{"id":27172,"date":"2014-07-29T09:40:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=27172"},"modified":"2014-07-29T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T14:12:27","slug":"the-mortgage-reits-are-edging-up-and-comcast-and-a-house-to-buy-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=27172","title":{"rendered":"The mortgage REITs are edging up. And Comcast. And a house to buy Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The mortgage REITs are bouncing back. I&#8217;ve been pushing them since they hit bottom (or at least close to it.) This is a five year chart:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NLYFiveYearsAgain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27189\" alt=\"NLYFiveYearsAgain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NLYFiveYearsAgain.jpg\" width=\"605\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NLYFiveYearsAgain.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NLYFiveYearsAgain-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Despite the bounce, NLY still yields slightly over 10%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">AGNC\u00a0 just reported better earnings and higher book value. Click <a title=\"Latest AGNC results\" href=\"http:\/\/ir.agnc.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=219916&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1952073\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a> It&#8217;s yielding 10.9%. This is also a five year chart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AGNCFiveYears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27190\" alt=\"AGNCFiveYears\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AGNCFiveYears.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AGNCFiveYears.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AGNCFiveYears-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I know that interest rates will rise, one day. The mortgage REITs do also. At present, they&#8217;re still cheap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0I wish I could figure out why Windows&#8217; neat <em>Snipping Tool<\/em> has suddenly taken to leaving out borders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>All about ear wax<\/strong><\/span>. I make the stuff by the bucketloads. It messes my hearing. And it&#8217;s itchy. The only &#8220;cure&#8221; is a regular cleaning by a real doctor with real metal instruments. It&#8217;s the best medical procedure ever. I had it done at a walk-in &#8220;rapid care&#8221; office last week. Not as good as visiting a real ear doctor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The best article I&#8217;ve found is <strong><a title=\"Itchy ear canal\" href=\"http:\/\/hubpages.com\/hub\/Itchy-Ear-Canal\" target=\"_blank\">here. <\/a><\/strong>One key: never ever use these things in your ears:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cottonswabs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27186\" alt=\"cottonswabs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cottonswabs.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cottonswabs.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cottonswabs-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Too much time on their hands. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How serious was Hillary&#8217;s concussion? Here&#8217;s the answer in a funny, manipulated (and mercifully short) video.<strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HillaryVideo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27182\" alt=\"HillaryVideo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HillaryVideo.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HillaryVideo.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HillaryVideo-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click <a title=\"Hillary talks about her concussion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maniacworld.com\/flv\/Hillary-Clinton-Talks-About-Her-Concussion.mp4\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0This is the movie to see. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of our truly great actors. Sadly, he&#8217;s no longer with us. This will be his last movie.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AMostWantedMan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27179\" alt=\"AMostWantedMan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AMostWantedMan.jpg\" width=\"503\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AMostWantedMan.jpg 503w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AMostWantedMan-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>You need this:<\/strong><\/span> And I need an invite. Candy Spelling&#8217;s mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles is available for $150 million. It&#8217;s 56,500 square feet, has 123 rooms (including three rooms just for wrapping presents) and parking for 100 cars. Hard to play tennis and then jump in the pool. It&#8217;s a long walk. I&#8217;d suffer it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/spellinghouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27175\" alt=\"spellinghouse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/spellinghouse.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/spellinghouse.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/spellinghouse-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read more on Wikipedia. Click <a title=\"The biggest house in Los Angeles.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Manor_%28Los_Angeles%29\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.<\/strong><\/span> (This is a joke. Read my lips: A <strong>joke.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ A fat girl served me in McDonald&#8217;s at lunchtime.\u00a0 She said &#8216;sorry about the wait&#8217;.\u00a0 I said, &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry, you&#8217;ll find a way to lose it eventually&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ I walked past a black kid sitting at a bus stop as I went into the bank. When I came out, he looked at me and said &#8216;Any Change?&#8217; I said, &#8216;Nope, you&#8217;re still black&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ Years ago it was suggested that an apple a day kept the doctor away. But since all the doctors are now Muslim, I&#8217;ve found that a bacon sandwich works best!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ Japanese scientists have now created a camera with such a fantastic shutter speed that it is now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her mouth closed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">+ I took my Biology exam last Friday.\u00a0 I was asked to name two things commonly found in cells.\u00a0 Apparently &#8220;Blacks&#8221; and &#8220;Mexicans&#8221; were NOT the correct answers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton who&#8217;s worried. His arithmetic has gone haywire. He multiplies when he should divide. He adds columns wrongly. He wires the wrong money. He\u00a0 topped his class in maths and algebra. Now I can&#8217;t calculate my way out of a paperbag. I am convinced this is not ageing, just lack of practice &#8212; though this may be wishful thinking. Oih.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Verizon, AT&amp;T, Comcast and Charter Communications have all done better without me. My problem is I know that industry too well. I see its ginormous potential. I watch its desultory management not fulfilling what I think is an incredible future. (Comcast is the exception. It has real entrepreneurs running the place.) Maybe there&#8217;s a lesson here? How could I miss this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/comcastfiveyears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27193\" alt=\"comcastfiveyears\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/comcastfiveyears.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/comcastfiveyears.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/comcastfiveyears-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dumb me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\n\n  ga('create', 'UA-45200733-1', 'technologyinvestor.com');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mortgage REITs are bouncing back. I&#8217;ve been pushing them since they hit bottom (or at least close to it.) This is a five year chart: Despite the bounce, NLY still yields slightly over 10%. AGNC\u00a0 just reported better earnings and higher book value. Click here. It&#8217;s yielding 10.9%. This is also a five year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}