InsideWaMu

I was always a Times reader myself, clearly I’ve been loyal to the wrong paper!  Sorry lovable Hearst Corp I plan to switch over my subscription tomorrow morning.
I’m also sorry to disappoint you readers (both the loyal oldies and the newcomers), but this influx of traffic is having me rethink the whole blogging about my employer thing. I know most bloggers [...]

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Since the earnings call when the bong-hitting analysts blew it and failed to ask Kerry or Tom about post-IndyMac deposit runoff, I’ve been begging WaMu on the blog to publicly disclose just how much deposit runoff they’ve seen so we can assess WaMu liquidity.  I’m sure my miniscule blog had nothing to do with it [...]

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One of the interesting things I’m finding out about blogging is the reams of data available to track how I’m doing, who my readers are, where they’re coming from, what searches are sending them to me, how many pages they’re reading, etc.  It’s really pretty cool.  You register with Google Analytics, paste a little code at [...]

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I really don’t intend for this to become an investing/WaMu stock blog.  That’s what Yahoo! Finance message boards are for.  But with the recent decline in the stock I’ll make a one-off exception, particularly as the $3 to $6 stock rise two weeks ago is still such a hot topic in the hallways of the WaMu Center.  
Everyone [...]

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#1: Elevator Etiquette
Come on, be honest.  Is there anything that pisses you off more day-to-day than being stuck in the WaMu center elevator lobby bank at one of the busy periods - you know the times, when you can’t even get past the security gates to get into the elevator lobby.  Listening for five to ten [...]

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