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The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Seth Jayson	No Such Thing as Perfect Storms Unlike the words recently spoken by Washington Mutual's CEO, the current housing crisis is not a "perfect storm" situation that blew in from the ocean by chance. The mortgage crunch is the inevitable result of cheap money, opaque financial instruments, and widespread greed.
U.S. Banker May 2008 John Engen	House of CARDS Few financial institutions have been left more imperiled by the subprime market fallout and liquidity and credit crunches than WaMu.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Emil Lee	WaMu's Subprime Past Given the housing backdrop and the threat of recession, Washington Mutual will probably spend a bit of time digging itself out of a hole. Investors with strong stomachs could do well to catch this falling knife, but only those who aren't afraid of a little blood.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear	Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history.
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	A House-Poor Quarter for WaMu Just days after announcing plans to raise $7 billion in new capital, slashing its dividend, and rebuffing a preliminary buyout offer from JPMorgan Chase, the Seattle-based savings and loan posts very ugly quarterly earnings.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Has WaMu Mortgaged the Future? Will this bank's mortgage-heavy balance sheet restrict future growth? Investors may want to sit on the sidelines here.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Billy Fisher	Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bear The bearish argument about Washington Mutual is that the recent turmoil in the mortgage industry paints a bleak outlook looking forward for the company.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Emil Lee	Washington Mutual Regroups for 2007 WaMu's management and shareholders likely won't look back on 2006 with nostalgia. Over the past year, WaMu's stock was slightly down, while the indexes all scored double-digit gains. However, 2007 should be a better year.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu Rebuffs a Sweet Offer It now appears that talks had been well under way for JPMorgan to acquire Washington Mutual -- but not anymore.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Housing in 2007: Will a Bubble Burst? Now that a new year is upon us, it's a good time to think of the state of housing in America today. Here's the good news for investors -- and the bad.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan and WaMu: Was It a Good Deal? A look at one of the largest banking deals of all time, one year later.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu's $7 Billion Hospital Visit Washington Mutual will live to see another day. But it's hardly a time of celebration for the average shareholder.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	WaMu's Plastic Play By buying Providian, Washington Mutual has added a credit card business to its retail banking. This move could bump up profitability and growth. Top that off with a pretty good dividend yield, and maybe WaMu becomes a little more attractive to investors again.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	It's Not Easy Being Popular Things keep getting worse for the dominant bank of Puerto Rico. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 Emil Lee	WaMu Says "Whoops!" Massive subprime loan problems, and an inquiry by the New York State Attorney General concerning inflated home appraisals, plunge Washington Mutual's shares to a ten-year low. Investors, beware.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Emil Lee	Time To Capitalize on Capital One? Shares of the credit card company trade at a compelling valuation.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 David Meier	WaMu: It Pays to Wait Earn 5% while waiting for Washington Mutual's stock price to appreciate.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Washington Mutual About to Explode? Explode? Nah. Crumble? Absolutely.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2009 Russ Krull	Banking on Clues From the FHA FHA funds report sheds some light on mortgage performance.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Morgan Housel	You Hang in There, WaMu The second quarter wasn't all bad news for Washington Mutual. Capital ratios improved. That's good. Its leaner-and-meaner cost structure could save the company $1 billion. That's great.
Financial Advisor February 2008 Milton Ezrati	Bailout Plan Spells Trouble For Future Mortgages Although the Bush administration's plan to deal with the subprime problem might help relieve some of today's financial strains, it will do so only at the expense of longer-term costs.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	The Heat On Countrywide Embattled Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo answers critics who claim the lender helped bring on the housing crisis.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	WaMu Seems to Zig While Others Zag WaMu is a bank that seems to confound normal expectations. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Christopher Palmeri	Lenders Switch On Their Back-Up Systems After one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders announced earnings 17% below expectations, investors wondered if the nation's three-year-long mortgage bonanza might end not with a soft landing but with an earnings-pummeling thud.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	Rumors Send Countrywide to the Chopping Block After shedding about 80% of its value in 2007, Countrywide Financial falls another 25% when rumors of imminent bankruptcy spread.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian	Lender Woes Go Beyond Subprime Few are feeling the hangover from housing's heyday as much as subprime lenders that cater to risky borrowers.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Commercial Capital Cashes Out Investors, wait on a value too long, and you might just lose it. Word broke that Washington Mutual had reached an agreement to buy this commercial real estate lender for about $983 million -- roughly $16 a share in cash.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market.
Financial Advisor July 2007 Eric L. Reiner	Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Morgan Housel	A Good Example of How Not to Run a Bank The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing a handful of former Washington Mutual executives for gross negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.
BusinessWeek February 12, 2009 Brian Grow	What's Holding Back Mortgage Modification? Many mortgage services say they can't modify terms to let homeowners avoid foreclosure. But there may be fewer obstacles than they claim.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	1 Big, Fat Yellow Flag for Bank Stocks Bank-stock investors will want to investigate this ratio because it could help drag down a bank's earnings.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Morgan Housel	Another Blow for WaMu After releasing a mid-quarter update on the health of its books, the besieged bank had its credit downgraded by Moody's.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Morgan Housel	The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Billy Fisher	Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bear Rebuttal The bears say about Washington Mutual that looking forward, outperformance is unlikely, so why not put your money elsewhere?
The Motley Fool October 18, 2004 Chris Mallon	Not in Your Best Interest Danger lurks down the road for people with interest-only mortgages.
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Justin Hibbard	How To Ride A Housing Bubble Golden West specializes in exotic mortgages - and in surviving downturns.
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The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Chuck Saletta	Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bull The bullish argument about Washington Mutual is that, due to the recent sub-prime crisis, the market has provided an opportunity to buy a great, though temporarily weakened, business at a significant discount.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu to CEO: You're Fired! Killinger's out. Thank goodness.
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The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Selena Maranjian	40 Years Is a Bad Way to Spell Relief Countrywide and other mortgage companies begin promoting 40-year mortgages. Investors, don't jump into this option without much due diligence.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Stephanie Anderson Forest	Is This Any Way to Run a Bank? WaMu's alleged blunders have it fending off lawsuits and complaints.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Dean Foust	Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Mueller & Dumortier	Who's More to Blame: Mortgage Banking CEOs or Geeks Bearing Formulas? March Madness series: The financial crisis started right here, by giving a mortgage to anyone with a pulse. Or maybe it started with the model-building geeks in finance who made it possible for their banks to do the damage they did?
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Worst May Lie Ahead The unraveling of prime mortgages could delay housing's recovery.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger	A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for.