http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2008-08-11T19:23:47Z TradeKing Trader Network tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-08-11:Blog/11282 2008-08-11T19:23:48Z 2008-08-11T19:23:47Z k-man

Both AFN and DFR announced their 2Q results with different reactions from the market.  Overall, I believe both companies are in decent shape, but the fundamentals are differing by a wide margi...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-07-25:Blog/10779 2008-07-25T16:58:29Z 2008-07-25T16:58:29Z k-man

With Alesco Financial (AFN) set to report earnings in less than two weeks, many are wondering what's going on with mortgage REITs that appear to have no problems with liquidity.  AFN is one su...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-05-06:Blog/8436 2008-05-08T09:53:47Z 2008-05-06T17:55:14Z k-man

AFN announced their 1Q earnings after market close today.  In summary, everything was as expected by investors and analysts.SFAS 159 created a positive shareholder equity of $43.48/share as op...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-04-18:Blog/7717 2008-05-01T13:31:15Z 2008-04-18T20:51:04Z k-man

As posted in a previous trade note, I bought another 100 shares of AFN, anticipating that the Q1 earnings due in early May will be very positive.  Investors should closely watch this one for t...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-20:Blog/6626 2008-04-29T04:30:14Z 2008-03-20T14:23:23Z k-man

But there is still a glimmer of hope long term.  Analysts are mixed about the end of the writedowns in the financial sector and the Fed is trying to increase long-term liquidity in credit mark...