NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 03/20/12 -- High yielding mortgage REITs have performed well this year. Continuously low interest rates are boosting earnings throughout the sector and therefore are helping to boost dividends. REITs trade like stocks, but by law, they must pay out 90 percent of their taxable income to shareholders as dividends. The Paragon Report examines the outlook for diversified REITs and provides equity research on Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) and Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR). Access to the full company reports can be found at:
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Dividend returns for Mortgage REITs are partially dependent on interest rate spreads. Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive for REITs. In late February Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is sticking with its plan to hold interest rates at record-low levels until at least late 2014, despite a pickup in hiring that's steadily lowered the unemployment rate.
The Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark rate near zero since December 2008, and in January extended a previous pledge to keep rates low through mid-2013. It has also bought $2.3 trillion of bonds in two rounds of so-called quantitative easing.
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Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a real estate investment trust, engages in the ownership, management, and financing of a portfolio of investment securities. Presently the company pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share for a yield of around 14.1 percent.
Last week the Board of Directors of Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. declared a dividend of $0.65 per share for the first quarter of 2012. The dividend will be paid on April 27, 2012 to shareholders of record on March 26, 2012, with an ex-dividend date of March 22, 2012.
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