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2012 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000115752312004324 Filed on August 07, 2012

Income Statement

Concept	2012 Q2	2011 Q2
Revenue	-$8.000K	-$77.00K
YoY Change	-89.61%	-100.07%
Cost Of Revenue	$166.4M	$113.3M
YoY Change	46.87%	-59.56%
Gross Profit	-$14.90M	$190.8M
YoY Change	-107.81%	-213.03%
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin	$64.60M	$57.20M
YoY Change	12.94%	37.83%
% of Gross Profit		29.98%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$0.00	$1.000M
YoY Change	-100.0%	0.0%
% of Gross Profit		0.52%
Operating Expenses	$64.60M	$57.20M
YoY Change	12.94%	37.5%
Operating Profit	-$79.50M	$133.6M
YoY Change	-159.51%	-163.5%
Interest Expense	$166.4M	$113.3M
YoY Change	46.88%
% of Operating Profit		84.82%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$734.8M	-$652.9M
YoY Change	12.54%
Pretax Income	-$79.50M	$133.6M
YoY Change	-159.52%	-163.52%
Income Tax	$11.66M	$12.76M
% Of Pretax Income		9.55%
Net Earnings	-$91.16M	$120.8M
YoY Change	-175.45%	-155.37%
Net Earnings / Revenue
Basic Earnings Per Share	-$0.10	$0.14
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$0.10	$0.14
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	974.6M shares	822.6M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	974.6M shares	827.8M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012 Q2	2011 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$924.0M	$402.0M
YoY Change	129.85%	22.56%
Cash & Equivalents	$924.4M	$401.8M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$1.345B	$64.00M
Other Receivables	$420.0M	$386.0M
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.689B	$852.0M
YoY Change	215.61%	14.21%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment
YoY Change
Goodwill	$55.42M
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$125.5B	$99.63B
YoY Change	25.97%	37.08%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets	$125.6B	$99.71B
YoY Change	25.99%	37.03%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.689B	$852.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$125.6B	$99.71B
Total Assets	$128.3B	$100.6B
YoY Change	27.59%	36.8%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses	$175.0M	$123.0M
YoY Change	42.28%	24.24%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$97.87B	$78.89B
YoY Change	24.06%	39.32%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$106.0B	$84.38B
YoY Change	25.59%	36.15%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$1.246B	$600.0M
YoY Change	107.67%	0.0%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$4.802B	$1.606B
YoY Change	199.0%	30.04%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$6.048B	$2.206B
YoY Change	174.16%	20.22%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$106.0B	$84.38B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$6.048B	$2.206B
Total Liabilities	$112.0B	$86.59B
YoY Change	29.37%	35.69%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$2.774B
YoY Change
Common Stock	$9.747M
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$16.28B	$13.93B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$128.3B	$100.6B
YoY Change	27.59%	36.8%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012 Q2	2011 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$91.16M	$120.8M
YoY Change	-175.45%	-155.37%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$0.00	$1.000M
YoY Change	-100.0%	0.0%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$1.305B	-$2.576B
YoY Change	-49.34%	-158.97%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$4.305B	$160.0M
YoY Change	-2790.63%	-104.65%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$4.305B	$160.0M
YoY Change	-2790.63%	-104.65%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid	$540.9M	$503.0M
YoY Change	7.54%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	5.603B	2.461B
YoY Change	127.67%	-263.63%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-1.305B	-2.576B
Cash From Investing Activities	-4.305B	160.0M
Cash From Financing Activities	5.603B	2.461B
Net Change In Cash	-7.000M	45.00M
YoY Change	-115.56%	-107.79%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$1.305B	-$2.576B
Capital Expenditures
Free Cash Flow
YoY Change

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	nly	Net Change In Unrealized Gain Loss On Availableforsale Securities And Interest Rate Swaps Net Of Reclassification Adjustment NetChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAndInterestRateSwapsNetOfReclassificationAdjustment	885189000
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	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	Q2
	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	NLY
	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
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	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-Q
	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2012-06-30
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	817097000
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	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	17.11
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	579468000
	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"> Use of Estimates -</font> The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  All assets classified as trading or available-for-sale and interest rate swaps are reported at their estimated fair value, based on market prices.  The Company’s policy is to obtain fair values from one or more independent sources to compare to internal prices for reasonableness.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.</font></div>
