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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Non-Agency Securities, Trading - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trading securities purchased previously treated as linked transactions		$ 8,940
Repayment at maturity of linked transactions transferred to trading securities		$ 6,408
US treasury securities received in year one and two	$ 50,000
US treasury securities received in year three	$ 30,000
Non-Agency Securities \| Market Based Securities \| Portfolio Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of concentration risk		27.70%	12.87%
Non-Agency Securities \| Market Based Securities Inclusive of Linked Transactions, Forward Contracts \| Portfolio Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of concentration risk			13.50%