Exhibit 32.2

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION

1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

SUITE 2902

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002, 10 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the annual report on Form 10-K of Chimera Investment Corporation (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2009 to be filed, I, A. Alexandra Denahan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates of, and for the periods covered by, the Report.

It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

/s/ A. Alexandra Denahan

A. Alexandra Denahan

Chief Financial Officer

February 25, 2010