By Ken Kam, Contributor While money market rates have hovered near zero, American Agency Capital Corp (AGNC), a mortgage REIT with a 15.4% dividend yield has delivered a total return averaging more than 24% a year for the past three years. The Federal Reserve’s zero interest rate policy has been very good for investors in AGNC and other mortgage REITs. But after three years of excellent returns, is AGNC still a good investment? I put that question to Eugene Groysman, a Marketocracy Master who runs a high yield stock portfolio for our clients. …read more
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Daily Dividends Report: BMY, DELL, AGNC, IFF, NFG
By MarketNewsVideo Bristol Myers Squibb Company (BMY) maintained its quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share. Investors of record on Friday, April 5th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Wednesday, May 1st. …read more
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Top Buys by Top Brass: CEO Wilkus' $300.4K Bet on AGNC
A company’s own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money ? maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ”top brass” over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $300.4K by Malon Wilkus, CEO at American Capital Agency Corp (NASD: AGNC). …read more
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Why American Capital Agency Corp Is a Top 10 REIT Stock With 15.82% Yield
By DividendChannel.com American Capital Agency Corp (NASD: AGNC) has been named as a Top 10 Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ”DividendRank” report. The report noted that among REITs, AGNC shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent AGNC share price of $31.62 represents a price-to-book ratio of 1.0 and an annual dividend yield of 15.82% ? by comparison, the average stock in Dividend Channel‘s coverage universe yields 3.9% and trades at a price-to-book ratio of 2.1. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at American Capital Agency Corp, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
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