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Pareto upgrades - swapping into strictly superior securities within the same issuer - can materially improve portfolio yield without increasing risk. Repeated Pareto upgrades raised yield on invested capital from 8.53% to 11.33% in under two years, demonstrating powerful compounding effects. Current actionable opportunity: ABR-D preferred offers an 18 basis point yield advantage over ABR-E with identical upside to par and risk profile.

AGNC Investment offers high-yield income via agency-backed mortgage securities, but its common shares face persistent book value erosion. I favor AGNC's Series E preferred, yielding 8.75%, for its superior capital preservation and lower risk of dividend impairment versus the common. Recent quarters show AGNC's asset yield at 4.98% and borrowing costs dropping to 3.79%, driving net interest income to a post-2022 high.

AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript