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Borrowings
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Borrowings [Abstract]  
Borrowings
Note 4. Borrowings:
 
Repurchase Agreements
 
The Company has entered into repurchase agreements to fund its investments in MBS. As of December 31, 2011, the amount at risk related to $177,402 and $219,737 of repurchase agreements with Credit Suisse Securities USA LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., respectively, was $46,848 or 25.55% and $19,995 or 10.90%, respectively, of the Company's equity with a weighted average maturity of 16 and 12 days, respectively. As of December 31, 2010, the amount at risk related to $19,852 of repurchase agreements with Credit Suisse Securities USA LLC was $31,943, or 14.74% of the Company's equity with a weighted average maturity of 35 days. The following tables provide information regarding the Company's outstanding repurchase agreement borrowings as of the dates and periods indicated:

   
December 31,
 
   
2011
  
2010
 
Outstanding balance
 $647,977  $190,220 
Value of assets pledged as collateral
        
Agency-backed MBS
  653,322   174,055 
Private-label MBS
  78,110   59,830 
Cash
  -   1,300 
Weighted-average rate
  0.49%  0.53%
Weighted-average term to maturity
 
13.1 days
  
15.4 days
 
Weighted-average outstanding balance during the year ended
 $559,086  $157,968 
Weighted-average rate during the year ended
  0.36%  0.37%
 
Long-Term Debt
 
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had $15,000 of outstanding long-term debentures. The long-term debentures accrue and require payments of interest quarterly at an annual rate of three-month LIBOR plus 2.25% to 3.00%. The weighted average interest rate on these long-term debentures was 3.15% and 3.04% as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. All of these borrowings mature between 2033 and 2035. The Company extinguished $236,689 of this long-term debt at a gain of $160,435 during 2009. There were no extinguishments of long-term debt during the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.