Reggie Middleton's blog

Online tools to 1) see how much your deadbeat carrier ripped you off over the life of your contract 2) see how many times you've paid for that "free" or subsidized phone, 3) watch #margincompression in real time.

The Mobile Computing Wars! There'll be a few big winners, and some horrendously damaged losers brought about mostly by undue greed and price gouging in lieu of creativity and innovation!

The question Du Jour is, "Has margin compression been fully priced into this stock?" or more to the point "Is it time to buy Apple shares as a value play?"

If #32363f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.222222328186035px;">Cyrpus blew up with bank assets/GDP leverage of 700% & Iceland blew up with leverage of 880%, what should we expect from Scotland @ 1,250%? Of course, this leverage number likely excludes those top secret charges I found last month...

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Is that analysts just don't understand the Google Business Model?

Information, Inspiration, Influence: No longer locked in the iron grip of Big Media?

Now, with a paper trail a mile wide that shows that Irish banks' a) need capital b) regulators flip flop regularly and c) will likely puke assets to deleverage, it's time to start strategizing what to do next...

Irishmen with over 100k in euros in suspect Irish banks might as well kiss those damn euros goodbye. You can't say I didn't warn 'ya!

This one post contains comprehensive profit margin analysis apps, 15 minutes of prescient Apple video analysis, and basically better research than you'll find in a year's worth of Goldman research. Don't belive me? Post a compariosn for all to see.

999 basis point drop in earning power in less than a year! Whoa, let's trip over ourselves and lock in bond rates of 70bips over treasuries for 30 years. 1st we have margin compression, now we have common sense compression!

Central Bank governor now admits Irish banks need more capital. As the truth seeps slowly into the mainstream media, who do you believe - Reggie or the Central Bank of Ireland?

He looks different! He speaks different! He thinks different! And Dammit, I think he's RIGHT! Enter the 2nd CNBC Stock Draft Challenge....

I always wanted to debate those smart guys at the Fed, ECB and Irish Central Bank. After all, blowing up country after country is a notable accomplishment, right???!!!

A bank losing billions of dollars in a recessionary environment, REDUCES regulatory capital, failing to report liabilities - in order to pay special investors a special dividend! Sounds about right doesn't it? Unless your a common shareholder!

This is the beginning of War and those on the losing side don't even realize they're in battle. Remember, Merkel has already declared the EU to give up sovereign authority for the greater good, the United Germanic Republic of Europe! This is how she will do it.