Washington Mutual run on the Bank and the FDIC

I'm concerned for the US banking system and the FDIC.

With IndyMac gone, the FDIC just lost 10% of its reserves.
What happens if Washington Mutual and Bank of America go?
The FDIC can only insure so much money.
What happens when the FDIC has all of its reserves tapped out from banks going under?
Where is our money safe?

From FDIC website-
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $100,000; by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails.

The FDIC receives no Congressional appropriations – it is funded by premiums that banks and thrift institutions pay for deposit insurance coverage and from earnings on investments in U.S. Treasury securities. With an insurance fund totaling more than $49 billion, the FDIC insures more than $3 trillion of deposits in U.S. banks and thrifts – deposits in virtually every bank and thrift in the country.

The FDIC insures deposits only. It does not insure securities, mutual funds or similar types of investments that banks and thrift institutions may offer.Customers of the failed institution automatically become customers of the assuming institution. Most of the time, the transition is seamless from the customer's point of view.

A look at the balance sheet tells me that if more banks go under, the FDIC will not be able to insure us that $100,000 like they say.
$3 trillion divided by $54 billion. Means that the reserves are less than 1.8% of the money value of the insured accounts. For every dollar in an account, there is about 1.8 cents in the FDIC.

If there is a banking crisis, the FDIC must sell these T-bills for cash. But the $54 billion on there balance sheets will only last for so long as more banks go under.

Looking at Washington Mutuals terrible last quarter report you can see it says they have about $181 billion dollars in deposits. Certainly a number the FDIC couldn't insure if there was a run on the bank.




For all the Washington Mutual Bankers out there, lets just hope there isn't a run on the bank, or we will have "FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON!"

A list of the FDIC's failed banks-

FDIC quarterly Bank Review is Terrible-


I was checking out Real Estate owned by the FDIC-
This is a $750 house in Detroit (Best place to live in US)


Property Description:
Whats funny is that the Tax on this House is more than 2x the cost of the house.
Single Family two-story farm style frame home with vinyl siding, approximately 1,279 squarefeet, age estimated to be 1910, containing 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, unfinished basement located on a30x130 lot.
Tax Information:The estimated annual taxes are $2,017.14 per year.