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Financial Highlights (Expense Ratios To Average Equity) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Financial Highlights [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating expenses before incentive fee, interest expense, and other investment related expenses | (2.80%)efc_RatioOfOperatingExpensesBeforeIncentiveFeeAndInterestExpenseToAverageEquity | [1] | (2.74%)efc_RatioOfOperatingExpensesBeforeIncentiveFeeAndInterestExpenseToAverageEquity | [1] | (2.94%)efc_RatioOfOperatingExpensesBeforeIncentiveFeeAndInterestExpenseToAverageEquity | [1]
Ratio Of Incentive Fee To Average Equity | (0.21%)efc_RatioOfIncentiveFeeToAverageEquity | [1] | (1.42%)efc_RatioOfIncentiveFeeToAverageEquity | [1] | (4.43%)efc_RatioOfIncentiveFeeToAverageEquity | [1]
Interest expense and other investment related expenses | (2.14%)efc_RatioOfInterestandotherinvestmentrelatedExpensesToAverageEquity | [1] | (1.95%)efc_RatioOfInterestandotherinvestmentrelatedExpensesToAverageEquity | [1] | (1.80%)efc_RatioOfInterestandotherinvestmentrelatedExpensesToAverageEquity | [1]
Total Expenses | (5.15%)efc_RatioOfTotalExpenseToAverageEquity | [1] | (6.11%)efc_RatioOfTotalExpenseToAverageEquity | [1] | (9.17%)efc_RatioOfTotalExpenseToAverageEquity | [1]
[1] | Average equity is calculated using month end values.

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