Ellington Financial acquires and manages mortgage-related, consumer-related, corporate-related, and other financial assets. Co.'s targeted asset classes include investments in the U.S. and Europe (as applicable) in the following categories: residential mortgage loans, including mortgage loans that are not deemed to be qualified mortgage loans under the rules of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, residential transition loans and non-performing and re-performing residential mortgage loans; residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS); and RMBS backed by U.S. residential mortgage loans and RMBS backed by European residential mortgage loans.