	us-gaap	Interest Income Operating InterestIncomeOperating	1741219000
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	nly	Proceeds From Securities Loaned ProceedsFromSecuritiesLoaned	65859868000
	nly	Payments For Proceeds From Derivative Instrument Operating Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromDerivativeInstrumentOperatingActivities	17460000
	nly	Payments On Debt Investments PaymentsOnDebtInvestments	31840754000
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	nly	Interest Received InterestReceived	2311295000
	nly	Net Proceeds From Direct Purchase And Dividend Reinvestment NetProceedsFromDirectPurchaseAndDividendReinvestment	845000
	nly	Amount Of Dilutive Interest On Convertible Debt Net Of Tax AmountOfDilutiveInterestOnConvertibleDebtNetOfTax	16896000
	nly	Agency Debentures Called AgencyDebenturesCalled	850163000
	nly	Dividend Income From Available For Sale Equity Securities DividendIncomeFromAvailableForSaleEquitySecurities	14142000
	nly	Interest Income Securities Loaned InterestIncomeSecuritiesLoaned	5216000
	nly	Interest Income Securities Mortgage Backed And Agency Debentures InterestIncomeSecuritiesMortgageBackedAndAgencyDebentures	1727188000
	nly	Interest Paid On Repurchase Agreements InterestPaidOnRepurchaseAgreements	253493000
	nly	Interest Expense Securities Borrowed InterestExpenseSecuritiesBorrowed	4158000
	nly	Increase Decrease In Advisory And Service Fees Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAdvisoryAndServiceFeesReceivable	1193000
	nly	Net Proceeds From Issuance Equity Subsequent Offering NetProceedsFromIssuanceEquitySubsequentOffering	-231000
	nly	Net Change In Unrealized Gain Loss On Availableforsale Securities And Interest Rate Swaps Net Of Reclassification Adjustment NetChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAndInterestRateSwapsNetOfReclassificationAdjustment	404332000
	nly	Mortgage Backed Securities Sold Carrying Value MortgageBackedSecuritiesSoldCarryingValue	10900000000
	nly	Proceeds From Debt Investments ProceedsFromDebtInvestments	31097679000
	nly	Proceeds From Direct Purchase And Dividend Reinvestment ProceedsFromDirectPurchaseAndDividendReinvestment	845000
	nly	Proceeds From Principal Collection Of Corporate Debt ProceedsFromPrincipalCollectionOfCorporateDebt	1460000
	nly	Proceeds From Principal Collection Of Mortgage Backed Securities Categorized As Available For Sale ProceedsFromPrincipalCollectionOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesCategorizedAsAvailableForSale	15254031000
	nly	Proceeds From Repurchase Agreements ProceedsFromRepurchaseAgreements	167136997000
	nly	Proceeds From Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer ProceedsFromRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	341038916000
	nly	Proceeds From Reverse Repo From Broker Dealer ProceedsFromReverseRepoFromBrokerDealer	185681953000
	nly	Proceeds From Sale Of Marketable Securities Equity Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfMarketableSecuritiesEquitySecurities	4048000
	nly	Proceeds From Securities Borrowed ProceedsFromSecuritiesBorrowed	19424651000
	nly	Payments On Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer PaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	336809273000
	nly	Payments On Reverse Repo From Broker Dealer PaymentsOnReverseRepoFromBrokerDealer	186831887000
	nly	Payments On Securities Borrowed PaymentsOnSecuritiesBorrowed	19961246000
	nly	Payments On Securities Loaned PaymentsOnSecuritiesLoaned	65551662000
	nly	Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Sale Of Debt Investments Us Treasury Securities RealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnSaleOfDebtInvestmentsUSTreasurySecurities	6361000
	nly	Principal Payments On Repurchase Agreements PrincipalPaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreements	158703728000
	nly	Gain Loss On Realized Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnRealizedInterestRateSwaps	-441342000
	nly	Proceeds From Reverse Repo ProceedsFromReverseRepo	223740000
	nly	Payments On Reverse Repo PaymentsOnReverseRepo	238411000
	nly	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Only Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestOnlyMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	4774000
	nly	Nonoperating Income Expense Pre Derivative Instruments NonoperatingIncomeExpensePreDerivativeInstruments	243092000
	nly	Payments To Acquire Corporate Debt PaymentsToAcquireCorporateDebt	9900000
	nly	Interest Paid Excluding Interest Paid On Interest Rate Swaps InterestPaidExcludingInterestPaidOnInterestRateSwaps	249863000
	nly	Interest Paid Net Interest Rate Derivative InterestPaidNetInterestRateDerivative	441353000
	nly	Dividends Received DividendsReceived	15804000
	nly	Fees Received FeesReceived	41502000
	nly	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Stock Options Conversion Of Preferred Stock And Conversion Of Debt Securities IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToStockOptionsConversionOfPreferredStockAndConversionOfDebtSecurities	79746000	shares
	nly	Common Stock Equity Distribution Agreement Description CommonStockEquityDistributionAgreementDescription	On March 19, 2012, the Company entered into six separate Distribution Agency Agreements (or Distribution Agency Agreements) with each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RCap Securities, Inc. (together, the "Agents").
