Mortgage REIT's

The Board of Directors of Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) declared the second quarter 2011 common stock cash dividend of $0.13 per common share. This dividend is payable July 28, 2011 to common shareholders of record on June 30, 2011. The ex-dividend date is June 28, 2011. The Company...

The Board of Directors of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) declared the second quarter 2011 common stock cash dividend of $0.65 per common share. This dividend is payable July 28, 2011 to common shareholders of record on June 30, 2011. The ex-dividend date is June 28, 2011. The Company...

Index IQ rolled out the first small cap U.S. REIT ETF last week (6/14/11).  IQ US Real Estate Small Cap ETF (ROOF) intends to provide income and complement large cap REIT exposure. The underlying IQ US Real Estate Small Cap Index uses a float-adjusted market cap-weighted methodology.  The goal is...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that RealD (NYSE: RLD) is “way too risky for me." Cramer believes that Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is a “3% yielder going to 4%. If you can take the pain of oil coming down, I would hold onto it." He believes that Partner Communications' (...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Stonemor Partners (NASDAQ: STON) is an “inexpensive stock. Yield is what protects us in bad markets." He said that Vodafone Group (NASDAQ: VOD) has a “good yield and safety with that yield. I've recommended it before and I'll do...

 ( click to enlarge ) On my previous posts on Zagg Inc (NASDAQ:ZAGG) I mentioned my bullish outlook on the stock. Extremely bullish moves are taking place over the last session's. However, the daily chart is announcing the expected retrace although we need confirmation. The stock might...

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase in the aggregate up to 1.5 million shares of its outstanding common stock. At management's discretion, the shares may be acquired from...

According to Morgan Keegan, Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY) Q4 earnings exceeded expectations. Morgan Keegan said that the EPS of $0.60 significantly exceeded the Street estimate of $0.50 and its $0.42 estimate. “We reiterate our Outperform rating with shares trading at 7.0x our NTM EBITDA...

Shares of Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE: ANH) are lower on the session by 0.42%, trading at $7.18. Overall put volume is now running at 18.14x the daily average, with 16% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,161 contracts have traded on the session so far. Anworth...

Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer with 35 ETFs on the market and $1.7 billion in assets under management, said its newest ETF, the Global X SuperDividend ETF (NYSE: SDIV) got off to a stellar start from a liquidity standpoint, trading nearly 321,000 shares, or almost $8 million in dollar...

Shares of iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE: SFI) are higher on the session by 0.56%, currently trading at $7.40. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past four months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...

As a followup to Saturday's post I wanted to outline some ideas for building a dividend tranche for a portfolio where someone might have different buckets within a portfolio. So high yielders might be one bucket, themes another, core another and so on. I could see where it might be easier for some...

Wunderlich Securities provided color on Chimera Investment Group (NYSE: CIM). In a research report published today, Wunderlich commented on the company after its stock price fell sharply. In the report, Wunderlich states, "This week, the shares of Chimera Investment Corp. (CIM-$3.55, Hold) came...

Jefferies & Company commented on Chimera Investment Corp (NYSE: CIM) in a report released today. In the report, Jefferies was mixed in its assessment of the company. Jefferies writes, "Cash flows improved during the month, with an increase in principal cash flows offsetting a slight decrease...

Let me try to connect some dots. I think this adds up to an interesting comment on how things get done in the good old USA. This example does not pass my “smell test”. Start with something called a “Safe Harbor”. This is a legal designation that is established by the IRS. The activities of entities...