Dynex Capital: A Lower Risk Mortgage REIT

Zacks.com submits: We have recently lowered our recommendation on American Capital Agency Corp.

By Jim Van Meerten: This morning I added Dynex Capital (DX) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for positive price momentum. The portfolio contains stocks trading under $10 that are hitting the most frequent new highs when screened on Barchart: (Click to enlarge)

By Osman Gulseven: By Ahmed Ishtiaq

By Zvi Bar:On Monday, November 12, Annaly Capital Management (NLY), the largest mortgage REIT, announced that it plans to buy Crexus Investment Corp (CXS).

By Dr. Duru: The Federal Reserve seems likely to increase investments in mortgage-backed securities in its on-going efforts to prop up the housing market. As a part of my on-going thesis that housing will finally bottom in 2013, it occurred to me that I should have some exposure to mortgage-backed securities. Just like buying gold is partially a bet that the Federal Reserve will keep destroying the value of the U.S.

By Vatalyst: What could be better than a double digit return on a security? Low interest rates have been a boon for mREITs. That is, residential mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs). Equities that are classified as mREITs often hold non-agency and agency mortgages. An mREIT with agency securities has government sponsored enterprise (GSE) backed mortgages for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the United States government.

By Parsimony Investment Research:American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in agency mortgage-backed securities. Agency securities are guaranteed by the U.S.

By Todd Johnson:Annaly Capital Management (NLY) remains a vibrant agency mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) with a current 13.60% annual dividend yield. A 13.60% yield simply crushes the 2.80% yield of a 30 Year Treasury Bond security as of May 18th.