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The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	Anatomy of a Terrible Bank A look at the failure that is Washington Mutual.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Washington Mutual About to Explode? Explode? Nah. Crumble? Absolutely.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	WaMu Gets Failed Out Another one's gone. Another one gets bigger.
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 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.
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 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 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 September 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	What's Next for WaMu? There's no indication Washington Mutual is about to fail or file for bankruptcy anytime soon. What is clear is that turmoil in the markets puts every leveraged bank in the spotlight, and WaMu is now one of the top names attracting attention during these sea-changing events.
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 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 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.
Bank Systems & Technology February 26, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan	J.P. Morgan Chase to Cut 12,000 Jobs, as WaMu Merged J.P. Morgan Chase anticipates saving about $2 billion through its acquisition of WAMU last September. Most of the savings, to be realized this year relate to the job cuts.
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 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.
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The Motley Fool October 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wheels Stay on the Stagecoach at Wells Fargo All things considered, all's well at Wells.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Wells Fargo Looks Attractive Cheaper and better-run is an attractive combination.
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.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Morgan Housel	Still Waiting at WaMu And waiting, and waiting, and waiting ...
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.
U.S. Banker December 2008 Anthony Malakian	Fall Mergers Have Yet To Yield Big Campaigns Since September three mammoth institutions, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, were purchased by Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, respectively; it will be up to the banks' marketing teams to make sense of these developments for consumers.
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.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2008 Jim Mueller	Worst Stock for 2008: Washington Mutual This analyst says if you think 2007 was bad for Washington Mutual, just wait for 2008. He has chosen it as his pick for the worst stock of 2008.
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The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Morgan Housel	Holding Strong at Bank of America You can look -- the quarter really wasn't that bad. Honest.
National Real Estate Investor August 4, 2003	CMBS Downgrades Beat Out Upgrades in Second Quarter Non-investment grade securities weathered a rough second quarter as Moody's downgraded 16 non-investment grade securities over that span, with no upgrades. However, investment-grade CMBS fared better: Moody's upgraded 34 and downgraded only 33.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	Banking Brouhaha: Day 4 Every day is filled with more financial folly than you can shake a stick at. It's as if banks are lining up on an escalator that unloads at the edge of a cliff; as soon as one falls, the next in line becomes the crisis du jour.
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The Motley Fool September 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu Richly Rewards CEO Failure 18 days of work ... $19 million. Are you still hiring, WaMu?
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