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Old 09-27-2008, 09:16 PM   #108 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan View Post
[B][*]Washington Mutual ***Already Failed***
Assets = $330B. ***Sold for $1.9B. *** --> 5.7% of alleged value.
Ignores WaMu's liabilities per books of roughly $310B and the massive withdrawal on the commercial banking side. To say "5.7% of value" is just dishonest. JPM got a huge bargain, but not that huge.
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