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(a)	See Note 2 and Note 3 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(b)	At June 30, 2014, the Company's long investments guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association, represented 116.25%, 45.39%, and 12.04% of equity, respectively.

(c)	In general, securities received pursuant to repurchase agreements were delivered to counterparties in short sale transactions.

(d)	At June 30, 2014, the Company's short investments guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation represented 104.06% and 22.33% of equity, respectively.

(e)	For long credit default swaps, the Company sold protection.

(f)	For long interest rate swap contracts, a floating rate is being paid and a fixed rate is being received.

(g)	For short credit default swaps, the Company purchased protection.

(h)	For short interest rate swap contracts, a fixed rate is being paid and a floating rate is being received.

(i)	Notional value represents number of underlying shares or par value times the closing price of the underlying security.

(j)	Every $1,000,000 in notional value represents one contract.

(k)	Notional value represents the total face amount of U.S. Treasury Notes underlying all contracts held; as of June 30, 2014, 337 contracts were held.

(l)	Notional value represents the total face amount of U.S. Treasury Notes underlying all contracts held; as of June 30, 2014, 88 contracts were held.

(m)	Represents the option on the part of a counterparty to enter into a credit default swap on a corporate bond index whereby the Company would receive a fixed rate and pay credit protection payments.

(n)	Represents the option on the part of the Company to enter into an interest rate swap whereby the Company would pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate.

(o)	Represents the option on the part of a counterparty to enter into an interest rate swap with the Company whereby the Company would receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate.

(p)	Represents the option on the part of the Company to enter into an interest rate swap with the Company whereby the Company would receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate.

(q)	Represents the combination of a purchased payer swaption and a purchased receiver swaption on the same underlying swap.

(r)	Represents the combination of a written payer swaption and a written receiver swaption on the same underlying swap.

(s)	Notional amount represents U.S. Dollars to be paid by the Company at the maturity of the forward contract.

(t)	Notional amount represents U.S. Dollars to be received by the Company at the maturity of the forward contract.

(u)	Includes non-performing commercial loans in the amount of $17.1 million whereby principal and/or interest is past due and a maturity date is not applicable.

(v)	Number of properties not shown in thousands, represents actual number of properties owned.

(w)

The table below shows the Company's long investment ratings from Moody's, Standard and Poor's, or Fitch, as well as the Company's long investments that were unrated but guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Government National Mortgage Association. Ratings tend to be a lagging credit indicator; as a result, the credit quality of the Company's long investment holdings may be lower than the credit quality implied based on the ratings listed below. In situations where an investment has a split rating, the lowest provided rating is used. The ratings descriptions include ratings qualified with a "+," "-," "1," "2," or "3."

(x)	Private trust 100% backed by interest in Government National Mortgage Association collateralized mortgage obligation certificates.

(y)	Classification percentages are based on Total Equity.

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(z)	The following table details the breakout by geographical region of long investments, investments sold short, repurchase agreements, and financial derivatives–assets. All financial derivatives–liabilities were concentrated in North America.

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(a)	See Note 2 and Note 3 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(b)	At December 31, 2013, the Company's long investments guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association, represented 100.85%, 51.37%, and 12.36% of equity, respectively.

(c)	In general, securities received pursuant to repurchase agreements were delivered to counterparties in short sale transactions.

(d)	At December 31, 2013, the Company's short investments guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation represented 111.89% and 17.80% of equity, respectively.

(e)	For long credit default swaps on asset-backed indices, the Company sold protection.

(f)	For long interest rate swap contracts, a floating rate is being paid and a fixed rate is being received.

(g)	For long credit default swaps on corporate bond indices, the Company sold protection.

(h)	For short credit default swaps on asset-backed securities, the Company purchased protection.

(i)	For short credit default swaps on asset-backed indices, the Company purchased protection.

(j)	For short interest rate swap contracts, a fixed rate is being paid and a floating rate is being received.

(k)	For short credit default swaps on corporate bond indices, the Company purchased protection.

(l)	Notional value represents number of underlying shares or par value times the closing price of the underlying security.

(m)	Every $1,000,000 in notional value represents one contract.

(n)	Notional value represents the total face amount of U.S. Treasury Notes underlying all contracts held; as of December 31, 2013 1,847 contracts were held.

(o)	Represents the option on the part of the Company to enter into a credit default swap on a corporate bond index whereby the Company would pay a fixed rate and receive credit protection payments.

(p)	Represents the option on the part of the Company to enter into an interest rate swap whereby the Company would pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate.

(q)	Represents the option on the part of a counterparty to enter into an interest rate swap with the Company whereby the Company would receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate.

