Two Harbors Investment Corp. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Schedule of Dividends Declared [Table Text Block]

The following table presents cash dividends declared by the Company on its common stock from October 28, 2009 through September 30, 2013:



Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Cash Dividend Per Share
September 11, 2013	September 26, 2013	October 23, 2013	$	0.28
June 18, 2013	June 28, 2013	July 23, 2013	$	0.31
March 18, 2013	April 2, 2013	April 24, 2013	$	0.32
December 17, 2012	December 31, 2012	January 18, 2013	$	0.55
September 12, 2012	September 24, 2012	October 22, 2012	$	0.36
June 12, 2012	June 22, 2012	July 20, 2012	$	0.40
March 14, 2012	March 26, 2012	April 20, 2012	$	0.40
December 14, 2011	December 27, 2011	January 20, 2012	$	0.40
September 14, 2011	September 26, 2011	October 20, 2011	$	0.40
June 14, 2011	June 24, 2011	July 20, 2011	$	0.40
March 2, 2011	March 14, 2011	April 14, 2011	$	0.40
December 8, 2010	December 17, 2010	January 20, 2011	$	0.40
September 13, 2010	September 30, 2010	October 21, 2010	$	0.39
June 14, 2010	June 30, 2010	July 22, 2010	$	0.33
March 12, 2010	March 31, 2010	April 23, 2010	$	0.36
December 21, 2009	December 31, 2009	January 26, 2010	$	0.26

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Accumulated other comprehensive income at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows:



(in thousands)	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value
Unrealized gains	$	693,225		$	724,696
Unrealized losses	(180,451		)	(28,238		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	512,774		$	696,458

Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:



(in thousands)	Affected Line Item in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	Amount Reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
		Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2013		2012		2013		2012
Other-than-temporary-impairments on AFS securities	Total other-than-temporary impairment losses	$	—	$	559	$	1,662	$	9,310
Realized (gains) losses on sales of AFS securities	(Loss) gain on investment securities	187,007		803		123,089		(6,342		)
		$	187,007	$	1,362	$	124,751	$	2,968