Wall Street Dividends on the Upswing -- American Capital Agency and Chimera Investment Look to Lead
January 16 2012 - 7:20AM
Marketwired
Dividend payments throughout Wall Street are expected to skyrocket
in the coming months according to a research note from Standard
& Poor's. With annual reports being printed and shareholder
meetings coming up, Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at
Standard & Poor's Indices believes that dividend payments could
post a double-digit increase during the mid-January through
February season, setting a new record for the S&P 500. Five
Star Equities examines the outlook for diversified REITs and
provides investment research on American Capital Agency Corporation
(NASDAQ: AGNC) and Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM).
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) pay some of the largest
dividends on Wall Street, which is by design. To be a REIT, a
company must distribute at least 90 percent of its taxable income
to shareholders annually in the form of dividends.
REIT earnings could be in for a haircut, however. Philadelphia
Fed President Charles Plosser argues that the U.S. Federal Reserve
may need to raise interest rates before the middle of 2013, despite
the central bank's repeated forecasts that it expected to keep
rates ultra-low until at least then.
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Mortgage REITs (mREITs) invest in mortgages rather than
buildings, for example. Most mREITS do so mostly with borrowed
money. As reported on CNN Money, mREITs make their money off the
difference between their borrowing costs and the yield on their
portfolio. "Unlike banks in recent years, they've performed well:
The Dow Jones U.S. Mortgage REITs index has a three-year average
annual return of 19%," John Birger, contributor at CNN Money
reports.
Presently American Capital Agency pays an annual dividend of
$5.60 per share for an impressive yield of nearly 20 percent.
Chimera Investment Corporation pays an annual dividend of 44 cents
for a yield of around 16.7 percent.
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