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2016 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000115752316007257 Filed on November 04, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2016 Q4	2016 Q3	2015 Q3
Revenue	$2.089B	$928.3M	-$468.1M
YoY Change	147.93%	-298.31%	-187.4%
Cost Of Revenue	$183.4M	$174.2M	$110.3M
YoY Change	54.38%	57.93%	-13.22%
Gross Profit	$1.905B	$754.1M	-$578.4M
YoY Change	163.29%	-230.38%	-241.56%
Gross Profit Margin	91.22%	81.23%
Selling, General & Admin	$55.50M	$97.70M	$49.50M
YoY Change	16.11%	97.37%	-3.51%
% of Gross Profit	2.91%	12.96%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$8.000M	$8.000M	$3.100M
YoY Change	33.33%	158.06%	675.0%
% of Gross Profit	0.42%	1.06%
Operating Expenses	$55.40M	$97.70M	$49.50M
YoY Change	15.9%	97.37%	-3.51%
Operating Profit	$1.850B	$656.4M	-$627.9M
YoY Change	173.72%	-204.54%	-275.73%
Interest Expense	$183.4M	$174.2M	$110.3M
YoY Change	54.36%	57.9%	-13.2%
% of Operating Profit	9.91%	26.53%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$30.92M	$29.27M	-$9.675M
YoY Change	-395.95%	-402.54%	-2.14%
Pretax Income	$1.850B	$729.0M	-$627.9M
YoY Change	173.73%	-216.1%	-275.75%
Income Tax	$1.244M	-$1.926M	-$370.0K
% Of Pretax Income	0.07%	-0.26%
Net Earnings	$1.848B	$731.2M	-$627.5M
YoY Change	176.03%	-216.53%	-276.83%
Net Earnings / Revenue	88.5%	78.77%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.79	$0.70	-$0.68
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.79	$0.70	-$0.68
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	1.019B shares	1.008B shares	947.8M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		1.008B shares	947.8M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2016 Q4	2016 Q3	2015 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$1.540B	$2.382B	$2.237B
YoY Change	-12.95%	6.48%	89.74%
Cash & Equivalents	$1.540B	$2.382B	$2.237B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$51.00M	$494.0M	$132.0M
Other Receivables	$271.0M	$260.0M	$228.0M
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.862B	$3.136B	$2.597B
YoY Change	-12.25%	20.75%	11.46%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$475.0M	$500.0M	$301.0M
YoY Change	-11.38%	66.11%	306.76%
Goodwill	$71.82M	$71.82M	$71.82M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	-24.23%
Intangibles	$34.18M	$39.90M
YoY Change	-11.29%
Long-Term Investments	$84.43B	$82.20B	$71.66B
YoY Change	17.3%	14.71%	-15.32%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets	$86.04B	$83.77B	$72.74B
YoY Change	17.76%	15.17%	-14.48%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.862B	$3.136B	$2.597B
Total Long-Term Assets	$86.04B	$83.77B	$72.74B
Total Assets	$87.91B	$86.91B	$75.34B
YoY Change	16.91%	15.36%	-13.79%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses	$163.0M	$173.0M	$146.0M
YoY Change	7.24%	18.49%	-18.89%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$65.22B	$61.78B	$56.45B
YoY Change	15.98%	9.45%	-18.91%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$65.75B	$62.68B	$57.62B
YoY Change	15.82%	8.77%	-20.22%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$7.865B	$7.858B	$3.093B
YoY Change	66.14%	154.06%	168.02%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$1.715B	$3.109B	$2.337B
YoY Change	-3.71%	33.03%	161.41%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$9.580B	$10.97B	$5.430B
YoY Change	47.05%	101.97%	165.14%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$65.75B	$62.68B	$57.62B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$9.580B	$10.97B	$5.430B
Total Liabilities	$75.33B	$73.65B	$63.05B
YoY Change	19.03%	16.8%	-15.11%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$3.136B	-$4.655B	-$3.696B
YoY Change	-5.67%	25.96%	127.43%
Common Stock	$10.19M	$10.19M	$9.478M
YoY Change	8.87%	7.5%	0.02%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$12.57B	$13.25B	$12.28B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$87.91B	$86.91B	$75.34B
YoY Change	16.91%	15.36%	-13.79%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2016 Q4	2016 Q3	2015 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$1.848B	$731.2M	-$627.5M
YoY Change	176.03%	-216.53%	-276.83%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$8.000M	$8.000M	$3.100M
YoY Change	33.33%	158.06%	675.0%
Cash From Operating Activities	$6.023B	-$1.033B	$942.0M
YoY Change		-209.66%	-187.38%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$113.0M	-$143.0M	-$169.0M
YoY Change	-132.66%	-15.38%	382.86%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$4.156B	$2.292B	$1.761B
YoY Change	109.05%	30.15%	312.41%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$4.269B	$2.149B	$1.591B
YoY Change	160.15%	35.07%	305.87%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-2.596B	-1.469B	-2.081B
YoY Change	-321.31%	-29.41%	-482.54%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	6.023B	-1.033B	942.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-4.269B	2.149B	1.591B
Cash From Financing Activities	-2.596B	-1.469B	-2.081B
Net Change In Cash	-842.0M	-353.0M	452.0M
YoY Change	79.91%	-178.1%	-418.31%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$6.023B	-$1.033B	$942.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$113.0M	-$143.0M	-$169.0M
Free Cash Flow	$6.136B	-$890.0M	$1.111B
YoY Change	-1873.41%	-180.11%	-206.52%

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	nly	Gain Loss On Termination Of Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnTerminationOfInterestRateSwaps	-226462000
	nly	Other Income Loss OtherIncomeLoss	-3270000
	nly	Increase Decrease In Advisory And Service Fees Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAdvisoryAndServiceFeesReceivable	-6410000
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	nly	Interest Income Securities Mortgage Backed And Agency Debentures InterestIncomeSecuritiesMortgageBackedAndAgencyDebentures	1448434000
	nly	Payments On Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer PaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	1452000000000
