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  {
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   "filed": "2026-08-10",
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    "9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits"
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 "license": "Figures as filed with the SEC. Card text CC BY 4.0, POPS4.",
 "notAdvice": "Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets, no buy or sell views.",
 "edgar": "🫧 Edgar looked up Ellington Financial Inc. ($EFC). Last filing: 8-K (1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement), 2026-09-17. 38 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.",
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  "restatedSince": null
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 "edgarette": "🔖 The filings carry no annual revenue line Edgarette can read (common for banks and insurers, which report income differently). Nothing weighed, nothing guessed."
}