Annaly Capital Management Inc (nly) Most Bought Reits-mortgage Stock By Number Of Institutions

Sept. 7, 2010 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Reits-Mortgage Industry Rundown. Mffais.com compiles the statistics from recent SEC filings by mutual funds and institutions to determine the positions taken and confidence in stocks by professional mutual fund managers and institutional investors.

Highlights included:

* Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 16.76% of industry buys

* Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (IVR) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Chimera Investment Corp (CIM) had second highest number of funds buying shares 11.61% of industry buys

* Cypress Sharpridge Investments Inc (CYS) had the second highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* The top 30 moves by funds in the industry by value of trade shows:

a) 60.00% buys versus 40.00% sells
b) Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) buys were 36.66% of all activity, 61.11% of number of buys and 65.98% of value of buy trades
c) Mfa Financial Inc (MFA) buys were 6.66% of all activity, 11.11% of number of buys and 12.41% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY)


For details and the full report, including purchasing history and buying patterns, please visit http://www.mffais.com

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