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To Be Announced RMBS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
To Be Announced RMBS [Abstract] |
To Be Announced RMBS [Table Text Block] | The below table details TBA assets, liabilities, and the respective related payables and receivables as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
|  | As of
|  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Assets: |  | (In thousands)
TBA securities, at fair value (Current principal: $71,598 and $101,150, respectively) |  | $ | 72,410 |  |  | $ | 96,856 |
Receivable for securities sold relating to unsettled TBA sales |  | 1,205,779 |  |  | 813,933 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |
TBA securities sold short, at fair value (Current principal: -$1,135,218 and -$784,888, respectively) |  | $ | (1,209,539 | ) |  | $ | (811,957 | )
Payable for securities purchased relating to unsettled TBA purchases |  | (71,832 | ) |  | (96,762 | )
Net short TBA securities, at fair value |  | (1,137,129 | ) |  | (715,101 | )

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