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 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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So this is my first post.  A little about me, I’m one of the many businessmen you see walking into WaMu Center each morning.  I more or less enjoy my job, still have a fair amount of my youthful idealism left and still believe WaMu can be a great company although it is in dire need of [...]

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