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Treasury Stock Treasury Stock - Quarterly (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Treasury Stock, Shares [Roll Forward]    
Treasury stock, shares, beginning of period 23,507,656us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares  
Treasury stock, shares, end of period 25,397,576us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares  
Treasury stock, cost, beginning of period $ 79,771us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue  
Shares purchased for minimum tax withholding under the Equity Plan or other similar transactions 2,777us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation 1,919us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
Treasury stock reissued, cost 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueTreasuryStockReissued  
Treasury stock, cost, end of period 89,753us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue  
Treasury Stock    
Treasury Stock, Shares [Roll Forward]    
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation 529,905us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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Treasury stock reissued, shares 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesTreasuryStockReissued
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Purchase of treasury stock, shares 1,360,015cown_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodExcludingAdjustmentsRelatedtoTaxWithholdingforSharebasedCompensation
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Shares purchased for minimum tax withholding under the Equity Plan or other similar transactions 2,777us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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Purchase of treasury stock, cost $ 7,205cown_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodExcludingAdjustmentsRelatedtoTaxWithholdingforSharebasedCompensation
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Treasury stock, average cost per share, beginning of period, in dollars per share $ 3.39cown_TreasuryStockAveragePricePerShare
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Shares purchased for minimum tax withholding under the Equity Plan or other similar transactions, Average Cost Per Share $ 5.24cown_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensationAverageCostPerShare
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Treasury stock reissued, average cost per share, in dollars per share $ 0.00cown_TreasuryStockReissuedAverageCostPerShare
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Purchase of treasury stock, average cost per share, in dollars per share $ 5.30us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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Treasury stock, average cost per share, end of period, in dollars per share $ 3.53cown_TreasuryStockAveragePricePerShare
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