Reggie Middleton's blog
Introducing Pathogenic Finance: The Autonomous, Antifragile, Trustless Paradigm Shift
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 01/07/2016 08:48 -0500Now that IBM, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JP Morgan and the NYSE all agree blockchain technology will dramatically transform finance and capital markets, how does the investor capitalize on the paradigm shift? First, by understanding the concept of "Pathogenic Finance", autonomy and Zero Trust.
In High Stakes Game of the Future of Finance, Reggie Middleton Challenges Goldman Sachs Patent Filing With Ease
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 12/04/2015 04:59 -0500Year end 2015, we go from Ponzi scheme to failure to the thing every major global bank desires. The dilemma is, the ingenuity to excel in this space lies in scrappy young startups, not trillion dollar mega banks. Let me prove this to you, step by prior art step.
The FDIC Reiterates and Corroborates My "F@ck the Fundamentals" Message fron the Fed
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 11/27/2015 08:44 -0500Risk goes up, yeilds go down... What's that look for? Don't you know how bond pricing works in the new millenium?
Bitcoin's Computing Network is More Powerful than 525 Googles and 10,000 Banks!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 11/19/2015 13:32 -0500Power? Power! You can't handle POWER!!! Most people are still busy counting coin prices....
JP Morgan & Morgan Stanley Have Their CEOs on the Board of the NY Fed: Regulatory Capture & How to Neutralize It
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 11/03/2015 08:38 -0500Is having the CEOs of two of the largest, most powerful banks sit on the board of their own regulator literally worse than putting a fox in charge of the hen house? Here's why the name "Morgan" get's you a regulator board seat and what regular people can do about it.
Mark-to-Fantasy Becomes an Ugly Reality with the Impact of (S&P) 500 Enrons
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 11/02/2015 06:35 -0500How many banks (and other companies) are doing the Enron thing? Many more than you would be led to believe, for now it's legal. Simple proof that this will end even prettier than Enron.
ECB's Own Data Shows QE Program As Utter Failure, Largest Banks Dwindle, Depositor's Capital Eyed for Bail-Ins
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/31/2015 05:10 -0500Hundreds of billions of EUR of useless QE, dwindling mega banks, and cross continental legislation authorizing the confiscation of Depositor's Capital... Yeah, all is well in Euroland!
Regulatory Capture, The True Definition of Money & A World Without Banks
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/27/2015 11:58 -0500In this symposium I literally challenge the audience (of mostly bankers) to tell me what use would the world have for banks in a Blockchain connected world. The response?...............
Banks Are Obsolete & Will Not Exist As We Know Them In 10 Years
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/26/2015 09:16 -0500The not so popular "Truth" being preached at the Blockchain conference in NYC last week, in front of bankers, of course...
The Real Definition of Money in a Modern Economy
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/07/2015 11:02 -0500I break down the definition of money at the Blockchain New York conference alongside the founder of Credits, executives from Ethereum and Consenys, Judd Bagley from Overstock.com's digital securities project.
Every SINGLE Big Wall Street Bank Got Stocks AND Rates Horribly Wrong, Except for... Here's Why It Will Always Happen!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/30/2015 09:44 -0500This is a damn shame. You can't be upset if your banker calls you a muppet if you hand him the marrionette strings... The tools to cut the strings are just around the corner. Let's see if regulators do the right thing, or if will they stilfe innovation to protect status quo.
Welcome to the Bubble No One Is Talking About - The Income Bubble - And It's About to Pop
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/10/2015 08:24 -0500I'm guaranteed to hear, "But... Who could've seen this coming?" Or "We knew prices were frothy, but no on could've foreseen the effect it had on XYZ asset classes". Yeah, right! This should mark my 3rd accurate bubble pop call in 8 years.
A Forensic View of a Wall Street Bank Balance Sheet Shows How Much Risk Rests In Its "Assets"
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 08/28/2015 07:51 -0500After forensically analyzing Morgan Stanley's balance sheet (which is very much like the rest of Wall Street's balance sheet) I can draw direct parallels to that of Lehman and Bear Stearns in 2007. It's a party!
Flawed Fundamentals, Nasty Macro, Structural Industry Change: For Wall Street Banks It Really Is Different This Time
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 08/26/2015 08:39 -0500This time, it really is different. It's "Structural", not "Cyclical". It's actually a very big difference, and banking will never be the same.
Reggie Middleton's Prognosticated Market Crash and False Positives in Interest Rate Raise Promises
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 08/25/2015 12:07 -0500Not only is the equity market going to crash (after a dead cat bounce) the property market is about to pass out pain like you won't believe.


