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.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Rape of Persephone

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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. —...

Reflections Upon an Occasion of Little Consequence

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I. Death Many times man lives and dies Between his two eternities That of race and that of soul And ancient Ireland knew it all. Wheth...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

All Together Now

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“Do you mean, sir, that these birds are cannibals?” “That’s an odd question, young Master,” the banker said. “I merely said the birds dri...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

A Certain Moral Flexibility

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Marty: “When I left, I joined the Army, and when I took the service exam, my psych profile fit a certain... ‘moral flexibility’ would be t...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

All’s Fair...

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“Musashi!” No answer. “Musashi!” The sea rumbled ominously in the distance; the tide lapped and murmured at the two men’s feet. “You...
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