Sentences with phrase «agency mortgage investments»

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In addition, while the Barclays Aggregate Index is dominated by Treasuries, it also includes agency mortgage securities as well as investment grade debt.

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

This collateral (i.e., permissible vehicles investments) may include: (i) match - funded assets, and, (ii) debt securities, equity securities and other financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the US government or its agencies, sovereign governments, supra - national entities, corporations, financial institutions and asset - backed or mortgage - backed issuers that are the subject of credit support agreements.

The mortgages are sold to a financial institution (a government agency or investment bank) that «securitizes», or packages, the loans together into a security that can be sold to investors.

The State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) underwrote low - cost, fixed - rate mortgages for 37 of the units purchased by first - time homebuyers, a total investment of $ 5.7 million.

«The Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC)'s investment in this beautiful project was supplemented by the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), which provided low - cost mortgages to many of the first - time homebuyers who will call Atlantic Terrace home.

Investments are only made in the highest rated (AAA) Mortgage Backed Securities, U.S. Government agency debt or in Certificate of Deposits with highly rated banks and corporate credit unions (credit unions for credit unions).

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY)-- 21.84 % American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)-- 16.87 % Two Harbors Investment Corp (TWO)-- 4.69 % MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA)-- 4.61 % Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM)-- 4.49 % Hatteras Financial Corporation (HTS)-- 4.32 % Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (STWD)-- 4.31 % CYS Investments Inc (CYS)-- 4.16 % Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (IVR)-- 4.11 % ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (ARR)-- 4.03 %

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

Investment banks on Wall Street answered this demand with products such as the mortgage - backed security and the collateralized debt obligation that were assigned safe ratings by the credit rating agencies.

While government agency - backed RMBS were not immune to the negative credit risk implications, especially as the government agencies — Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Me) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac)-- were placed under conservatorship by the U.S. government in 2008, «private label» RMBS without government backing were clearly the more volatile investments, and they suffered losses in the underlying assets, as well as severe swings in market value.

At the end of the third quarter, Chimera's investment portfolio had a total value of $ 17 billion, with (agency) residential - mortgage backed securities and loans accounting for 95 % of assets.

agency bonds are issued by official U.S. government bodies (e.g., Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); government sponsored entity (GSE) bonds are offered by lenders created by an act of Congress to assist groups of borrowers (e.g., farmers, ranchers, homeowners, mortgage lenders, etc.); the principal and interest of GSE bonds are not guaranteed by the U.S. government; Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $agency bonds are issued by official U.S. government bodies (e.g., Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); government sponsored entity (GSE) bonds are offered by lenders created by an act of Congress to assist groups of borrowers (e.g., farmers, ranchers, homeowners, mortgage lenders, etc.); the principal and interest of GSE bonds are not guaranteed by the U.S. government; Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $ 1,000

His responsibilities include developing investment strategies within securitized sectors such as agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS); non-agency residential mortgage - backed securities (RMBS); commercial mortgage - backed securities (CMBS); and asset - backed securities.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in fixed income securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills, Treasury inflation - protected securities, U.S. Treasury Strips, U.S. Government agency securities (primarily mortgage - backed securities), and investment grade corporate debt rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or having an equivalent rating from another independent rating organization.

The company owns, manages and finances a portfolio of real estate related investments, including mortgage pass - through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, Agency callable debentures and other securities representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae.

«The fund invests approximately 60 % to 65 % of its assets in investment - grade corporate, U.S. Treasury, and government agency bonds, as well as mortgage - backed securities.»

First, I would encourage income investors not to ignore American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) in the mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) industry.

With yields soaring beyond 10 %, mortgage real estate investment trusts, or mREITs — including Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) and American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC)-- are attractive income investments.

Seeking opportunities through mortgage - backed securitiesBroad securitized opportunities: The fund invests in mortgage sectors, including agency MBS and CMOs, and non-agency RMBS and CMBS, and ABS.Higher potential returns: By investing in mortgage - backed bonds, the fund can offer the potential for higher returns than an investment strategy focused only on agency MBS.Leading research: The fund's portfolio managers use proprietary models to assist in the evaluation of mortgage - backed bonds and to manage the fund's interest - rate risk.

