Hal Schwartz | Investor Relations |
Craig Knutson | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Steve Yarad | Chief Financial Officer |
Gudmundur Kristjansson | Co-Chief Investment Officer |
Bryan Wulfsohn | Co-Chief Investment Officer |
Bose George | KBW |
Steve Delaney | JMP Securities |
Doug Harter | Credit Suisse |
Eric Hagen | BTIG |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to MFA Financial announces Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today’s conference is being recorded. And I will now turn the conference over to our host, Mr. Hal Schwartz. Please go ahead, sir.