	nly	Principal Payments Received On Commercial Real Estate Investments PrincipalPaymentsReceivedOnCommercialRealEstateInvestments	10170000
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	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	NLY
	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0001043219
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	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
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	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-31
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	us-gaap	Dividend Payable Date To Be Paid Day Month And Year DividendPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear	2016-10-31
	us-gaap	Schedule Of Repurchase Agreements ScheduleOfRepurchaseAgreements	<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8pt"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> The following table summarizes the gross amounts of reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements, amounts offset in accordance with netting arrangements and net <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">amounts of repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of</font> September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">.</font> Refer to “Derivative Instruments” Note for information related to the effect of netting arrangements on the Company’s derivative instruments.</div> </div> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8pt"> <table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WIDTH: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 40%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> September 30, 2016</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> December 31, 2015</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 40%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Reverse Repurchase Agreements</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Repurchase Agreements</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Reverse Repurchase Agreements</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Repurchase Agreements</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 40%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" valign="bottom" colspan="14"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> (dollars in thousands)</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 40%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> Gross Amounts</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 500,000</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 62,284,121</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 56,230,860</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 40%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> Amounts Offset</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> (500,000</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> )</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> (500,000</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> )</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 40%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> Netted Amounts</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 61,784,121</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> -</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 12%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 56,230,860</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	15729000
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-414814000
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	us-gaap	Employee Benefits And Share Based Compensation EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation	6949000
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	nly	Interest Paid Net Interest Rate Derivative InterestPaidNetInterestRateDerivative	415223000
	nly	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums Commercial Real Estate Investments AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsCommercialRealEstateInvestments	2393000
	nly	Proceeds From Direct Purchase And Dividend Reinvestment ProceedsFromDirectPurchaseAndDividendReinvestment	1795000
	nly	Proceeds From Other Secured Financing ProceedsFromOtherSecuredFinancing	2358314000
	nly	Proceeds From Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer ProceedsFromRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	1661650000000
	nly	Comprehensive Income Loss Attributable To Common Stock Holders ComprehensiveIncomeLossAttributableToCommonStockHolders	1023672000
	nly	Interest Paid On Repurchase Agreements InterestPaidOnRepurchaseAgreements	423150000
	nly	Nonoperating Income Expense Pre Derivative Instruments NonoperatingIncomeExpensePreDerivativeInstruments	443582000
	nly	Increase Decrease In Lease Origination Costs IncreaseDecreaseInLeaseOriginationCosts	1848000
	nly	Net Change In Unrealized Gain Loss On Availableforsale Securities And Interest Rate Swaps Net Of Reclassification Adjustment NetChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAndInterestRateSwapsNetOfReclassificationAdjustment	1497273000
	nly	Payments For Proceeds From Derivative Instrument Operating Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromDerivativeInstrumentOperatingActivities	23168000
	nly	Payments On Structured Debt Financing PaymentsOnStructuredDebtFinancing	230000
	nly	Gain Loss On Realized Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnRealizedInterestRateSwaps	-402809000
	nly	Principal Payments On Repurchase Agreements PrincipalPaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreements	133021365000
	nly	Common Stock Equity Distribution Agreement Description CommonStockEquityDistributionAgreementDescription	In March 2012, the Company entered into six separate Distribution Agency Agreements ("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).
