Harold Schwartz | Senior Vice President of General Counsel and Secretary |
Craig Knutson | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Stephen Yarad | Chief Financial Officer |
Gudmundur Kristjansson | Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer |
Bryan Wulfsohn | Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer |
Joshua Bolton | Credit Suisse |
Eric Hagen | Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc. |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the MFA Financial, Incorporated Second Quarter Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
I'd now like to turn the conference over to our host, Hal Schwartz.