(r)	Includes a loan with a fair value in the amount of $5.0 million where the maturity date may be extended through November 4, 2015 as well as non-performing commercial mortgage loans.

(s)

The table below shows the ratings on the Company's long investments from Moody's, Standard and Poor's, or Fitch, as well as the Company's long investments that were unrated but guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Government National Mortgage Association. Ratings tend to be a lagging credit indicator; as a result, the credit quality of the Company's long investment holdings may be lower than the credit quality implied based on the ratings listed below. In situations where an investment has a split rating, the lowest provided rating is used. The ratings descriptions include ratings qualified with a "+," "-," "1," "2," or "3."

(t)	Private trust 100% backed by interest in Government National Mortgage Association collateralized mortgage obligation certificates.

(u)	Classification percentages are based on Total Equity.

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(v)	The following table details the breakout by geographical region of long investments, investments sold short, and repurchase agreements. All financial derivatives were concentrated in North America.

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(1)	For the six month periods ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, dividends totaling $1.54 and $2.29, respectively, per common share and convertible unit outstanding, were declared and paid.

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•	Level 1—inputs to the valuation methodology are observable and reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets,

•	Level 2—inputs to the valuation methodology other than quoted prices included in Level 1 are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, and

•	Level 3—inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

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(1)	The asset subject to the resecuritization had a fair value of $2.3 million as of June 30, 2014, which is included on the Consolidated Schedule of Investments under Principal and Interest Private – Label Securities.

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(1)	Includes securitized debt with a fair value of $0.9 million as of June 30, 2014.

(2)	Shown in basis points.

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(1)	The asset subject to the resecuritization had a fair value of $2.3 million as of December 31, 2013, which is included on the Consolidated Schedule of Investments under Principal and Interest Private – Label Securities.

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(1)	Includes securitized debt with a fair value of $1.0 million as of December 31, 2013.

(2)	Shown in basis points.

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(1)	Offsetting transactions with third parties include purchased credit derivatives which have the same reference obligation.

(2)

The notional value is the maximum amount that a seller of credit protection would be obligated to pay, and a buyer of credit protection would receive upon occurrence of a "credit event." Movements in the value of credit default swap transactions may require the Company or the counterparty to post or receive collateral. Amounts due or owed under credit derivative contracts with an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, or "ISDA," counterparty may be offset against amounts due or owed on other credit derivative contracts with the same ISDA counterparty. As a result, the notional amount of written credit derivatives involving a particular underlying reference asset or index has been reduced (but not below zero) by the notional amount of any contracts where the Company has purchased credit protection on the same reference asset or index with the same ISDA counterparty.

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(1)	For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2014, excludes net increase in equity resulting from operations of $85.0 thousand and $103.0 thousand, respectively attributable to the joint venture partner, which has a non-participating interest as described in Note 9.

(2)	The Company pays quarterly dividends in arrears, so a portion of the dividends paid in each calendar year relate to the prior year's earnings.

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(1)	In the Company's Consolidated Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Equity, all balances associated with repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, and financial derivatives are presented on a gross basis.

(2)

For the purpose of this presentation, for each row the total amount of financial instruments transferred or pledged and cash collateral (received) or pledged may not exceed the applicable gross amount of assets or (liabilities) as presented here. Therefore, we have reduced the amount of financial instruments transferred or pledged as collateral related to our reverse repurchase agreements and cash collateral pledged on our financial derivative liabilities. Total financial instruments transferred or pledged as collateral on our reverse repurchase agreements as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were $1.39 billion and $1.48 billion, respectively. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, total cash collateral on financial derivative assets excludes excess net cash collateral received of $1.1 million and pledged of $3.2 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, total cash collateral on financial derivative liabilities excludes excess cash collateral pledged of $37.4 million and $36.4 million, respectively.

(3)

When collateral is pledged to or pledged by a counterparty, it is often pledged or posted with respect to all positions with such counterparty, and in such cases such collateral cannot be specifically identified as relating to a specific asset or liability. As a result, in preparing the above tables, the Company has made assumptions in allocating pledged or posted collateral among the various rows.

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(1)	Calculated based on average common shares outstanding and can differ from the calculation for EPS (See Note 11).

(2)	Per share impact on dividends paid relating to share issuances/repurchases during the period as well as dividends paid to LTIP and OP Unit holders.

(3)	If all LTIP units and OP Units previously issued were vested and exchanged for common shares as of June 30, 2014 and 2013, shareholders' equity per share would be $24.14 and $24.51, respectively.

(1)	Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of distributions at shareholders' equity per share during the period.

