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Valuation (Schedule Of Financial Instruments) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- $ 43,567 $ 48,504
Fair value 40,994 [1] 13,650 [1]
Investments sold short at fair value- (860,128) (622,301)
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (33,457) (15,212)
Level 1 [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents 186,737 59,084
Total investments, financial derivatives-assets at fair value, and repurchase agreements 976 0
Total investments sold short, financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value, and securitized debt (1) (70)
Level 1 [Member] | Investments Sold Short [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments sold short at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (1) (70)
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Corporate Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0  
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (1) (70)
Level 1 [Member] | Securitized Debt [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Securitized debt 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Investments [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Investments [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0  
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 976 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0 0
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0  
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0  
Level 1 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 976  
Level 1 [Member] | Repurchase Agreements [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Fair value 0 0
Level 2 [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents 0 0
Total investments, financial derivatives-assets at fair value, and repurchase agreements 1,135,244 837,356
Total investments sold short, financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value, and securitized debt (893,265) (637,442)
Level 2 [Member] | Investments Sold Short [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments sold short at fair value- (860,128) (622,301)
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (33,137) (15,141)
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Corporate Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (9,679) (484)
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (19,310) (13,468)
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (4,122) (1,124)
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (22) (65)
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (4)  
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Securitized Debt [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Securitized debt 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Investments [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 1,069,274 811,233
Level 2 [Member] | Investments [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 1,069,274 811,233
Level 2 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 0  
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 24,976 12,473
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 9,184 12,468
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0 0
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 15,773 5
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 15  
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 4  
Level 2 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0  
Level 2 [Member] | Repurchase Agreements [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Fair value 40,994 13,650
Level 3 [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents 0 0
Total investments, financial derivatives-assets at fair value, and repurchase agreements 800,092 599,914
Total investments sold short, financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value, and securitized debt (1,357) (1,336)
Level 3 [Member] | Investments Sold Short [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments sold short at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (319) (1)
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Corporate Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (319) (1)
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0  
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Securitized Debt [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Securitized debt (1,038) (1,335)
Level 3 [Member] | Investments [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 782,477 563,883
Level 3 [Member] | Investments [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 37,033 6,644
Level 3 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 651,982 528,366
Level 3 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 33,271 19,327
Level 3 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 14,936 9,546
Level 3 [Member] | Investments [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 45,255  
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 17,615 36,031
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 17,615 36,031
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0 0
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0  
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0  
Level 3 [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 0  
Level 3 [Member] | Repurchase Agreements [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Fair value 0 0
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents 186,737 59,084
Total investments, financial derivatives-assets at fair value, and repurchase agreements 1,936,312 1,437,270
Total investments sold short, financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value, and securitized debt (894,623) (638,848)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments Sold Short [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments sold short at fair value- (860,128) (622,301)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (33,457) (15,212)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Corporate Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (9,679) (484)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (19,310) (13,468)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (319) (1)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (4,122) (1,124)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (22) (65)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (4)  
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Liabilities [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-liabilities at fair value- (1) (70)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Securitized Debt [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Securitized debt (1,038) (1,335)
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 1,851,751 1,375,116
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments [Member] | U.S. Treasury And Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 1,106,307 817,877
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 651,982 528,366
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments [Member] | Private Label Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 33,271 19,327
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 14,936 9,546
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Investments [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Investments at fair value- 45,255  
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 43,567 48,504
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Indices [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 9,184 12,468
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Credit Default Swaps On Asset Backed Securities [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 17,615 36,031
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 15,773 5
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Total Return Swaps [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 15  
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Put Option [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 4  
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Financial Derivatives - Assets [Member] | Futures [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Financial derivatives-assets at fair value- 976  
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Repurchase Agreements [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Fair value 40,994 13,650
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
   
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Transfers of financial instruments between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 $ 0 $ 0
[1] In the Company's Consolidated Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Equity, all balances associated with the repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, and derivatives transactions are presented on a gross basis.