventh straight quarter reaching $9.5T, a new high and well above the $8.5T balance during the financial crisis in 2008, according to Experian data from Q1 2019. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares ...

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 3.81% for the week ending July 18, 2019, up from 3.75% in the prior week and vs. 4.52% at this time a year ago, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Markets Survey. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares...

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...

Author’s Note: Part 3 of this article is a continuation from Part 1 and Part 2 which were discussed in previous publications. Please see Part 1 and Part 2 of this article for a detailed projection of AGNC Investment Corp.’s ( AGNC ) income statement (technically speaking...

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 corr...

Author’s Note: PART 2 of this article is a continuation from PART 1 which was discussed in a previous publication. Please see PART 1 of this article for a detailed projection of AGNC Investment Corp.’s ( AGNC ) income statement (technically speaking, the company’s ...

Real Estate Weekly Review On a week with no shortage of fireworks, financial markets were surprisingly tranquil on the final “jobs week” before the much-anticipated July Fed meeting. It would have taken some seriously high-powered fireworks in the employment figures to derail t...

Author’s Note: This three-part article is a very detailed analysis of AGNC Investment Corp.’s ( AGNC ) income statement (technically speaking, the company’s “consolidated statement of comprehensive income” ). I continue to perform this type of detailed qua...

It was supposed to be the Chinese government that was going to rescue the global economy. Once the rationalizations ended and officials around the world realized there was serious economic weakness building at the end of 2018 instead of a globally synchronized inflationary recovery, the green ...

I ntroduction Welcome to my monthly update for my dividend growth portfolio. This article series covers my investing journey as a father of two towards my eventual retirement. Any specific stocks or amounts are particular to my self-directed 401K plan. The goal of my portfolio is to g...