Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (“EARN”) is a mortgage REIT that specializes in acquiring, investing in and managing residential mortgage- and real estate-related assets, with a primary focus on residential mortgage-backed securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise. Our primary objective is to generate attractive current yields and risk-adjusted total returns for our shareholders by investing in assets that we believe compensate us appropriately for the risks associated with them.