CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 261,491	$ 109,878
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value (net of allowance for credit losses of $6 million and $0 million, respectively)		2,174,400	2,614,408
Agency RMBS, at fair value		105,644	6,490,293
Agency CMBS, at fair value		2,832,716	2,850,717
Loans held for investment, at fair value		13,306,818	14,292,815
Receivable for investments sold		0	446,225
Accrued interest receivable		93,343	116,423
Other assets		467,451	194,301
Derivatives, at fair value, net		0	3,611
Total assets	[1]	19,241,863	27,118,671
Liabilities:
Repurchase agreements ($8.8 billion and $15.4 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		7,146,996	13,427,545
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS ($522 million and $598 million pledged as collateral, respectively)		128,683	133,557
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by loans held for investment ($11.9 billion and $12.1 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		7,864,196	8,179,608
Payable for investments purchased		699,164	1,256,337
Accrued interest payable		45,709	63,600
Dividends payable		98,434	98,568
Accounts payable and other liabilities		14,827	6,163
Total liabilities	[1]	15,998,009	23,165,378
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 15)
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock: par value $0.01 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 185,860,307 and 187,226,081 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		1,860	1,873
Additional paid-in-capital		4,255,054	4,275,963
Accumulated other comprehensive income		502,491	708,336
Cumulative earnings		3,422,285	3,793,040
Cumulative distributions to stockholders		(4,938,208)	(4,826,291)
Total stockholders' equity		3,243,854	3,953,293
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		19,241,863	27,118,671
Series A Preferred Stock
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized:		58	58
Series B Preferred Stock
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized:		130	130
Series C Preferred Stock
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized:		104	104
Series D Preferred Stock
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized:		$ 80	$ 80

[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 March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $12,334,195 and $12,544,744, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were$7,777,605 and $8,064,235, respectively. See Note 8 for further discussion.