(1)	Total return is calculated assuming all LTIP and OP Units had been converted into common shares at June 30, 2014. LTIP and OP Units outstanding at June 30, 2014 totaled 623,052 and represent 2.39% of total common shares and LTIP and OP Units outstanding as of that date.

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(1)	Average equity is calculated using month end values.

(2)	Includes incentive fee in calculation which can vary substantially over periods.

(3)	Includes all items of income and expense on an annualized basis except for incentive fee expense which is included on a non-annualized basis.

(1)	Average equity is calculated using month end values.

(2)	Ratios are annualized except for the incentive fee which is not annualized.

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Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy—Since December 2013, the U.S. Federal Reserve, or "Federal Reserve," has announced six incremental reductions of its purchases of Agency RMBS and U.S. Treasury securities under its accommodative monetary policies. Thus far, taper announcements by the Federal Reserve have each been in increments of $10 billion, with the monthly asset purchasing pace now standing at $25 billion per month, down from a pace of $85 billion per month in late 2013;

•	Housing and Mortgage Market Statistics—Data released by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for May 2014 showed, consistent with recent months, that the pace of home price appreciation slowed; meanwhile the Freddie Mac survey 30-year mortgage rate ended the second quarter at 4.14%, down from 4.40% at March 31, 2014;

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Government Sponsored Enterprise, or "GSE," Developments—While several proposals have been put forth, no definitive legislation has yet been enacted to replace or eliminate the GSEs or materially revise their current roles in the U.S. mortgage market. In May 2014, Federal Housing Finance Agency, or "FHFA," Director Mel Watt presented the 2014 Strategic Plan for the Conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the 2014 Conservatorship Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, providing new strategic goals reflective of his tendency to favor policies that promote affordability and the expansion of credit availability;

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Bank Regulatory Capital—Proposed changes will increase regulatory capital requirements for the largest, most systemically significant U.S. banks and their holding companies. While these changes could ultimately alter these institutions' appetite for various risk-taking activities, and could ultimately affect the terms and availability of our repo financing, thus far repo financing has remained readily available and in fact, competition among banks and other lending institutions to provide repo financing has actually increased;

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Portfolio Overview and Outlook—Both non-Agency and Agency assets rallied during the second quarter, as interest rates declined and volatility remained relatively muted. In addition, non-Agency RMBS continued to be supported by overall positive trends in home prices as well as a declining level of foreclosure inventory. Agency RMBS were supported by low prepayment activity (in spite of lower mortgage rates) and relatively low production of Agency mortgages.

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(1)	Represents the dollar amount (not shown in thousands) per $100 of current principal of the price or cost for the security.

(2)	Includes equity tranches and similar securities.

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(1)	Long mortgage-related derivatives represent transactions where we sold credit protection to a counterparty.

(2)	Short mortgage-related derivatives represent transactions where we purchased credit protection from a counterparty.

(3)	Represents the option on our part to enter into a CDS on a corporate bond index whereby we would pay a fixed rate and receive credit protection payments.

(4)	Notional value represents number of underlying shares or par value times the closing price of the underlying security.

(5)	For long interest rate swaps, a floating rate is being paid and a fixed rate is being received.

(6)	For short interest rate swaps, a fixed rate is being paid and a floating rate is being received.

(7)	Notional value represents the total face amount of U.S. Treasury Notes underlying all contracts held. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, a total of 337 and 1,847 contracts were held, respectively.

(8)	Every $1,000,000 in notional value represents one Eurodollar future contract.

(9)	Notional value represents the total face amount of U.S. Treasury Notes underlying all contracts held. As of June 30, 2014 a total of 88 contracts were held.

(10)	Represents the option on our part to enter into an interest rate swap whereby we would pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate.

(11)	Represents the option on the part of the counterparty to enter into an interest rate swap with us whereby we would receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate.

(12)	Represents the option on our part to enter into an interest rate swap with a counterparty whereby we would receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate.

(13)	Represents the combination of a purchased payer swaption and a purchased receiver swaption on the same underlying swap.

(14)	Represents the combination of a written payer swaption and a written receiver swaption on the same underlying swap.

(15)	Notional amount represents U.S. Dollars to be paid by us at the maturity of the forward contract.

(16)	Notional amount represents U.S. Dollars to be received by us at the maturity of the forward contract.

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(1)	Amounts exclude non-performing loans, for which interest income is not generally accrued.

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(1)	Amounts exclude non-performing loans, for which interest income is not generally accrued.

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*	Furnished herewith. These certifications are not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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*	Furnished herewith. These certifications are not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.