Operator Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Ellington financial first quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time all participants have been placed in listen only mode. Before we open for your questions following the presentation, if you would like to ask a question question during this time, simply press star one on your telephone keypad. If at any time during your during the question has been answered, you may remove yourself from the queue by pressing the pound key. Lastly, if you should require operator assistance, please press star zero. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Jason Frank, deputy general counsel and Secretary. Sure you may begin.