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	nly	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums On Loan Purchases AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsOnLoanPurchases	294000
	nly	Payments To Acquire Trading Securities PaymentsToAcquireTradingSecurities	88062000
	nly	Securities For Reverse Repurchase Agreements Amounts Offset SecuritiesForReverseRepurchaseAgreementsAmountsOffset	500000000
	nly	Securities For Reverse Repurchase Agreements Gross Amounts SecuritiesForReverseRepurchaseAgreementsGrossAmounts	500000000
	nly	Payments To Acquire Securitized Loans Held For Investment PaymentsToAcquireSecuritizedLoansHeldForInvestment	1489268000
	nly	Interest Expense Participation Sold InterestExpenseParticipationSold	472000
	nly	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Amounts Offset SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseAmountsOffset	500000000
	nly	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Only Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestOnlyMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	-24351000
	nly	Interest Expense Securitized Debt Of Consolidated Vie InterestExpenseSecuritizedDebtOfConsolidatedVie	32305000
	nly	Weighted Average Amortization Period WeightedAverageAmortizationPeriod	P4Y8M12D
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	nly	Proceeds From Principal Collection Of Mortgage Backed Securities Categorized As Available For Sale ProceedsFromPrincipalCollectionOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesCategorizedAsAvailableForSale	8580353000
	nly	Proceeds From Repurchase Agreements ProceedsFromRepurchaseAgreements	128601867000
	nly	Gain Loss On Termination Of Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnTerminationOfInterestRateSwaps	-58727000
	nly	Other Income Loss OtherIncomeLoss	13226000
	nly	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Gross Amounts SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossAmounts	62284121000
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	nly	Interest Income Commercial Real Estate Debt And Preferred Equity InterestIncomeCommercialRealEstateDebtAndPreferredEquity	191005000
	nly	Interest Income Securities Mortgage Backed And Agency Debentures InterestIncomeSecuritiesMortgageBackedAndAgencyDebentures	1203793000
	nly	Payments On Repurchase Agreements From Broker Dealer PaymentsOnRepurchaseAgreementsFromBrokerDealer	1662100000000
	nly	Percentage Of Taxable Income Required To Be Distributed While Operating As Reit PercentageOfTaxableIncomeRequiredToBeDistributedWhileOperatingAsReit	1.00	pure
	nly	Principal Payments Received On Commercial Real Estate Investments PrincipalPaymentsReceivedOnCommercialRealEstateInvestments	71116000
	nly	Common Stock Equity Distribution Agreement Commencement Date CommonStockEquityDistributionAgreementCommencementDate	2012-03
	nly	Principal Payments On Securitized Loans PrincipalPaymentsOnSecuritizedLoans	106786000
	nly	Proceeds From Unconsolidated Joint Venture Excess Of Cumulative Earnings ProceedsFromUnconsolidatedJointVentureExcessOfCumulativeEarnings	4155000
	nly	Schedule Of Fair Value And Unpaid Principal Balances Of Mortgage Loans Tabletext Block ScheduleOfFairValueAndUnpaidPrincipalBalancesOfMortgageLoansTabletextBlock	<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> The table below presents the fair value and the unpaid principal balance for these loans as of September 30, 2016:</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WIDTH: 80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 77%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> (dollars in thousands)</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 77%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> Fair value</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 310,148</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="WIDTH: 77%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> Unpaid principal balance</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> $</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> 301,957</div> </td> <td style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>
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	nly	Decrease In Securitized Debt DecreaseInSecuritizedDebt	16663000
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CY2015	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Collections Of Principal MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCollectionsOfPrincipal	625642000
CY2015	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Cost Of Mortgages Sold MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCostOfMortgagesSold	46945000
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CY2015	nly	Increase Decrease In Lease Origination Costs IncreaseDecreaseInLeaseOriginationCosts	8787000
CY2015	nly	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums On Loan Purchases AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsOnLoanPurchases	-143000
CY2015	nly	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Transfers At Cost MortgageLoansOnRealEstateTransfersAtCost	18500000
CY2015	nly	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Gross Amounts SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossAmounts	56230860000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	-0.68
