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.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Laughing Policeman

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A society that admires its shock troops had better be bloody careful about where it’s going. — John le CarrĂ©, A Perfect Spy This picture...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Kingdom of the Animals

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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass...
Sunday, August 5, 2012

Fluctuat nec Mergitur

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A girl came in the café and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a face fresh as a newly minted coin if they ...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Picking a Lock with a Wet Herring

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Will Shakespeare: “Words, words, words... Once, I had the gift. I could make love out of words as a potter makes cups out of clay; love ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Ready, Fire, Aim

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So what I told you was true… from a certain point of view. — Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi The news out of Ol...
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