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Date Issued  3/12/2015 Shares    6,600,000   Overallotment Shares   990,000 S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   AFSI-D   OTC Temp Ticker  AMSVP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 6/15/2015 Quarterly Dividend   .469  Annual Dividend   1.875 Securities may be redeemed, at the…

While we repositioned our portfolios for higher interest rates in 2015 it is definitely questionable whether a 3% quess will be hit. Of course if you watch the main stream media you can hear guesses on the 10 year treasury all the way from a negative rate up to 3%. Certainly it appears to be a coin toss (it always…

Investment corporation Arlington Asset Investment Corp (ticker:AI) (not a REIT--a C Corp) has announced pricing of a Senior Note issue. AI is essentially a mortgage investor--but not a mortgage REIT.The issue is priced at 6.75% and will begin trading in the next week or so.The ticker symbol has not yet been announced, but we will post it as soon as…

 Date Issued   3/11/2015Shares Issued  1,280,000    Overallotment Shares   192,000S&P Rating NR      Moodys   NRSecurity Ticker Symbol   AICMarket Traded ON   NYSEInterest Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 6/15/2015Quarterly Interest   .422   Annual Interest   1.688Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 3/15/2018 for a redemption price of $25/share plus accrued…

While stock and bond markets can certainly get wild and crazy today was a relatively quiet day--and we find these days pretty relaxing. We watch the markets all day long, which we don't recommend, and have for years, but we still get somewhat tense watching major down days like yesterday.  Honestly there is no reason to watch all day as…