"The Nasdaq isn't going to hit 5000 any time soon, " said Mark Lehmann, president of JMP Securities.

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Steve DeLaney of JMP Securities says REITs can borrow against 95% to 97% of a government-backed mortgage security's value in the repo market.

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An analyst over at JMP Securities did the same thing for Apple Wednesday, trimming its rating to Market Perform, and the stock fell 3.6%.

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