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, November 27, 2014

His Dark Materials

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Joseph Wright, Arkwright’s Cotton Mills by Night, c. 1782 The best one can hope for as a human is to have a relationship with that emptin...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Regrets, I’ve Had a Few

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Auguste Rodin, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1893 Martin Blank: “I’m sorry if I fucked up your life.” Debi Newberry: “It’s not over yet.” ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

What Is It Like to Be a Banker?

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Conscious experience is a widespread phenomenon. — Thomas Nagel, inveterate optimist Whilst conducting primary research into the ontolog...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

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Auguste Rodin, The Age of Bronze, 1876 “If you meet a thief, you may suspect him, by virtue of your office, to be no true man; and, for ...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Courtly Love

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Contrary to the cynicism that can pervade discussions of [mergers and acquisitions], many top level M & A advisors have a genuine concer...
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