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Value of input used to measure real estate owned by financial institution by financial institution which is not directly related to its business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258

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The amount of excess fair value of investments over it's cost.

No definition available.

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Number Of Investments Held By Fund during the year.

No definition available.

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This element represents the real estate assets related to the fund

No definition available.

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