AGNC (AGNC) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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• 68% unencumbered capacity gives ability to raise leverage once spread range confidence and election volatility pass

  80% confidence

• Basel III endgame resolution is expected to be delayed from late Q3

  80% confidence

• Consumer credit is divided with lower income pressure but no significant distress

  80% confidence

• Federal Reserve projects 250 basis points decline in fed funds rate by end of 2026

  80% confidence

• Election volatility is expected through November with defensive positioning via delta hedging

  80% confidence

• Servicing capacity is not an issue for mortgage refinancing

  80% confidence

• Net spread and dollar roll income has been well over the dividend for a couple of years and is not a driver of dividend policy

  80% confidence

• Agency MBS supply is expected to increase modestly with lower rates

  80% confidence

• Production coupons offer the best long-run risk-adjusted returns

  80% confidence

• Recent refinancing wave was short-lived and response was less aggressive than during COVID for the same incentive

  80% confidence

• The investment environment is promising and durable, characterized by mortgage spreads materially wider than historical norms, declining interest-rate volatility, and emerging accommodative monetary policy

  80% confidence

• The likely scenario is that primary mortgage rates stay above 6.5% for an extended period

  80% confidence