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Double Digit Profits From Quantitative Easing

By Ken McGaha - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: NLY, AI, NYMT, TWO

Quantitative easing (QE) is a term with which many American adults may be familiar, but might not really understand what it is and how it can impact them.

What is QE and its effect?

QE, as it's applied today, is the action being taken by the Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) to buy large portions of new debt being issued by the Treasury Department to finance the government’s more »
Double Digit Profits From Quantitative Easing

By Ken McGaha - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: NLY, AI, NYMT, TWO

Quantitative easing (QE) is a term with which almost any American adult is probably quite familiar but may not really understand what it is and how it can impact them favorably or unfavorably. Effective investing is not about whether one agrees or disagrees with something that is taking place, it is about assessing the likely impact a certain action or situation will have and positioning capital in order to effectively more »
Why These Hybrid mREITs Yielding Over 10% Are Loved by Analysts & Insiders

By Adnan Khan - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: AMTG, NYMT, WMC

This article presents three hybrid REITs analysts and insiders are bullish about. The stocks are hybrid mortgage RIETs and are currently yielding over 10% in dividends while 10-Year Treasuries are offering only 1.76%. Hybrid mortgage REITs have remained analysts’ favorite due to the diversification they provide. Also, since they invest across the universe of mortgage related securities, they earn higher asset yields on their interest yielding assets. The remainder more »
Can These Five Screen Stars Can Light Up Your Portfolio

By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: ETP, FSC, NYMT, SWK, RGR

Screeners are so much fun...more fun than Angry Birds and more profitable. Using the Motley Fool screener (found under the CAPS community tab at www.fool.com) I noodled around for stocks with 2% plus yield, at least 1% insider ownership, P/Es between 5 and 15, and revenue growth of at least 20% for the last three years.

Eye-popping names

In the mid-cap and big cap stocks only more »
3 Hybrid REITs Insiders Love

By Adnan Khan - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: MTGE, AMTG, NYMT

Since the launch of QE3, Agency mortgage REITs suffered compressions in their spreads. Therefore, Hybrid REITs, which invest across the MBS universe, were the most favored picks among the mortgage REITs sector during the past few quarters. The high yielding non-Agency residential mortgage backed securities and commercial mortgage backed securities supported the hybrid mortgage REITs’ spreads during the challenging times. Among the hybrid mortgage REITs, some outperformed the sector, which more »
Enhance Your Regular Income By Adding This 12% Yielder

By Adnan Khan - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: MITT, AMTG, NYMT

Apollo Residential Mortgage (NYSE: AMTG) reported its fourth quarter performance on March 6, 2013. The performance remained below analysts’ expectations. This article will review the company’s latest asset holdings. In addition, a comparison of Apollo Residential’s results with companies of similar business models is provided.

The company and its business model

Apollo Residential commenced its operations as a mortgage REIT in 2011. The externally managed company has around more »
EPS Miss by This 15% Yielding mREIT

By Adnan Khan - March 7, 2013 | Tickers: NYMT, NCT, PMT

New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ: NYMT), which has a market cap of just over $350 million, disclosed its performance for the fourth quarter today. The performance remained behind expectation as the EPS of $0.19 remained $0.06 shy of the consensus mean expectation. This investment thesis aims to review the fourth quarter results and see how its diversified portfolio has affected the results.

The Business Model

New York Mortgage more »
Buy This Low Risk 17% Yielding Portfolio

By Adnan Khan - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: NYMT, TWO, WMC

This article presents a three stock portfolio for investors looking for high regular income for their retirement portfolio. The short-listed stocks include Two Harbors Investment (NYSE: TWO), New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ: NYMT) and Western Asset Mortgage Capital (NYSE: WMC). The remaining of the investment thesis aims to look into the business models of each of the companies and determine whether future earnings catalysts will help sustain current dividend yields more »
Three Reasons To Buy This 16% Yielder

By Adnan Khan - January 23, 2013 | Tickers: AGNC, NLY, ARR, NYMT, PMT

Formed in 2003, New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ: NYMT) operates as a debt REIT which seeks to invest in traditional types of mortgage related investments, such as Agency ARMs and Agency IOs. The company primarily aims to invest in distressed markets like PennyMac Mortgage (NYSE: PMT). However, later on non-Agency residential mortgage backed securities; Agency RMBS consisting of ARM and hybrid adjustable-rate RMBS, multi-family CMBS and distressed residential single family more »
Two REITs for Your IRA

By Ryan Peckyno - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: ARR, NYMT

You don’t have to be Donald Trump to invest in Real Estate!

In 1960, Congress created REITs in order to give all investors the opportunity to invest in diversified portfolios of income-producing real estate. As a result, you can invest in Real Estate similar to how you invest in companies: by purchasing shares of their stock.

You can invest in anything from regional malls to shopping centers to apartments more »
Annaly Now Even Stronger On Fed's New QE Program

By Maxwell Fisher - September 27, 2012 | Tickers: AGNC, NLY, CIM, NYMT, TWO

Over the past couple of years, due in large part to historically low interest rates, investors in REITs have been able to take advantage of the win-win situation that has resulted from high dividend yields and increasing share prices. This has resulted in the stock price of some REITs to surge over 20% this year alone. In this article, I will discuss why, with its dividend yield near 13%, Annaly more »