How Does the WaMu Failure Compare? 12 comments
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It was announced Thursday, after-hours, that the FDIC is taking control of Washington Mutual (WM) and selling its deposits as well a number of branches to JP Morgan (JPM) for $1.9 billion.
Losing $6.3 billion in the last three quarters and getting cut to "junk" status didn't give WM many options to choose from. $19 billion in losses is projected through 2011, but some say the number could be as high as $30 billion.
Currently, WM has approximately $309.7 billion in assets, $227 billion in real estate loans and $181.9 billion in customer deposits. Additionally, there are 2,239 branches and 43,198 employees who work at WM. This acquisition now makes JP Morgan nearly similar in size with Citigroup (C).
10 largest bank failures in U.S. History:
1. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust, Chicago (1984)
Total assets: $40.0 billion
2. First Republic Bank, Dallas (1988)
Total assets: $32.5 billion
3. IndyMac Bank, Pasadena,
Total assets: $32 billion
4. American S&LA, Stockton,
Total assets: $30.2 billion
5. Bank of New England, Boston (1991)
Total assets: $21.7 billion
6. MCorp, Dallas (1989)
Total assets: $18.5 billion
7. Gibraltar Savings, Simi Valley,
Total assets: $15.1 billion
8. First City Bancorporation, Houston (1988)
Total assets: $13.0 billion
9. Homefed Bank, San Diego (1992)
Total assets: $12.2 billion
10. Southeast Bank, Miami (1991)
Total assets: $11.0 billion
This makes Washington Mutual’s failure 8X larger than the largest bank failure in U.S. history and larger than all top 10 banks combined!
Did Killinger Lie?
In a January 30 article titled, “Future bright, says
(That’s not going to happen)
He also expected to “add more than 1 million net checking accounts this year, and that all the company’s business divisions will focus on selling products through the branches and the retail Web site “like never before”.
(I’m sure this never happened before!)
“Killinger also emphasized that WaMu has plenty of cash and access to funding to get through the fiscal year.”
(Notice a pattern from all the failed CEOs this year?)
Killinger’s compensation from 2004-2007:
Year, CEO, Cash Salary Stock, Other Pay, Total Pay
2007 Kerry K. Killinger $1,000,000, $3,468,625, $4,468,625
2006 Kerry K. Killinger $5,100,000, $17,153,715, $22,253,715
2005 Kerry K. Killinger $4,600,000, $8,876,608, $13,476,608
2004 Kerry K. Killinger $2,900,000, $12,335,416, $15,235,416
Great job Killinger…way to KILL Washington Mutual.
We should see an Indymac-related type of run today at Washington Mutual retail banking centers. If I had money at WaMu, that's what I would do,
Disclosure: None.
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This article has 12 comments:
You get your money out of a bank before you think it won't be accessible. WM was purchased by JPM; nothing will change but the signs on the banks, months from now.
This author is pretty reckless, not to mention stupid. Learn some history about banking.
And by chance, I drove by the local branch on my way to my morning coffee... Guess what.. No lines at 8:30 AM... Actually, no-one was there.
Maybe Paulson and Bernanke really are calming the waters. Course, after the Democrats pretty much agreed to Bush's request, it would have been nice if his own party had not tried to stuff the bill with tax cuts and oddities.... It also would have been nice if McCain hadn't declared the bill 'dead on arrival'. I expect a possible future President to act with more aplomb. Perhaps he just wanted to tack on a proviso or two of his own as well... Maybe new carpet and heated toilet seats in the Republican bathrooms.
jegan ;-)
Behind closed door meetings, secret deals, insider information being given to selected parties - government gone extemely bad.
I have a $140K CD at WM (2 names) that will continue at the great stated rate. Why should I join the lemmings?
John Egan
I agree on the Republican reaction to the original proposal but if you think Obama has a better idea on how to handle the credit crisis than McCain you're kidding yourself. Neither has any idea of what's going on.