Mortgage REITs finance real estate by investing in mortgages and related securities. Starwood Property Trust has diversified its platform by investing in various real estate sectors. AGNC Investment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brett uses “second-level thinking” to find dividend stocks to buy. In case you haven’t heard, the Federal Reserve is about to cut ...

The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:REM) gives income investors exposure to roughly two dozen mortgage REITs in a ...

Most investors own AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) for its big monthly dividends and don't focus too much on its near-term price swings. The mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) pays a hefty ...

Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F filing shows new stakes in homebuilders, signaling Buffett’s confidence in the market. The housing market continues to struggle with weak home sales and high mortgage rates.

Investors are undoubtedly attracted to mortgage real estate investment trusts, or mREITs, such as Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY), for their high dividend yields. Annaly, for its part, currently ...

For this week, my random thoughts are only covering five of the mREITs. I spent a good chunk of time working on a model to project gains and losses on the valuation of derivatives. Since interest ...

Mortgage REITs have long been retail investors’ favorite for their elevated dividend yields. However, before chasing these elevated yields, you should be certain about two things. One, the shareholder ...

Every issue, SA explores a dividend and income investing question and shares the responses, as well as highlights some of the week's insightful pieces of opinion and analysis. This week, we look at ...

So far, 2014 hasn't been too bad for the beaten-down mortgage REIT sector. Both 30- and 15-year mortgage rateshave been moving downward each week in January, and mREITs have responded. Annaly Capital ...