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To Be Announced RMBS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
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 September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
|  | As of
|  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Assets: |  | (In thousands)
TBA securities, at fair value (Current principal: $115,303 and $67,720, respectively) |  | $ | 121,009 |  |  | $ | 70,525 |
Receivable for securities sold relating to unsettled TBA sales |  | 471,626 |  |  | 406,708 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |
TBA securities sold short, at fair value (Current principal: -$447,590 and -$384,155, respectively) |  | $ | (470,487 | ) |  | $ | (404,728 | )
Payable for securities purchased relating to unsettled TBA purchases |  | (121,353 | ) |  | (70,347 | )
Net short TBA securities, at fair value |  | (349,478 | ) |  | (334,203 | )

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