Blackstone Mortgage Trust: Attractive Valuation After Q4 2025 Earnings

With the S&P 500 down year-to-date after three consecutive years of strong gains, investors are rotating out of expensive megacaps into smaller value stocks. Against this backdrop, shares in Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (I ventured into investing in high school in 2011, mainly in REITs, preferred stocks, and high-yield bonds, starting a fascination with markets and the economy that has not faded despite the years. More recently I have been combining long stock positions with covered calls and cash secure ...