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Is It Time to Dump the Market's Hottest Dividends?

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  Published Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:36:43 GMT on The Motley Fool
  

  
  

  This video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst Jim Royal and technology and media editor/analyst Andrew Tonner discuss topics around the investing world.
  Mortgage REITs such as Annaly Capital, Armour Residential, and American Capital Agency have all seen a sequential drop in their interest-rate spreads during the fourth quarter. That has many investors worried about where these stocks' huge dividends -- the very reason investors own these REITs -- are headed. Investors need to remain cautious on these companies, but with funding costs likely to continue to be low as the Federal Reserve keeps rates near zero through 2014, it looks like there's still some time to profit in these REITs.... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY									US02503X1054	28.05		11.9	2.38	5.00	17.83
  ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT									US0423151010	5.63		7.2	0.79	0.84	14.92
  ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT									US0357104092	14.42		8.7	1.67	1.80	12.48
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT									US16934Q1094	3.20		23.6	0.13	0.36	11.25

  
  

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