Analyzing Dynex Capital (DX) and AG Mortgage Investment (MITT)

Analyzing Dynex Capital (DX) and AG Mortgage Investment (MITT)

AG Mortgage Investment (NYSE: MITT) and Dynex Capital (NYSE:DX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation,
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CP Rail Sees 'Significant Gap' in Talks With Strike Deadline Nearing

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said a new labor agreement with thousands of train conductors and other workers remains elusive, less than a week before the deadline for the start of a strike that could cripple its network. “Despite CP's best efforts, a significant gap remains” between the company and two
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Insider Buying: Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1) Insider Acquires 3190 Shares of Stock

Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) insider Katherine Innes Ker purchased 3,190 shares of Mortgage Advice Bureau stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 5th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 623 ($8.81) per share, for a total transaction of £19,873.70 ($28,090.04).
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Scope reviews for possible upgrade Swedbank's A Issuer Rating

Scope Ratings today placed on review for possible upgrade Swedbank's A Issuer Rating as well as the bank's A- senior unsecured debt ratings, the BB rating of its Additional Tier 1 (AT1) securities and the S-1 short-term debt rating. Scope noted that its rating review will focus on the extent to which
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Analyzing America First Multifamily Investors (ATAX) & Ally Financial (ALLY)

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. is engaged in acquiring, holding, selling and dealing with a portfolio of mortgage revenue bonds, which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing for multifamily and student housing (collectively Residential Properties) and commercial
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Credit Suisse Gets Pay Opposition at Home After Overseas Support

A Swiss investor adviser group said Credit Suisse Group AG shareholders should vote against the bank's 2017 compensation plan, splitting with overseas advisers that backed changes made following uproar last year. Ethos, which advises Swiss pension funds, also said investors shouldn't support the
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Why I'd pull up a deckchair, skive off work and queue in the rain to buy a house

The system of not releasing house prices, demanding booking deposits on release day and generally not treating house buyers like they are actual customers spending hundreds of thousands of euro certainly is not an invention of buyers. And with the housing market the way it is, I genuinely can't find it
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Real estate briefly: Buchanan Street buys multifamily unit in Salt Lake City for $31.7 million

Buchanan Street Partners in Newport Beach has acquired a 160-unit multifamily property in the Salt Lake City community of Cottonwood Heights from RK Properties for $31.75 million. Buchanan Street plans to upgrade the unit interiors, building exteriors, and common areas followed by a rebranding
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Bullish times ahead for Dubai property market

Citizens of India, Pakistan and Britain continue to lead the non-Arab investors in Dubai's real estate sector with official and industry executives forecasting bright outlook for the industry. Figures released by Dubai Land Department (DLD) showed that 13,759 real estate transactions worth Dh58 billion
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Economic Report: Mortgage rates hold steady through bond market churn

Rates for home loans showed almost no change in the most recent week, according to a survey from mortgage finance provider Freddie Mac, keeping financing costs for home buyers a bit higher than recent longtime lows, but still reasonable. Read full story. Like CommentShare. Advertisement
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Rentals near Orlando draw $22.15M of refinancing from Freddie Mac

The owner of a 272-unit rental apartment complex north of Orlando refinanced the property with a $22.15 million Freddie Mac loan. A company affiliated with Advenir Inc. got the seven-year loan with a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and three years of interest-only payments through the South Florida
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Our View: Banks have to pay big bucks for good bosses

“Nine banking golden boys in Cyprus are paid the annual total of €15,402,172, of which €12,596,114 was annually paid as salary and the remaining €2,806,058 was variable income (bonuses),” Phileleftheros reported. It added that the total annual income of five bank executives was €8.76 million.
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Bringing Cryptocurrency to the Banking World with Asseta.

Commercial banks, investment companies, and other financial institutions; these were the only major ways transactions and exchanges of monetary value could be carried out, but things have changed! The blockchain technology has seen many industries evolving and finding unique ways to
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Hundreds of Flights Disrupted as Spring Storm Blankets Midwest

Hundreds of flights were disrupted Saturday as a severe spring storm threatened to dump record snowfall on parts of the Midwestern U.S.. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has had to slow or halt aircraft throughout the day, contributing to more than 260 canceled flights and about 130 delays,
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Robert Barron column: Regular folks getting priced out of market

That's largely because the population of the region is growing, and the housing market is not keeping up with demand, which drives up property values and rents. It should then come as no surprise that we are seeing a surge of homeless people in the Valley, and beyond, with many carrying all their
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NAB Cuts Variable Mortgage Rates

NAB has introduced a new variable interest rate owner occupied mortgage product with an interest rate starting at just 3.69% for customers who choose to make both principal and interest payment. This new offer is just the latest in series of sharp cuts in interest rates as banks battle to acquire new
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Zacks: Brokerages Anticipate Lending Club (LC) Will Post Quarterly Sales of $152.18 Million

Wall Street analysts expect Lending Club (NYSE:LC) to report $152.18 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks. Three analysts have provided estimates for Lending Club's earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $154.53 million and the lowest estimate coming in at
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Assembly speaker defends free trip to London with lobbyists

Vos said his Republican caucus had considered making changes this session to rules for rent-to-own stores but not for title lending. Over the past decade, Wisconsin Republicans have received $88,000 in campaign donations from the leader of a title loan company that paid for the trip. Campaign
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WPP CEO Sorrell Quits After Three Decades at Top of Ad World

WPP Plc Chief Executive Officer Martin Sorrell is resigning after 33 years, following allegations of personal misconduct and misuse of company assets, marking an abrupt end to a decorated reign at the top of the advertising industry, Bloomberg News reports. Sorrell, 73, will step aside immediately,
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India's federal police files case against former UCO Bank Chairman

NEW DELHI, April 14 (Reuters) – India's federal police said on Saturday it has filed a case against a former chairman of state-run UCO Bank and several business executives alleging criminal conspiracy that caused a loss of 6.21 billion rupees ($95.17 million). Police said officials at the bank had
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