Robert Cauley | Chairman and CEO |
Hunter Haas | CFO |
Christopher Nolan | Ladenburg Thalmann |
David Walrod | Jones Trading |
Good morning, and welcome to the Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call for Orchid Island Capital. This call is being recorded today, July 27, 2018. At this time, the company would like to remind the listeners that statements made during today's conference call relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, subject to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Listeners are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are based on the information currently available on the management's good faith, belief with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences are described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K.