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Using Veritas to Construct the "Per…

29-04-2017 Hits:39372 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

The golden grail of investing is to find that investable asset that provides the greatest reward with the least risk. Alas, despite how commonsensical that precept seems to be, many...

The Veritas 2017 Token Offering Summary …

15-04-2017 Hits:40147 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

The Veritas Offering Summary is now available for download, which packs all the information about Veritas in a single page. A step by step guide to purchasing Veritas can be downloaded here.

What Happens When the Fund Fee Fight Hit…

10-04-2017 Hits:39564 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

A hedge fund recently made news by securitizing its LP units as Ethereum-based tokens and selling them as tradeable (thereby liquid) assets. This brings technology to the VC industry that...

Veritaseum: The ICO That's Ushering in t…

07-04-2017 Hits:41334 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

Veritaseum is in the process of building peer-to-peer capital markets that enable financial and value market participants to deal directly with each other on a counterparty risk-free basis in lieu...

This Is Ground Zero for the 2017 Veritas…

03-04-2017 Hits:40895 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

This is the link to the Veritas Crowdsale landing page. Here is where you will be able to buy the Veritas ICO when it is launched in mid-April. Below, please...

What is the Value Proposition For Verita…

01-04-2017 Hits:43455 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

A YouTube commenter asked a very good question that we will like to take some time to answer. The question was, verbatim: I've watched your video and gone through the slides. The exchange...

This Real Estate Bubble, Like Some Relat…

28-03-2017 Hits:28226 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

CNBC reports US home prices rise 5.9 percent to 31-month high in January according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. This puts the 20 city index close to an all time high, including...

Bloomberg Chimes In With My Warnings As …

28-03-2017 Hits:42081 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

Over the last quarter I've been warning about the significant weakness in retailers and the retail real estate that most occupy (links supplied below). Now, Bloomberg reports: Manhattan Landlords Are Offering...

Our Apple Analysis This Week - This Comp…

27-03-2017 Hits:42021 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

We will releasing our Apple forensic analysis and valuation this week for subscribers (click here to subscribe - lowest tier is the same as a Netflix subscription). As can be...

The Country's First Newly Elected Lame D…

27-03-2017 Hits:42262 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

Note: Subscribers should reference the paywall material here for stocks that should give a good risk/reward scenario for bearish trades. The Trump administration's legislative outlook is effectively a political desert, with...

Sears Finally Throws In The Towel Exactl…

22-03-2017 Hits:44342 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

My prediction of Sears collapsing once interest rates started ticking upwards was absolutely on point.

The Transformation of Television in Amer…

21-03-2017 Hits:43722 BoomBustBlog Reggie Middleton

TV has changed more in the past 10 years than it has since it's inception nearly 100 years ago This change is profound, and the primary benefactors look and act...

It's the Real Estate Crash That I Warned You About (again)
I've issued several warnings late last year warning of the real estate bubble peaking and popping. I feel I'm especially qualified to do such since I quite accurately called the…
When It Comes Time To Show and Prove, Equity Markets May Drop Hard
The markets have gotten euphoric since the Trump election, apparently because someone believed what he was selling. Take a look at the broad market jump (powered greatly by the bank…
So, Brexit Is Now Almost Official. Is There Still Risk in Czexit, Pexit, Frexit Through EU referendum CONTAGION?
Note: All downloadable legacy content is for subscribers only. We currently have a sale for $11 per month for basic access. Professional subscribers are now evevated to have direct access…

In Less Than Two Weeks, Another Bitcoin ETF Faces SEC Deadline - It's Denial Is NOT A Bearish Event
LedgerX's "SOLIDX BITCOIN TRUST" has an approval deadline this March 30th, 2017.If it is approved, Bitcoin is due for one hell of a bump, but...
The Fed Raises Rates While Still Baby Feeding the MBS Market With Billions in Monthly Purchases
The Fed has raised rates, officially making real what was mere signaling of the end of its expansionary era... Or is it? You see, from a practical perspective, QE is…
A Bitcoin ETF or Similar Regulated Institutional Vehicle is a Forgone Conclusion - What Happens Next?
Someone with over 53 years on Wall Street sent me this article from Lex of the Financial Times...

