Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 156,608	$ 114,062
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value		3,437,235	3,675,841
Agency MBS, at fair value		4,362,550	6,514,824
Securitized loans held for investment, at fair value		8,909,037	4,768,416
Accrued interest receivable		84,328	66,247
Other assets		216,790	189,796
Derivatives, at fair value, net		2,153	15,460
Total assets		17,168,701	15,344,646
Liabilities:
Repurchase agreements, MBS ($7.3 billion and $8.8 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		5,817,519	7,439,339
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS ($1.9 billion and $2.1 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		380,715	529,415
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by loans held for investment ($8.9 billion and $4.8 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		7,191,462	3,720,496
Payable for investments purchased		578,499	560,641
Accrued interest payable		49,743	37,432
Dividends payable		90,645	90,097
Accounts payable and other liabilities		15,309	11,404
Derivatives, at fair value		8,009	9,634
Total liabilities	[1]	14,131,901	12,398,458
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 15)
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock: par value $0.01 per share; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		0	0
Common stock: par value $0.01 per share; 300,000,000 shares authorized, 187,729,765 and 187,711,868 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		1,877	1,877
Additional paid-in-capital		3,367,943	3,366,568
Accumulated other comprehensive income		897,703	773,791
Accumulated deficit		(1,230,723)	(1,196,048)
Total stockholders' equity		3,036,800	2,946,188
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$ 17,168,701	$ 15,344,646

[1] The Company's consolidated statements of financial condition include assets of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that can only be used to settle obligations and liabilities of the VIE for which creditors do not have recourse to the primary beneficiary (Chimera Investment Corporation). As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $10,996,318 and $7,031,278, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were $7,599,439 and $4,262,017, respectively. See Note 8 for further discussion.