Ben Bernanke

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/15/12 -- High yielding mortgage REITs have performed admirably in 2012. The Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) is up more than 12 percent-year-to-date. REITS have continued to take advantage of low interest rates to boost earnings and increase dividends for investors. REITs trade like stocks, but by law, they must pay out 90 percent of their taxable income to shareholders as dividends. The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities on diversified REITs and provides equity research on American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) and ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR). Access to the full company reports can be found at: www.ParagonReport.com/AGNC www.ParagonReport.com/ARR Continuously low interest rates are boosting earnings throughout the sector. Dividend returns for Mortgage REITs are partially dependent on interest rate spreads... (more)

Large Dividends From CYS Investments and Invesco Mortgage Capital Benefit From Record Low Interest Rates

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/15/12 -- High yielding mortgage REITs have performed admirably in 2012. The Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) is up more than 12 percent-year-to-date. REITS have continued to take advantage of low interest rates to boost earnings and increase dividends for investors. REITs trade like stocks, but by law, they must pay out 90 percent of their taxable income to shareholders as dividends. The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities on diversified REITs and provides equity research on CYS Investments Inc. (NYSE: CYS) and Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (... (more)

Alan’s List – Why Obama Needs CEP / BAM

With the inauguration of a new US President just around the corner, I’ve been ruminating on the forthcoming changes. It’s not an easy job to begin with, and since there’s so much work to do and he’s got a brand new team, I’m thinking President-elect Obama might be able to use Complex Event Processing and / or Business Activity Monitoring software. Here’s how… (in the form of a top ten list) Number 10 A new US Government operations visibility tool for the newly appointed Chief Performance Officer cabinet post. Number 9 As a new Presidential dashboard with real power. Number 8 A... (more)

Investors Give Bernanke High Marks in Bloomberg Global Poll

NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's most influential investors give Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke high praise for combating the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, according to the first-ever Bloomberg Global Poll, a quarterly survey of economic, financial and political attitudes among Bloomberg users worldwide. The first Bloomberg Global Poll interviewed a random sample of 1,076 subscribers to the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service, a universe of more than 300,000 decision makers in finance, the markets and economics. The survey provides a win... (more)

Bernanke Should Go Back to Teaching

The following blog entry, from March 10, 2009 expressed my opinion on Mr. Bernanke. Eight months later the majority of the congress and a great portion of the financial world seem to agree with my opinions below. Rewind the tape and watch his opinions on the housing disaster and the direction our banking system took. He says everything is cool, and there is nothing to worry about as close as two years ago. He was as wrong as Jim Kramer recommending to buy more Bear Sterns stock 30 days before their collapse! (March 10, 2009) - I am watching yet another Bernanke speech with a Counc... (more)