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sales Of Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs GainLossOnSalesOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	4500000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Interest Income Expense Net InterestIncomeExpenseNet	340429000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-627294000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives	-822585000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Asset Management Fees1 AssetManagementFees1	3780000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	110297000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Other General And Administrative Expense OtherGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	12007000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Operating Leases Rent Expense Net OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	800000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	-8095000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-370000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	49457000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Dividends And Other Adjustments PreferredStockDividendsAndOtherAdjustments	17992000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Labor And Related Expense LaborAndRelatedExpense	37450000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Interest Expense Other InterestExpenseOther	202000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-197000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Operating Leases Rent Expense Net OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	800000
CY2015Q3	nly	Mortgage Backed Securities Sold Carrying Value MortgageBackedSecuritiesSoldCarryingValue	3700000000
CY2015Q3	nly	Comprehensive Income Loss Attributable To Common Stock Holders ComprehensiveIncomeLossAttributableToCommonStockHolders	-27466000
CY2015Q3	nly	Interest Paid On Repurchase Agreements InterestPaidOnRepurchaseAgreements	103823000
CY2015Q3	nly	Nonoperating Income Expense Pre Derivative Instruments NonoperatingIncomeExpensePreDerivativeInstruments	75731000
CY2015Q3	nly	Gain Loss On Realized Interest Rate Swaps GainLossOnRealizedInterestRateSwaps	-162304000
CY2015Q3	nly	Interest Expense Participation Sold InterestExpenseParticipationSold	161000
CY2015Q3	nly	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Only Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestOnlyMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	-24501000
CY2015Q3	nly	Interest Expense Securitized Debt Of Consolidated Vie InterestExpenseSecuritizedDebtOfConsolidatedVie	6111000
CY2015Q3	nly	Amount Of Dilutive Interest On Convertible Debt Net Of Tax AmountOfDilutiveInterestOnConvertibleDebtNetOfTax	0
CY2015Q3	nly	Other Income Loss OtherIncomeLoss	-9675000
CY2015Q3	nly	Interest Income Commercial Real Estate Debt And Preferred Equity InterestIncomeCommercialRealEstateDebtAndPreferredEquity	50204000
CY2015Q3	nly	Interest Income Securities Mortgage Backed And Agency Debentures InterestIncomeSecuritiesMortgageBackedAndAgencyDebentures	399702000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	0.30
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CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.70
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sales Of Mortgage Backed Securities Mbs GainLossOnSalesOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesMBS	14700000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	708413000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Derivative Instruments Net Pretax GainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsNetPretax	133227000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	733847000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Gains Losses OtherNonoperatingGainsLosses	29271000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Interest Income Operating InterestIncomeOperating	558668000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Assets GainsLossesOnSalesOfAssets	14447000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	728954000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Interest Income Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell InterestIncomeSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResell	2594000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Net Realized Or Unrealized Gain Loss On Trading Securities NetRealizedOrUnrealizedGainLossOnTradingSecurities	162981000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	733511000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Interest Income Expense Net InterestIncomeExpenseNet	384514000
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	708413000
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CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	730880000
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CY2016Q3	nly	Interest Expense Securitized Debt Of Consolidated Vie InterestExpenseSecuritizedDebtOfConsolidatedVie	12046000
CY2016Q3	nly	Amount Of Dilutive Interest On Convertible Debt Net Of Tax AmountOfDilutiveInterestOnConvertibleDebtNetOfTax	0
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CY2016Q3	nly	Other Income Loss OtherIncomeLoss	29271000
CY2016Q3	nly	Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Stock Options Conversion Of Preferred Stock And Conversion Of Debt Securities IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToStockOptionsConversionOfPreferredStockAndConversionOfDebtSecurities	355513	shares
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CY2016Q3	nly	Interest Income Securities Mortgage Backed And Agency Debentures InterestIncomeSecuritiesMortgageBackedAndAgencyDebentures	493226000
CY2016Q3	nly	Interest Income Residential Mortgage Loans InterestIncomeResidentialMortgageLoans	1608000

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