FBR takes $57M loss on securities sale

FBR took a $57 million loss after selling $4.95 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities.
AUG 21, 2007
By  Bloomberg
Friedman Billings Ramsey Group Inc. lost $57 million after selling $4.95 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities. That loss includes $17 million that was part of AOCI (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) as of June 30. The Arlington, Va.-based REIT sold its securities to cut down on leverage and to “better position its balance sheet to take advantage of the future investment opportunities,” FBR said in a statement. The company is left with an agency and a AAA-rated mortgage-backed securities portfolio of $1.2 billion.

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