On 8/27/14, AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc's 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: MITT.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 9/17/14. As a percentage of MITT.PRB's recent share price of $24.70, this dividend works out to approximately 2.02%, so look for shares of MITT.PRB to trade 2.02% lower - all else being equal - when MITT.PRB shares open for trading on 8/27/14. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 8.10%, which compares to an average yield of 6.88% in the "Real Estate" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . The chart below shows the one year performance of MITT.PRB shares, versus MITT:

Below is a dividend history chart for MITT.PRB, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.50 on AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc's 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock:

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc (Symbol: MITT) makes up 1.04% of the Guggenheim Insider Sentiment ETF ( NFO ) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Monday.
In Monday trading, AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc's 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: MITT.PRB) is currently trading flat on the day, while the common shares (Symbol: MITT) are trading flat.
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