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INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $) | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
INCOME TAXES [Abstract] |  |  |
Annual distribution minimum (in hundredths) | 90.00% |  |
Ordinary dividends declared and paid |  | $ 3,003,030 | $ 2,993,623
Federal excise tax (in hundredths) |  | 4.00% |
Minimum distribution to avoid excise tax (in hundredths) |  | 98.00% |
Investment company ordinary taxable income, Maximum (in hundredths) |  | 100.00% | 100.00%
Federal tax rate (in hundredths) | 35.00% |  |
Net long term unrealized capital gains, tax basis |  | 3,568,376 | 70,221,589
Net long-term capital gains, book basis |  | 4,465,088 | 70,325,930
Reduction in the gain on the sale of a business |  |  | 4,217,985
Long term capital gains federal taxes |  | $ 1,248,932 | $ 24,577,557
Period expected to maintain regulated investment company status | longer than one year |  |

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