The Epicurean Dealmaker

An occasional review and commentary on Wall Street, global finance, markets, and their participants,
by a pseudonymous investment banker.

Sometimes we will venture out into the broader landscape of society, culture, and politics
to poke and peer at their curious denizens and bring back amusing reports.

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Names will be changed to protect the innocent, if we find any.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Fooled by Arrogance

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Where are all the good men dead In the heart, or in the head? — Grosse Pointe Blank Nassim Nicholas Taleb is at it again. Apparently he was...
Friday, February 13, 2009

To Catch a Thief

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I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in I'm proud to be a glutton, and I do...
Monday, February 9, 2009

Five Pound Box of Money

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Hey Santa Claus, You want to make me happy this year? Listen to me, honey: Give Pearl something that'd be of some use to me, like a ... ...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Dirt Bag Chronicles

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'N every gimmick-hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n roll Grabs the mike to tell us, he'll die before he's sold. But I beli...
Monday, January 19, 2009

The Choice of Herakles

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A dialogue, from The Memorabilia, or Recollections of Socrates , by Xenophon, translated by H.G. Dakyns: I. Duty, or Virtue: "I will n...
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