InsideWaMu

One of the joys of being a WaMu shareholder, employee or interested party is listening to the hourlong earnings call each quarter.  If you are any of the above you really should call in Tuesday July 22nd at 2:00PM Pacific.  Webcasts are available at http://www.wamu.com/ir.
These usually proceed with precision of a Swiss timepiece.

Introduction by Alan Magleby [...]

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One is former Democratic presidential candidate.  The other is a preeminent capitalist.  But is it possible that Howard Dean and our CFO Tom Casey were separated at birth?  Take a look and try to tell yourself they’re not related. 
Which other WaMulians have a celebrity doppelganger?  When they make WaMu: The Movie who will play [...]

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One of the most amazing things about the recent credit crunch is how it blindsided nearly everyone in the industry except John Paulson  (who turned a nifty $3.7B profit shorting subprime bonds in ‘07).  CEO’s heads have rolled, bigger banks are starting to fail, and Wachovia just admitted Friday that buying Golden West for $25B was [...]

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As WM gears up for the July 22nd earnings call, compiling earnings and writing out the press releases what song do you think Kerry, Tom and TPG are jamming to this weekend on floors 31-33 (while NOT drinking the recently discontinued 31-33 floor executive water)?  Here’s my vote:

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