Mortgage REIT's

MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) today announced that it has made a public offering of 65,000,000 shares of its common stock. MFA has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 9,750,000 shares of common stock. The underwriters have offered the common stock in one or...

MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) today announced that it intends to make a public offering of 60,000,000 shares of its common stock. MFA intends to grant the underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to an additional 9,000,000 shares of common stock. The underwriters may offer the common...

American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $1.40 per share for the first quarter 2011. The dividend is payable on April 27, 2011 to common shareholders of record as of March 23, 2011, with an ex-dividend date of March...

Shares of CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE: CSE) are higher on the session by 0.94%, trading at $7.54. Overall call volume is now running at 18.80x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 5,002 contracts have traded on the session so far. CapitalSource Inc. is a...

Cusick's Corner Stocks bounced into the After Hours, finishing the week with the cash market, Stock Indices, at a premium to the Futures. This means many longs may have potentially done some hedging into the weekend. And this leads to a discussion that I often bring up at the week's end in the...

Shares of Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) are lower on the session by 0.12%, trading at $4.24. Overall put volume is now running at 4.00x the daily average, with 71% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,095 contracts have traded on the session so far. Chimera Investment...

Dynex Capital, Inc. (NYSE: DX) announced today that it priced a public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.35 per share for total gross proceeds of $82.8 million. The Company has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an...

Dynex Capital, Inc. (NYSE: DX) announced today that it priced a public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.35 per share for total gross proceeds of $82.8 million. The Company has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an...

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR), today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Arbor reported a net loss attributable to Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. for the quarter of $41.1 million, or $1.62 per diluted common share, compared to a net loss...

Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR) reported its Q4 loss at $1.62 per share, versus the expected loss of $1.35 per share. ABR reported its Q4 adjusted book value per share at $12.59. ABR reported its GAAP book value per share at $8.25. ABR shares gained 3% to close at $6.87 yesterday. Read more from...

Assisted Living Concepts Inc (NYSE: ALC) is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $57.86 million. Madison Square Garden Inc (NASDAQ: MSG) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.43 on revenue of $435.06 million. Bronco Drilling Company Inc (NASDAQ: BRNC) is expected to...

Among the stocks that fell in late trading were Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA), iStar Financial (NYSE: SFI), AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), and Marvell Technology (NYSE: MRVL). Here is a look at their performance in the late trading session. There does not appear to be any news driving the...

Dynex Capital, Inc. (NYSE: DX) announced today that it plans to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 8,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The Company also plans to grant the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000...

Deutsche Bank is out with its report on Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT), raising its PT from $20 to $21.50. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "While Redwood's 4Q core earnings were below our estimates due to higher-thanexpected loan loss provisions, we expect attractive returns on new...

Cusick's Corner Buck bounces after Bernanke's testimony and Oil pulls back from $100. This market is entering what I might refer to as the Bermuda Triangle -- moderate volatility, 50/50 short-term sentiment, Put/Call Ratio 1.074 (OEX). Front month volatility, as measured by VIX, is currently 20.31...