INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Facility shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Facility Issuer shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Issuer
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Purchase of investment			$ 2,687,000
Unrealized (gain) loss on trading securities			42,000
RAI [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Purchase of investment			2,687,000	$ 1,318,000
Gain (loss) on sale of investments	$ 22,000	$ 870,000	28,000	987,000
Unrealized (gain) loss on trading securities	$ 22,000	$ 192,000	$ 42,000	120,000
CLO securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of CDO issuers that represent the retained equity interest | Issuer			15		12
Equity securities [Member] | TBBK [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of shares held (in shares) | shares	18,972		18,972
Number of Secured Corporate Credit Facilities | Facility	1		1
Equity securities [Member] | RREDX [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of shares held (in shares) | shares	10,808		10,808
Purchase of investment				$ 109,000
Equity securities [Member] | Resource Credit Income Fund [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Purchase of investment			$ 215,000
Equity securities [Member] | RRE Global Opportunity Fund [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Purchase of investment			$ 677,400
Purchase of investment, number of units | shares			749,976