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Chimera to Take Losses Due to MBS Accounting

August 23, 2012
Chimera Investment announced that it will restate three years of earnings and take large hits to net income and other-than-temporary impairment losses due to accounting on non-agency mortgage-backed securities. The real estate investment trust has been working for more than a year to apply proper accounting guidance to its $4.41 billion in non-agency MBS holdings. “As a result of applying the correct generally accepted accounting practices guidance to our investments in non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities ...
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