Wells Fargo Downgrades Annaly Capital Management (NLY) to Market Perform; A Bellweather, But Now Prefer Hatteras (HTS)

Wells Fargo downgraded Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) from Outperform to Market Perform with a price target range $16-17 from $16-18.

Wells analyst says, "We are downgrading shares of NLY as we believe NLY’s longer duration portfolio creates potential risks with rising longer term rates, a potentially expanded HARP 2.0, and if the Federal Reserve institutes QE3. We find NLY’s approximate 13% yield attractive but believe that Hatteras Financial's (NYSE: HTS) 12% yield on a risk/return basis is more appealing."

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Shares of Annaly Capital Management closed at $16.60 yesterday.

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