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Common and Preferred Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Common and Preferred Shares [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Per Common Share [Table Text Block] | Of the total dividends calculated for tax purposes, the amounts characterized as ordinary income, return of capital and long-term capital gain for cash dividends paid per common share for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
| 2015 |  | 2014
Taxable ordinary income | $ | 3.0674 |  |  | $ | 3.0364 |
Return of capital | 0.5451 |  |  | 0.3619 |
Long-term capital gain | — |  |  | — |
Unrecaptured Sec. 1250 Gain | — |  |  | — |
Totals | $ | 3.6125 |  |  | $ | 3.3983 |

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