Why the Winelvoss Bitcoin ETF Was Rejected and How to Create a Regulated Vehicle That Passes Muster
The Winkelvoss ETF application was rejected by the SEC, and bitcoin dropped about 20% in price. I repetitively warned those that followed me that a very low risk buying opportunity…
Trump Calls Obama's Policies On Russia Weak, But It Appears That Russia Cannot Agree
Donald Trump's recent Tweet discusses how Russia has gotten stronger at the behest of President Obama. For eight years Russia "ran over" President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked-off Crimea and…
SNAP's Greed Derived Self-Inflicted Wounds Continue to Manifest
The day before the SNAP IPO, I penned "Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Pull Off the Heist of the Decade, Bends Over Those Who Don't Read BoomBustBlog". Despite being rather…

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For all new readers to the blog, you may have noticed that the media is all over the fact that the Street thinks Goldman and Morgan are to report significant losses this quarter and that the investment banking business is over. Click this Google search query for Goldmand and Morgan losses .

Imagine if you could have shorted these companies at the beggining of the year when their share prices were three times higher.

Imagine if you read this blog last year, or even in January of this year!!! Just imagine.

Banks, Brokers, & Bullsh1+ part 1

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 | Reggie Middleton

A thorough forensic analysis of Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers has uncovered... Last week, Morgan Stanley called Citibank the “short play of...

The Riskiest Bank on the Street
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Key highlights of my research on the "Riskiest Investment Bank on the Street": The Riskiest Bank on Wall Street – Morgan Stanley has US$74 billion of Level 3 assets, over 200% of its eq

Monday, 11 February 2008

A closer look at the exposure of the other brokers
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...- Who has the most of their assets tied up in illiquid Level 3 as a proportion to tangible equity? You guessed it, The Riskiest Bank on the Street. Now, they do have a decent amount of liquidity the ...

Sunday, 16 March 2008

19. On the insolvencies of non-bank financial institutions
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...Bullsh1+ part 1 Banks, Brokers, & Bullsh1+ part 2 Money Panic Bear Fight The Breaking of the Bear The Riskiest Bank on the Street Here comes the CRE Bust (Quip on Lehman Brothers)...

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

20. Quick Morgan Stanley update from my lab
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This is a refresher to the The Riskiest Bank on the Street piece that I posted a few months ago on Morgan Stanley. Let me get straight to the salient points. High exposure to lev

Thursday, 20 March 2008

21. Early morning scan of events
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For those that haven't noticed, I've begun sharing my early morning news and data routine with the blog. Here goes Monday moring EST. Is the Fed running out of ammo? Reserve

Monday, 31 March 2008

22. Reggie Middleton on the Street's Riskiest Bank - Update
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This is the update to my forensic deep dive analysis of Morgan Stanley. It is still, in my opinion, the "riskiest bank on the street". A few things to make note of as you browse through my opinion a

Sunday, 06 April 2008

23. Banks, Brokers & Bullsh1t 3.0: Shenanigans at Morgan and Lehman
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I've been promising to give an illustration of the shenanigans being played by the commercial and investment bank's for some time now, but I've been quite busy working on my entrepeneurial pursuits

Wednesday, 16 April 2008

24. I warned you about the risk of those I Banks
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...ive counterparty and credit risk to imperfect hedges to dead and depreciating assets held off balance sheet: The Riskiest Bank on the Street Is this the Breaking of the Bear? Banks, Broke...

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

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Goldman Sachs Snapshot: Risk vs. Reward vs. Reputations on the Street

Reggie Middleton on Risk, Reward and Reputations on the Street: the Goldman Sachs Forensic Analysis

Goldman Sachs valuation update: Buffet's strategic investment and public offering

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... Fed keeps banks afloat as money market crisis deepens - what banks do you think they are referring to??? Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. The run on the prime brokerage accounts of Morgan Stanley h...
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The name brand contrarian plays have bore sweet fruit

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...e trouble than they let on. Now, on to how my contrarian name brand plays have been doing... Goldman Sachs with the name brand conscious (yet financially unconscious) investors saying th...
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Reggie Middleton on Goldman Sachs Q3 2008

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...rish view on Bear Stearns in a bear market and Is this the Breaking of the Bear's Back?), I am bearish on Goldman as well (Goldman Sachs Snapshot: Risk vs. Reward vs. Reputations on the Street and Re...
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The media and retail investors are now realizing that I banks are really publicly traded hedge funds

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...businesses. I went through this in detail when analyzing and valuing both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, as well detailing the risks in these companies' trading practices and off bala...
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We are at an inflection point in World Banking � This is how I've prepared myself

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...t the economic risk assumed in the generation of accounting earnings. This is my argument for the short of Goldman Sachs (see the sidebar for related reading). An accurate reporting of economic risk a...
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The newest Goldman Report: the Goldan Boys as a Bank Holding Company

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Here is the latest report on Goldmans Sachs, which I am still actively pursuing in my proprietary accounts. It has been a most profitable trade from the 180's, unfortunately I failed to follow my in
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Goldman and Morgan losses in the news, about 11 months late