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American Capital Prices Shares - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:01pm | 646American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently priced the secondary offering of 23.4 million common shares at $28.00 each. The company...
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American Capital Prices Shares - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 11:30am | 646American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently priced the secondary offering of 23.4 million common shares at $28.00 each. The company...
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Wunderlich Securities Maintains Buy on American Capital Agency (AGNC)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 11:01am | 151Wunderlich Securities maintains its Buy rating on American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC). In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "In the most newsworthy event of the week, American Capital Agency vaulted into third position in terms of market cap among mortgage REITs under our coverage in an...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Mortgage Investment Industry With The Highest Cash (DRL, EFC, COHN, HTS)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 5:57am | 141Below are the top small-cap mortgage investment stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of cash. Doral Financial Corporation (NYSE: DRL) had $504.73 million in total cash and $3.13 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Ellington Financial LLC (NYSE: EFC) had $264.87 million in...
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AGNC's Biz Model to Rock 4Q? - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 5:31pm | 902American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently announced the preliminary results for fourth quarter 2010. The company anticipates...
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AGNC's Biz Model to Rock 4Q? - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 5:05pm | 902American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investments in mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), has recently announced the preliminary results for fourth quarter 2010. The company anticipates...
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Unusual Market Activity for Capital Trust
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 4:52pm | 55Capital Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CT) reported today that the NYSE has contacted the Company and requested the Company to deliver an official response to the unusual market activity in the Company's common stock. As a matter of policy, the Company does not comment on unusual market activity.
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Merge Connecting with iConnect - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 2:31pm | 503Recently, Merge Healthcare's (MRGE) iConnect has been selected by Radiology Associates of Sacramento (RAS), North California. iConnect is an interoperable platform that enables providers to view current and historical images and content, irrespective of the various ways of image storage....
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Merge Connecting with iConnect - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 1:45pm | 503Recently, Merge Healthcare's (MRGE) iConnect has been selected by Radiology Associates of Sacramento (RAS), North California. iConnect is an interoperable platform that enables providers to view current and historical images and content, irrespective of the various ways of image storage....
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Jefferies Rates Chimera Investment Buy With $4.25 PT (CIM)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 11:35am | 80Jefferies rates Chimera Investment (NYSE: CIM) with a Buy and a PT of $4.25. In the report, Jefferies states, "In the mortgage REIT space, we view CIM as the most levered name to mortgage credit. Although early, credit performance is stabilizing on CIM's underlying re-REMIC collateral. We expect...
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Jefferies Rates American Capital Agency Hold With $27 PT (AGNC)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 11:25am | 84Jefferies rates American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) with a Hold and a PT of $27. In the report, Jefferies states, "AGNC has proven to be the dominant investor in the Agency space. Despite substantial ROE outperformance, we view shares of AGNC as fairly valued. AGNC currently trades to a 1.3x...
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Money Flowing Out of Safety and Into Risk 01-12-2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 8:15pm | 889Cusick's Corner Money is flowing out of safety and into risk, out of Gold/Bonds and into Stocks. Many of you are responding to this latest trend with a No Duh! The sector that warrants some review is Finance, XLF. This sector is critical for measuring the strength of this overall market move....
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AGNC Announces Public Offering
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:11pm | 67American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) announced today that it plans to make a public offering of 18,000,000 shares of its common stock, subject to market and other conditions. In connection with the offering, the Company intends to grant the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up...
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AGNC Announces Preliminary EPS Estimates for Q4 2010 Above $2.25
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:09pm | 243American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) announced preliminary estimates of select financial data for the fourth quarter 2010 and as of December 31, 2010. The Company estimates that, when finally determined, earnings per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, will exceed $2.25. Earnings...
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Puts Purchased on Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:01pm | 127Shares of Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) are higher on the session by 0.49%, currently trading at $4.09. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently consolidating between the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on...