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and? Money in WaMu CDs is still there, and insured as long as its less than 100K


You have to remember that it's up to $100k for all your accounts at a bank and not for each one. So say you had $75k in one and $50k in another. You'd be out $25k.

So diversify your cash across banks (although that's harder and harder with all the acquisitions going on).


> You'd be out $25k.

Only if JP Morgan Chase goes under.


In this case, yes. JP Morgan was backing all the deposits at WaMu. But in general, don't count on this happening when a bank fails.




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