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Borrowings
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Borrowings [Abstract]  
Borrowings
3.
Borrowings:

  Repurchase Agreements

The Company has entered into repurchase agreements to fund its investments in MBS. As of March 31, 2012, the amount at risk related to $203,576 of repurchase agreements with Credit Suisse Securities USA LLC was $46,460, or 21.01% of the Company's equity, with a weighted-average maturity of 15 days. 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 and $19,995, respectively, or 25.55% and 10.90%  of the Company's equity, respectively, with a weighted-average maturity of 16 and 12 days, respectively. The following tables provide information regarding the Company's outstanding repurchase agreement borrowings as of the dates and for the periods indicated:

 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
Outstanding balance
 $668,618  $647,977 
Value of assets pledged as collateral
        
Agency-backed MBS
  674,379   653,322 
Private-label MBS
  76,553   78,110 
Weighted-average rate
  0.45%  0.49%
Weighted-average term to maturity
 
13.0 days
  
13.1 days
 
          
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2011
 
Weighted-average outstanding balance during the three months ended
 $645,469  $321,850 
Weighted-average rate during the three months ended
  0.42%  0.39%

  Long-Term Debt

As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, 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 3.32% and 3.15% as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. All of these borrowings mature between 2033 and 2035.