Ellington Financial Inc. Common Stock (EFC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Ellington Financial second quarter 2026 earnings call. Today's call is being recorded and at this time all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode. The floor will be open for your questions following the presentation. If you would like to ask a question during that time, simply press star then the number one on your telephone. If at any time your question has been answered, you may remove yourself from the queue by pressing star two. And lastly, if you should require operator assistance, please press star zero. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Ala-Deen Shilleh, Associate General Counsel and Secretary. Please go ahead, Mr. Shilleh. Thank you. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that this conference call may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not historical in nature and involve risks and uncertainties detailed in our annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC. Actual results may differ materially from these statements, so they should not be considered to be predictions of future events. The company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Joining me today are Larry Penn, Chief Executive Officer of Ellington Financial, Mark Tecotzky, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and J.R. Herlihy, Chief Financial Officer. Our second quarter earnings conference call presentation is available on our website, ellingtonfinancial.com. Today's call will track that presentation, and all statements and references to figures are qualified by the important notice and endnotes in the presentation. With that, I'll hand it over to Larry. Thanks, Ala-Deen. Good morning...