CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 264,600	$ 385,741
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value (net of allowance for credit losses of $7 million and $213 thousand, respectively)		1,147,481	1,810,208
Agency RMBS, at fair value		15,148	60,487
Agency CMBS, at fair value		415,796	761,208
Loans held for investment, at fair value		11,359,236	12,261,926
Accrued interest receivable		61,768	69,513
Other assets		133,866	58,320
Derivatives, at fair value		4,096	0
Total assets	[1]	13,401,991	15,407,403
Liabilities:
Secured financing agreements		3,434,765	3,261,613
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS ($276 million and $365 million pledged as collateral, respectively)		78,542	87,999
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment ($10.0 billion and $11.0 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		7,100,742	7,726,043
Payable for investments purchased		9,282	477,415
Accrued interest payable		30,696	20,416
Dividends payable		64,545	86,152
Accounts payable and other liabilities		16,616	11,574
Total liabilities	[1]	10,735,188	11,671,212
Commitments and Contingencies
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		2,318	2,370
Additional paid-in-capital		4,318,388	4,359,045
Accumulated other comprehensive income		229,345	405,054
Cumulative earnings		4,038,942	4,552,008
Cumulative distributions to stockholders		(5,922,562)	(5,582,658)
Total stockholders' equity		2,666,803	3,736,191
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		13,401,991	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 December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $10,199,266 and $10,666,591, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were $6,772,125 and $7,223,655, respectively. See Note 9 for further discussion.