Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> May 29, 2012

Steep Yield Curve and Low Financing Costs for Mortgage REITs

Daniel Furtado is an Equity Analyst at Jefferies & Company, Inc., covering the specialty finance industry. He has more than 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, spread across equity research and commercial bank lending. Mr. Furtado joined Jefferies & Company, Inc., in April 2007. Prior to that, he worked on the specialty finance research team at FBR Capital Markets & Co. as a Senior Research Associate. He received a B.S. and a B.A. from the University of Arizona in finance and East Asian studies, respectively. Mr. Furtado holds an MBA from Georgetown University.  Profile
TWST: Please start with an overview of your coverage universe.

Mr. Furtado: I'm a specialty finance equity Analyst, which generally means nonbank lending institutions, although