Monday, March 3, 2008

Thornburg Getting Crushed...

Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) getting slammed, after company reported it's been hit with another wave of margin calls, worth about $270M, and is having trouble meeting them, seeing as it just met $300M worth of calls in February. "To date, we have not met the substantial majority of the most recent margins calls," company says in SEC filing.

TMA says it's working to meet the calls by either selling portfolio securities or raising debt or equity capital. Margin calls have been triggered by declines in the value of securities backed by Alt-A mortgage loans, company says. TMA down 54% at $4.12 on heavy volume.

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