CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 165,728	$ 385,741
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value (net of allowance for credit losses of $453 thousand and $213 thousand, respectively)		1,458,887	1,810,208
Agency RMBS, at fair value		74,104	60,487
Agency CMBS, at fair value		503,231	761,208
Loans held for investment, at fair value		12,905,280	12,261,926
Accrued interest receivable		72,418	69,513
Other assets		61,531	58,320
Total assets	[1]	15,241,179	15,407,403
Liabilities:
Secured financing agreements ($4.5 billion and $4.4 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		3,424,405	3,261,613
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS ($337 million and $365 million pledged as collateral, respectively)		84,188	87,999
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment ($11.4 billion and $11.0 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		8,010,170	7,726,043
Payable for investments purchased		259,796	477,415
Accrued interest payable		21,422	20,416
Dividends payable		86,560	86,152
Accounts payable and other liabilities		17,910	11,574
Total liabilities	[1]	11,904,451	11,671,212
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 15)
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock: par value $0.01 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 232,190,087 and 187,226,081 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		2,370	2,370
Additional paid-in-capital		4,360,340	4,359,045
Accumulated other comprehensive income		364,099	405,054
Cumulative earnings		4,289,214	4,552,008
Cumulative distributions to stockholders		(5,679,667)	(5,582,658)
Total stockholders' equity		3,336,728	3,736,191
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		15,241,179	15,407,403
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, or 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, 2022, and December 31, 2021, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $11,025,170 and $10,666,591, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were $7,564,121 and $7,223,655, respectively. See Note 9 for further discussion.