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To Be Announced RMBS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
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 June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:
|  | As of
|  | June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
|  | (In thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |
TBA securities, at fair value (Current principal: $306,847 and $118,806, respectively) |  | $ | 317,013 |  |  | $ | 123,680 |
Receivable for securities sold relating to unsettled TBA sales |  | 617,433 |  |  | 460,666 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |
TBA securities sold short, at fair value (Current principal: -$608,800 and -$442,197, respectively) |  | $ | (618,665 | ) |  | $ | (460,189 | )
Payable for securities purchased relating to unsettled TBA purchases |  | (317,088 | ) |  | (123,918 | )
Net short TBA securities, at fair value |  | (301,652 | ) |  | (336,509 | )

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