founded in 2008, agnc investment corp. (nasdaq: agnc) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that invests primarily in residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by a u.s. government agency or a u.s. government-sponsored entity on a leveraged basis. agnc’s principal investment objective is to provide our stockholders with attractive risk-adjusted returns through a combination of monthly dividends and net asset value accretion. as of march 31, 2018, agnc had a market capitalization of $7.4 billion and total assets of $69.2 billion. agnc is the largest internally-managed residential mortgage reit and one of only three residential mortgage reits with a market cap over $5 billion. agnc is headquartered in bethesda, maryland. our affiliates: mtge investment corp. (nasdaq: mtge) is a real estate investment trust that invests in agency and non-agency mortgage backed securities, other mortgage-related investments and healthcare-related real estate investments. mtge is ext