Note
7 - Repurchase Agreements
At
March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had repurchase
agreements in place in the amount of $11.1 billion and $5.3
billion, respectively, to finance Agency Security
purchases. For the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and the
year ended December 31, 2011, the weighted average interest
rate or cost of funds was 0.34% and 0.37%,
respectively. At March 31, 2012 and December 31,
2011, we had repurchase agreements outstanding with 26 and 23
counterparties, respectively, with a weighted average
maturity of 13 days and 18 days, respectively.
The
following table represents the contractual repricing
information regarding our repurchase agreements as of March
31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.
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March
31, 2012
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December
31, 2011
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(dollars
in thousands)
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Within
30 days
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$
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10,500,647
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$
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4,068,197
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31
days to 60 days
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597,216
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1,111,480
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61
days to 90 days
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-
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156,285
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Total
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$
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11,097,863
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$
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5,335,962
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As
of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the weighted average
margin requirement, or the percentage amount by which the
collateral value must exceed the loan amount, which we also
refer to as the haircut, under all our repurchase agreements
was approximately 4.8% and 5.0%, respectively.
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