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    2 REITs To Consider Beyond Armour Residential

    Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:04 EDT - Seeking Alpha
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    By Mel Daris:With interest rates at all-time lows, investors are hard pressed to find investments that can provide regular income. The high 5%-yield savings accounts of the 1990s are long gone. Today, investors have to think outside the box. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) typically have the sort of high dividends investors are looking for. In order to qualify as a REIT, a company has to meet certain parameters. It has to invest at least 75% of its total assets in real estate, earn at least 75% of its income from rents or interest on property, and distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders as dividends. Armour Residential REIT (ARR) is Maryland-based real estate investment trust that invests primarily in mortgage-backed securities issued by or guaranteed by government entities such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. According to its website, Armour Residential REIT is managed externallyComplete Story »

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