	nly	Common Stock Equity Distribution Agreement Date CommonStockEquityDistributionAgreementDate	March 19, 2012
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	120817000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	44832000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase InterestExpenseSecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase	4772000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Conversion Of Convertible Securities StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueConversionOfConvertibleSecurities	24000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	540000000
	nly	Gain Loss On Termination Of Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnTerminationOfInterestRateSwaps	-2385000
	nly	Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Sale Of Trading Assets RealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnSaleOfTradingAssets	3976000
	nly	Payments Of Earn Out Obligations PaymentsOfEarnOutObligations	13387000
	nly	Open Tax Years OpenTaxYears	2008, 2009 and 2010
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CY2011Q1	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	86250000	shares
CY2011Q1	nly	Net Proceeds From Follow On Offerings NetProceedsFromFollowOnOfferings	1500000000
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CY2011Q3	nly	Net Proceeds From Follow On Offerings NetProceedsFromFollowOnOfferings	2400000000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	822623370	shares
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	279127	shares
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Derivative Instrument Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromDerivativeInstrumentInvestingActivities	3480000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	2035385000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	160147000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	3555000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	10100000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Other General And Administrative Expense OtherGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	7477000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-2576394000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Employee Benefits And Share Based Compensation EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation	1197000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	12762000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Asset Management Fees AssetManagementFees	20710000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	120817000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	502961000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives	-466943000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest And Dividends Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInterestAndDividendsReceivable	-8027000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Interest Income Securities Us Treasury InterestIncomeSecuritiesUSTreasury	6497000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Cash Received From Exercise Of Stock Options EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions	3700000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.14
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	-192000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	0.65
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	-64740000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	827754731	shares
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Available For Sale Securities PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities	5632236000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	3275000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	572000.0	shares
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	113320000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Interest Expense DebtInstrumentConvertibleInterestExpense	6900000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Interest Income Operating InterestIncomeOperating	957068000
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	1040303000
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment For Sale Of Securities Included In Net Income Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentForSaleOfSecuritiesIncludedInNetIncomeNetOfTax	-7336000
CY2011Q2	nly	Interest Received InterestReceived	1089657000
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CY2011Q2	nly	Amount Of Dilutive Convertible Preferred Stock Dividends AmountOfDilutiveConvertiblePreferredStockDividends	618000
CY2011Q2	nly	Agency Debentures Called AgencyDebenturesCalled	23352000
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CY2011Q2	nly	Interest Income Securities Loaned InterestIncomeSecuritiesLoaned	1868000
CY2011Q2	nly	Interest Income Securities Mortgage Backed And Agency Debentures InterestIncomeSecuritiesMortgageBackedAndAgencyDebentures	948703000
CY2011Q2	nly	Interest Paid On Repurchase Agreements InterestPaidOnRepurchaseAgreements	100164000
CY2011Q2	nly	Interest Expense Securities Borrowed InterestExpenseSecuritiesBorrowed	1484000
CY2011Q2	nly	Increase Decrease In Advisory And Service Fees Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAdvisoryAndServiceFeesReceivable	3035000
CY2011Q2	nly	Net Change In Unrealized Gain Loss On Availableforsale Securities And Interest Rate Swaps Net Of Reclassification Adjustment NetChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAndInterestRateSwapsNetOfReclassificationAdjustment	1040303000
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CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Direct Purchase And Dividend Reinvestment ProceedsFromDirectPurchaseAndDividendReinvestment	454564000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Principal Collection Of Corporate Debt ProceedsFromPrincipalCollectionOfCorporateDebt	687000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Principal Collection Of Mortgage Backed Securities Categorized As Available For Sale ProceedsFromPrincipalCollectionOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesCategorizedAsAvailableForSale	3804919000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Repurchase Agreements ProceedsFromRepurchaseAgreements	62388848000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer ProceedsFromRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	260778820000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Reverse Repo From Broker Dealer ProceedsFromReverseRepoFromBrokerDealer	48545230000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Securities Borrowed ProceedsFromSecuritiesBorrowed	1459729000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Securities Loaned ProceedsFromSecuritiesLoaned	1328957000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments For Proceeds From Derivative Instrument Operating Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromDerivativeInstrumentOperatingActivities	1803000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments On Debt Investments PaymentsOnDebtInvestments	4691219000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments On Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer PaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	264821370000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments On Reverse Repo From Broker Dealer PaymentsOnReverseRepoFromBrokerDealer	47785998000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments On Securities Borrowed PaymentsOnSecuritiesBorrowed	1610944000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments On Securities Loaned PaymentsOnSecuritiesLoaned	1241479000
