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REITs Quietly Sell Stock Overnight at a Discount; Next Day Pop Fries Shorts

June 8, 2009

If Frank Quattrone could start over, he would be a REIT banker. REITs staged a huge rally this quarter, almost $15 billion in new equity has been raised through 45 public offerings this year, and even the Italians are descending upon New York to list new deals. With REIT stocks now being served up like [...]

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Warning: These REITs Still Pay Dividends, But Not In Cash

January 19, 2009

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

Wimpy, character from the cartoon series Popeye
As many of you may remember, Wimpy was not only a character from the Popeye cartoon series, he was also a glutton for hamburgers, and he would consume them at a ferocious rate. Of course, “Tuesday” would never come, [...]

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Anthracite CDOs on Watch For Possible Downgrade

December 20, 2008

Moody’s went more negative on commercial real estate yesterday, and as a result they went even more negative on below-investment grade CMBS. I have written about the bullseye that is on Anthracite’s (AHR) controlling class chest before, and while AHR is well-managed and still enjoys tangible, substantive support from parent Blackrock, if you’re new [...]

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What is a Securitization?

August 23, 2008

Securitization is the process of taking groups of loans and splitting them into different classes of securities, and then selling the different classes of securities to third party investors. The brief video below does a great job of explaining how it all works. Many Mortgage REITs buy Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS), which [...]

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Anthracite Gets Hot Again!!

August 18, 2008

“The Taliban used to hang the victim’s body in public for four days. We will only hang the body for a short time, say 15 minutes. Adulterers will still be stoned to death, but we will use only small stones.” Afghan judge Ahamat Ullha Zarif on a kindler, gentler Afghanistan

….And a taxable loss, dear believers, [...]

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Anthracite: The Silent Bailout? (Mortgage REIT Journal, 4/7/08)
($AHR) Anthracite Capital Hears from the NYSE on Listing Standards (Stock Blog Hub, 9/18/09)
Read more on Anthracite Capital at Wikinvest
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Anthracite Post Generates Some Heat!

August 14, 2008

You know, it takes a bit of grip to host this pig. Even though the code sits on some server quietly doing its thing somewhere in American Samoa, they hit my credit card every month for at least a topped-off tank of California gas. And I only get about a mile per million clicks, if [...]

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TIM BOND: EQUITY INVESTORS ARE DANCING ON THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO (THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST, 2/10/10)
The Impact Of Rising Interest Rates On Stocks And Bonds (Disciplined Approach to Investing, 2/26/10)
Junk Bond Spreads Widening: A Canary in the Coal Mine? (naked capitalism, 2/15/10)
Read more on Anthracite Capital, Bond Investing at Wikinvest
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High Risk, High Yield Strategy Keeps Anthracite Under Pressure

August 10, 2008

Anthracite reported mixed results on Friday, well shy of the Company’s .31/share dividend, noting that it was still receiving margin calls on the 18% portion of its portfolio that was not match funded. The Company’s cash levels are low ($38.6MM unrestricted) relative to an amortization payment of $31MM required on September 30th under its newly [...]

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Anthracite: The Silent Bailout? (Mortgage REIT Journal, 4/7/08)
($AHR) Anthracite Capital Hears from the NYSE on Listing Standards (Stock Blog Hub, 9/18/09)
Read more on Anthracite Capital at Wikinvest
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Makeovers Coming Soon To Mortgage REITs

July 27, 2008

“If you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it’s your duty as an American to do it.” C. Mongtomery Burns, the oligarchical CEO in television’s “The Simpsons”
Could Re-Remics break the liquidity logjam in Mortgage REITs? It’s a distinct possibility, and quants all over Wall Street are dutifully burning up their computer [...]

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Agency mREITs Aching Over Fannie, Freddie Flu (Mortgage REIT Journal, 7/10/08)
CIT Group Offloads Home Mortgage Business (Contrarian Profits, 7/2/08)
Russell Rebalancing and mREITs (Mortgage REIT Journal, 6/16/08)
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Anthracite Shelf Offering: Pick Your Poison

July 14, 2008

Way back on June 3rd, when thoughts of Fannie Mae crashing to the ground like Icarus on a hot July weekend were not so prevalent, Anthracite filed a shelf offering with the SEC, stating that it may periodically sell up to $500 million in common and preferred stock, debt securities and warrants, with the exact [...]

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Anthracite: The Silent Bailout? (Mortgage REIT Journal, 4/7/08)
($AHR) Anthracite Capital Hears from the NYSE on Listing Standards (Stock Blog Hub, 9/18/09)
Read more on Anthracite Capital at Wikinvest
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Anthracite: High Yield REIT Spins Cash; Raises Capital

April 1, 2008

Attempting to mix a fouler sounding alphabet stew than that being served up by Mortgage REITs these days is pretty hard work. They invest in CMBS and MBS, mostly by issuing CDOs, sprinkled generously with swaps, derivatives and repos. Add it all up, and you’ve got the ingredients that helped cook up what the New [...]

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