Reggie Middleton's blog
Why Occupy Wall Street When You Can Control Wall Street?
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/12/2011 09:42 -0500This is what happens when Wall Street protesters organize to the extent that they can actually effect the banks the same way the corporate raiders control the Fortune 500.
Hunting the Squid, Part 5: Sometimes Your Local Superhero Doesn't Look Like What They Show You In The Movies
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/07/2011 09:14 -0500Geithner said US banks aren't at risk, shares spiked. He's considered a (super)hero by some. I say look to track record, TRUTH, facts & actual accomplishments for our new superheroes! Here are some Goldman Sachs FACTS Geithner forgot to mention!!! Must have left them home with his cape...
BoomBustBlog Visits Financial Ground Zero To Check Out The Occupy Wall Street Movement
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/06/2011 08:05 -0500It's ironic that the police came out in force to protect the institutions whose massive bonus's were derived, in large part, from raping and pillaging professional sheeple pools such as police pension funds. That's the sound of the beast...
As Anticipated At BoomBustBlog, Android's Cutting Through Apple's Aggressively Sized Margins?
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/05/2011 09:12 -0500There are only two ways for Apple to proceed (as) successfully in the medium term: 1) cut prices or 2) raise the technological bar. Either way, margins get hit. This is the first time Apple has released a smart product to boos from expectations set by the Android camp!!!
Reggie Middleton Serves Up Fried Calamari From Raw Squid: Goldman Sachs and the Market Perception of Real Risks!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/04/2011 07:13 -0500Booyah! There you go. The markets & the media have concentrated on Morgan Stanely because Goldman has successfully hid much of its risk from those who didn't subscribe to BoomBustBlog. Watch the fireworks as the truth is exposed, then goes VIRAL!!!
Hunting the Squid, Part 2: Since When Is Enough Derivative Exposure To Blow Up The World Something To Be Ignored?
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/03/2011 10:32 -0500How will GS put a real hedge, a counterparty risk mitigating prophylactic if you will, over that big green stalk that is representative of Total Credit Exposure to Risk Based Capital? Short answer, Goldman may very well be to big for a counterparty condom. You pretty, brand name Goldman counterparties out there (and yes, there are a lot of y'all - GS really gets around), expect to get burned at the culmination of that French banking party I've been talking about for the last few quarters.
I'm Hunting Big Game Today:The Squid On The Spear Tip, Part 1 & Introduction
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/30/2011 08:26 -0500This is the first in a series of articles to be released this weekend concerning the sell side's, media's, and general investing public's extreme under-appreciation for the risk that is Goldman Sachs, the Squid!
Sophisticated Ignorance Or Just A Very, Very Short Term Memory? Foolish Talk of German Bailouts Once Again
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/29/2011 07:43 -0500If I were able to show in this article that it really ISN'T different this time, would it change any decision maker's path or actions? We all know the answer to that question. Time to get those outlier event short positions ready, it's going to be a rough ride!!! A complete recap of recent events...
I ask the MSM, Why Keep Telling A Joke That's Just Not Funny? Enter The NAR
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/28/2011 08:38 -0500Bloomberg reports: Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Increased More Than Forecast
Trading Analysis, Recommendations and Market Commentary From Eurocalypse - 9/27/2011
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/27/2011 09:33 -0500The following is an excerpt from the contribution from BoomBustBlog resident trader Eurocalypse
I Suggest Groupon Offer Coupons To It's IPO Investors, They're Going To Need Them
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/26/2011 12:53 -0500This post is an example of what a little investigative reporting should look like. Let's attempt to recast pop media in the form of a smart ass blog.
This Time Really Is Different And Not Like The Last 800 Years, Really - So Says The French Banker and His Backers!!!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/23/2011 06:21 -0500This time really is different! Einstein has his definition of inssanity, but Middleton says the definition of a cental banker/planner is more and more borrowing & expecting solvency this time around.
Independent, Bombastic Financial News Show Dramatically Scoops the Financial Times On French Bank Run Story
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/22/2011 11:04 -0500Stacy Herbert and Max Keiser have absolutely scooped the FT on the French bank run story with thier interactive interview of me and the use of new media. Absolutley!
Methinks the smaller media and blogs should be taken moe seriously as a platform by the mainstream media. Seriously! ZH and BBB are perfect examples.
Follow Me As I Model The First Pan-European Bank Run In Damn Near Real Time
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/21/2011 19:18 -0500Make your moves BEFORE Europe's "Lehman Moment" arrives - for if when it does, most nations will be powerless to do anything about it.
Ratings Agencies Are Only A Year And A Half Late Once It Comes To The Italian Banks!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 09/21/2011 13:17 -0500Self explanatory is the title...


