Our financing strategy is designed to increase the size of our portfolio by borrowing against a substantial portion of the market value of the residential mortgage assets in our portfolio. (mfafinancial.com)
The technical factors - referring to hedging against the increased expected duration of mortgage assets as mortgage rates rise - appears to me to be related to a general increase in rate pressures as a whole, but I will defer to fixed income specialists on that topic. (economistsview.typepad.com)
The Investment Activities segment focuses on mortgage assets that are acquired and held for investment purposes. (borntosell.com)