Mortgage REIT's in general;
I would say MITT is second on my list.
IMO anyone looking at REIT's as a long investment for the first time needs to think about is, are you after income or growth.
Where growth is a long, with dividend re-investments, to build to a profit level in a years, to sell at or draw down from.
Income doesn't re-invest and banks profit monthly.
The longer your time target the more you should be concerned with growth and compounding.
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NOW: after this sector crash most all mortgage REIT's will look GOOD. For that matter all various REIT sectors are looking good.
So what should be the main thing to look at? Cash/per share vs size of dividend will help to determine if the dividend offered is safe. The larger the difference the safer.
Next is the dividend time frame. Is it monthly or quarterly. Monthly is best for income and quarterly better for growth.
I'm in a monthly because if there is any concern at all, with continued divvy size. You will see it change quickly and can adjust faster to negative change.
If you interested in growth, look for a positive price long term climb chart. Before this crash. And smaller divvy's paid.
Also be aware LARGE dividend's, stocks charts will be more volatile. With spikes and pops then walk downs and times of stall. But tend to decrease in price long term. Increasing ROI's.
Compare MITT and ORC and you may understand some of what I'm talking about. Both MITT & ORC are income producing opportunity holdings, because both had large dividends before the crash and now huge ones.. Since ORC is monthly, I'd recommend it over MITT for 1 reason. If anything happens negatively to the company you will see a change in the dividend sooner..
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