The Big Short is an excellent book about the mortgage meltdown, those that gamed the rating agencies, those that fell victim to false beliefs and greed, and those that profited by creating investments to short the madness of the crowd.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged market - weighted index comprised of investment grade corporate bonds (rated BBB or better), mortgages, and U.S. Treasury and government agency issues with at least one year to maturity.

The Barclay's Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged market - weighted index comprised of investment grade corporate bonds (rated BBB or better), mortgages, and U.S. Treasury and government agency issues with at least one year to maturity.

Seeks to provide exposure to agency mortgage backed securities of the U.S. investment grade bond market

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. MBS Index (the «MBS Index») measures the performance of the U.S. agency mortgage pass - through segment of the U.S. investment grade bond market.

Through its ownership of the two bond funds, the Portfolio also indirectly holds a mix of bonds — including government, government agency, corporate, securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities — that represents a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States and abroad, all with maturities of more than 1 year.

The percentages of the Portfolio's assets allocated to each Underlying Fund are: Vanguard ® Total Bond Market II Index Fund 60 % Vanguard ® Total International Bond Index Fund 15 % Vanguard ® Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund 17.5 % Vanguard ® Total International Stock Index Fund 7.5 % Through its ownership of the two bond funds, the Portfolio indirectly holds a mix of bonds — including government, government agency, corporate, securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments and international dollar - denominated bonds, as well as mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities — that represents a wide spectrum of public, investment - grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States and abroad, all with maturities of more than 1 year.

(Because they are attached to the mortgage market, agency bonds function a little differently from the more common corporate and government bonds, and they often require a minimum investment of $ 25,000.

The worry is that well - heeled hedge funds, Wall Street proprietary trading desks and ratings agencies may be too optimistic when analyzing or valuing exotic mortgage investments.

Five Oaks Investment Corp is engaged in investing, financing and managing a leveraged portfolio of mortgage - backed securities, including non-Agency and Agency residential, Multi-Family, residential mortgages loans and other mortgage - related investments.

It focuses on investing, financing and managing a leveraged portfolio of agency and non-agency residential mortgage - backed securities, including non-agency and agency residential mortgage loans and other mortgage - related investments.

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He has experience in a wide variety of business sectors, particularly property investment and development, lending and finance (including private equity, securitisation, and sub-prime mortgage lending), UK and international trade and distribution, leisure sector, auctioneers, agency, transport, public infrastructure, utilities, education, telecommunications and IT.

US and non-US sovereigns, agencies, residential and commercial mortgage - backed securities, asset - backed securities, investment and non-investment grade corporates, convertible bonds and emerging market debt

This includes people from a multitude of industry disciplines including: Academics, Credit Rating Agency Analysts, Foundation Managers, Hedge Fund Managers, Investment Bankers, Investment Management Consultants, Lenders, Mortgage Brokers, Mutual Fund Managers, Pension Plan Sponsors, Private Equity Fund Managers, Registered Investment Advisers, REIT Analysts, Regulators, Research Directors, and Sovereign Fund Managers.

Beyond providing residential property management, Ruhl & Ruhl Realtors has 12 offices in eastern Iowa, western Illinois and southwest Wisconsin, offering services in residential sales, relocation, real estate investments, new home sales, land development, farm and land sales, senior services, home vendor services, insurance services through the Nelson Brothers Agency and mortgage services through Ruhl Mmortgage services through Ruhl MortgageMortgage.

Of the approximately $ 6.9 trillion of U.S. backed bonds known as agency mortgage securities that are outstanding, 11 of the biggest REITs own about $ 180 billion, or around 3 percent, according to investment bank KBW.

The commercial mortgage - backed securities rating process is not particularly hard to understand: Investment bankers put together the information on their offerings and send it to all four agencies.

These are Municipal Agencies, Property Insurance, Taxes and Assessments, Condos and Co-ops, Commercial and Investment Properties, Income Tax Issues, Mortgage Broker and Property Management.