Buying The Best Performing mREITs As Q3 Dividend Date Approaches

Boris Senderovich submits: American Capital Agency Corporation (AGNC) is a mortgage REIT that invests in agency securiites issues by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. While I have no particular views on this segment of the mortgage market, I'd like to share my insights into the particular class of securities.

By Portfolio Management 101: Due to overwhelming requests, we have decided to expand our series on "Comparing REITs: The Winners and The Risks," to encompass a greater number of mREITs in the space.

By Portfolio Management 101: In an economic environment consisting of historically low rates, investors looking for income have had to expand their universe of possible investments to include non-traditional asset classes. One of these asset classes has been Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and in particular, mortgage REITs (mREITs).

By Jeffrey Gall:This article examines various agency REITs as broken down by net interest margin and sensitivity to interest rate changes.

By Brad Thomas:What if I told you that you could buy shares in a REIT that had a nice dividend yield, lower volatility than a mortgage REIT and forty-three year track record of performance? Sounds good? No, I'm not talking about the triple net or health care REITs.What if I then told you that this sector is tied directly to housing; however, this is not a mortgage REIT. Before I answer that, let me show you a few charts.

By Zvi Bar:Chimera Investment Corp (CIM) is one of the contrarian's options amongst mortgage REIT equities, with characteristics and holdings that the market disfavored in 2011. These characteristics include its long-term holding of non-agency, private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBSs), which many consider too risky to hold, given the potential for continued defaulting homeowners over the coming years.

By Tim Plaehn: American Capital Agency's (AGNC) third-quarter earnings report came in with a mixed bag of positive and