CY2011Q2	nly	Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Sale Of Debt Investments Us Treasury Securities RealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnSaleOfDebtInvestmentsUSTreasurySecurities	-5712000
CY2011Q2	nly	Principal Payments On Repurchase Agreements PrincipalPaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreements	59883047000
CY2011Q2	nly	Gain Loss On Realized Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnRealizedInterestRateSwaps	-216760000
CY2011Q2	nly	Proceeds From Reverse Repo ProceedsFromReverseRepo	7045000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments On Reverse Repo PaymentsOnReverseRepo	12073000
CY2011Q2	nly	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Only Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestOnlyMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	276000
CY2011Q2	nly	Nonoperating Income Expense Pre Derivative Instruments NonoperatingIncomeExpensePreDerivativeInstruments	30763000
CY2011Q2	nly	Payments To Acquire Corporate Debt PaymentsToAcquireCorporateDebt	7425000
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CY2011Q2	nly	Interest Paid Net Interest Rate Derivative InterestPaidNetInterestRateDerivative	215005000
CY2011Q2	nly	Dividends Received DividendsReceived	7338000
CY2011Q2	nly	Fees Received FeesReceived	17675000
CY2011Q2	nly	Stock Issued During Period Shares Direct Purchase And Dividend Reinvestment Plan StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesDirectPurchaseAndDividendReinvestmentPlan	26090380	shares
CY2011Q2	nly	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Stock Options Conversion Of Preferred Stock And Conversion Of Debt Securities IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToStockOptionsConversionOfPreferredStockAndConversionOfDebtSecurities	5132000	shares
CY2011Q2	nly	Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Sale Of Trading Assets RealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnSaleOfTradingAssets	-5712000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	3549000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	974555392	shares
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	268000	shares
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	5145156000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-4305480000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	5602775000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums Investments AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsInvestments	-302769000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Equity Component Of Convertible Debt AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalEquityComponentOfConvertibleDebt	11717000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sales Of Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs GainLossOnSalesOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	94800000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Employee Benefits And Share Based Compensation EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation	1011000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase InterestExpenseSecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase	5801000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	11656000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Asset Management Fees AssetManagementFees	21929000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-91159000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	-734836000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Preferred Stock And Preference Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock	290514000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest And Dividends Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInterestAndDividendsReceivable	1562000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Interest Income Securities Us Treasury InterestIncomeSecuritiesUSTreasury	7397000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Cash Received From Exercise Of Stock Options EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions	3500000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	633000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	36926000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	-8072000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	45711000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Interest Income Expense Net InterestIncomeExpenseNet	719881000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Amortization Of Debt Discount Premium AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium	6232000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Available For Sale Securities PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities	18020975000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	7766000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	5800000	shares
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	1838000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Labor And Related Expense LaborAndRelatedExpense	53536000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	166443000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	-97667000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Convertible Interest Expense DebtInstrumentConvertibleInterestExpense	18965000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	741727000
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Interest Income Operating InterestIncomeOperating	886324000
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Dividends And Other Adjustments PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments	6508000
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CY2012Q2	nly	Payments On Securities Borrowed PaymentsOnSecuritiesBorrowed	13084242000
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CY2012Q2	nly	Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Sale Of Debt Investments Us Treasury Securities RealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnSaleOfDebtInvestmentsUSTreasurySecurities	1105000
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CY2012Q2	nly	Proceeds From Reverse Repo ProceedsFromReverseRepo	129848000
CY2012Q2	nly	Payments On Reverse Repo PaymentsOnReverseRepo	145820000
CY2012Q2	nly	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Only Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestOnlyMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	-26103000
CY2012Q2	nly	Nonoperating Income Expense Pre Derivative Instruments NonoperatingIncomeExpensePreDerivativeInstruments	98381000
CY2012Q2	nly	Payments To Acquire Corporate Debt PaymentsToAcquireCorporateDebt	9900000
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CY2012Q2	nly	Dividends Received DividendsReceived	7521000
CY2012Q2	nly	Fees Received FeesReceived	20794000
CY2012Q2	nly	Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Sale Of Trading Assets RealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnSaleOfTradingAssets	1105000

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