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The unpaid principal balance of underlying loans.

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Weighted average of all coupon rates for each asset type.

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Weighted Average Delinquency

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Weighted average expected timing of the receipt of expected cash flows for this investment.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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