mREITs

Among real estate investment trusts (REITs), one of the most popular subsectors with investors are mortgage REITs (mREITs). Although mREITs can be extremely volatile, their dividend yields are usually the highest among the total REIT universe. Some income-oriented investors try to purchase mREITs...

Many financial companies are rallying off of lows hit last fall, but only a few are making new highs.  Tiptree Inc. (NYSE: TIPT) is one of those outperforming others in the sector and the rest of the market as a whole. The company has moved from $10 in late September to this week’s...

While 2022 was a difficult year for most real estate investment trusts (REITs), the worst-performing subindustry was mortgage REITs (mREITs).  The mREIT loss percentages ranged from the mid-teens to almost 60%. Inflation and interest rate hikes cut deeply into mREITs and contributed to the...

Mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs) are popular with investors seeking high-yielding dividends.  But mREITs are not for everyone because they can be quite volatile. Over the past five years, several popular mREITs such as Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) and AGNC...

This year will long be remembered as one of the worst for real estate investment trust (REIT) stocks, and mortgage REITs (mREITS) declined more than most. Over the past 52 weeks, many of the mREITs were down 30% to 60%. While that scares many investors, others seek to take advantage of the huge...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the relevant exchange-traded funds have been in the spotlight for much of this year, and much of that attention has been positive. With the Federal Reserve laying off on boosting interest rates, income investors have had plenty of reasons to embrace REIT...

Among the asset classes seen as vulnerable to rising rates are high-yielding mortgage real estate investment trusts, or mREITs, including those held by exchange-traded funds such as the iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF (iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortg.REITIn Fd(ETF) (NYSE: REM)) and the Market...

On July 7, Wells Fargo analyst Joel Houck published a research note, "Sell-off Overdone; Upgrading mREITs to Overweight." Most investors are attracted to the mortgage REIT (mREIT) sector because of the high dividend yields; however, there are many variables which can lead to losses in...