for a fresh oh nine,
citi smooths dimpled wrinkles
off shiny new dress.
December 24, 2008
December 18, 2008
December 16, 2008
December 11, 2008
December 10, 2008
fancy that - unhappy with the bailout.
snarling flame uncurls,
wrath seethes from the dragon's den,
such is lawyer's scorn
a bailout half dished,
certainly ain't rumour-squished,
we're just plain afraid.
wrath seethes from the dragon's den,
such is lawyer's scorn
a bailout half dished,
certainly ain't rumour-squished,
we're just plain afraid.
December 9, 2008
maudlin poeticfullness over exec comp.
rowdy ocean tides,
are scorched thunder to timid
ripples of payouts.
a squeaked request asked,
is turned asunder aghast,
loose change i can't spare.
are scorched thunder to timid
ripples of payouts.
a squeaked request asked,
is turned asunder aghast,
loose change i can't spare.
December 5, 2008
December 4, 2008
sombre news for staff.
handy swiss scapel,
solemly pierces staff count.
a dull stethoscope,
quivers longingly
over soft earnings, hopeful
of steady heartbeat.
solemly pierces staff count.
a dull stethoscope,
quivers longingly
over soft earnings, hopeful
of steady heartbeat.
December 3, 2008
November 26, 2008
November 24, 2008
November 23, 2008
Having a weekend chat with the feds.
underbelly sinks,
snarling lava pit spits, fumes,
c quivers, shudders.
unsettled angers
seek calm; absorption of losses
ain't lozenge enough.
snarling lava pit spits, fumes,
c quivers, shudders.
unsettled angers
seek calm; absorption of losses
ain't lozenge enough.
November 19, 2008
A bite of big Mac
with canny poise, squeaked
leverage wobbles see-saw,
unfairly perhaps
hints of grey cygnets,
cloud sombre market tantrums;
terra calma yearned.
leverage wobbles see-saw,
unfairly perhaps
hints of grey cygnets,
cloud sombre market tantrums;
terra calma yearned.
November 18, 2008
November 17, 2008
November 14, 2008
squawking over billions in monies.
tarp allocation,
weaves raspy money thread thru'
nation's home fabric
weaves raspy money thread thru'
nation's home fabric
November 13, 2008
Fund Mangers and restrictions.
broods of reps huddle,
a rookerie of black crows
narrows wary eyes,
struggles brew dark smoke,
claws like scythes, they parry, scratch
o'er regulation.
a rookerie of black crows
narrows wary eyes,
struggles brew dark smoke,
claws like scythes, they parry, scratch
o'er regulation.
November 11, 2008
November 10, 2008
November 7, 2008
November 5, 2008
November 4, 2008
November 3, 2008
November 1, 2008
October 31, 2008
October 29, 2008
October 28, 2008
October 27, 2008
October 24, 2008
October 23, 2008
October 21, 2008
October 20, 2008
October 19, 2008
October 17, 2008
October 16, 2008
October 15, 2008
October 13, 2008
October 10, 2008
October 8, 2008
Co-ordinated Rate Cuts - what of good signals eh?
flocks of rate slashes,
as central banks aim phalanx
at dammed up credit
confidence effects
stay mixed, uncertain, wary,
as dow meekly dips.
as central banks aim phalanx
at dammed up credit
confidence effects
stay mixed, uncertain, wary,
as dow meekly dips.
October 7, 2008
Fed walking in Commercial Paper Wonderland.
whilst traipsing amongst
bakeries of companies,
fed whiffs foul pastries
announcing anon,
bad yeast begone, dear fed shoves
hands in all the pies.
bakeries of companies,
fed whiffs foul pastries
announcing anon,
bad yeast begone, dear fed shoves
hands in all the pies.
October 6, 2008
October 3, 2008
October 2, 2008
October 1, 2008
September 30, 2008
September 29, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 24, 2008
September 23, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 20, 2008
MS still in talks?
storm's lustful wrath nears,
fallen angel courts morsels
of time's precious gift
soon to be released,
shackled claws of naked shorts,
crave financial blood
come near october,
shall rapacious borrows sink,
once reinforced hulls.
fallen angel courts morsels
of time's precious gift
soon to be released,
shackled claws of naked shorts,
crave financial blood
come near october,
shall rapacious borrows sink,
once reinforced hulls.
September 19, 2008
September 18, 2008
September 17, 2008
More banking mergers to come?
short selling hacks pluck
brokerage feathers, wall street
plumage sheds, molts, thins
such simple power
tickles market fancy; banks
are spit like sour milk
brokerage feathers, wall street
plumage sheds, molts, thins
such simple power
tickles market fancy; banks
are spit like sour milk
September 16, 2008
September 15, 2008
September 13, 2008
A lamentful LEH sonnet
No tears of solace shall soothe my heart's burn. A hauntingly sober life without you shall no doubt give me more lessons than few to learn. Could this parched summer really, truly end with the collapse of two?
Our love's complex sickles of debt crafting,
Were silky green streams; charmed, meshed instruments,
I never thought that you needed fixing,
But stung wounds were market's impediments.
I demand most sweet favour of our Fed,
Your rescue; but alas their wrinkled ears,
may fall deaf to my imploring pleas, dread!
The disgust of it all, runs sparked by fears.
Was your silence for my sins your downfall,
My selfishness eroded credit thin,
Yet you asked them for faith, as after all,
Tears are but a stretch, marked on surface skin.
Your lascivious grace I'm loathe to miss,
Dare I hope you shall receive, foreign kiss.
Our love's complex sickles of debt crafting,
Were silky green streams; charmed, meshed instruments,
I never thought that you needed fixing,
But stung wounds were market's impediments.
I demand most sweet favour of our Fed,
Your rescue; but alas their wrinkled ears,
may fall deaf to my imploring pleas, dread!
The disgust of it all, runs sparked by fears.
Was your silence for my sins your downfall,
My selfishness eroded credit thin,
Yet you asked them for faith, as after all,
Tears are but a stretch, marked on surface skin.
Your lascivious grace I'm loathe to miss,
Dare I hope you shall receive, foreign kiss.
September 12, 2008
September 11, 2008
September 10, 2008
September 9, 2008
September 8, 2008
September 5, 2008
September 3, 2008
September 2, 2008
August 29, 2008
cuts for LEH
as gasps of summer,
sip away to a parched fall,
glass looks half empty
moody pay cycles,
leave strained, bloodshot eyes batting
over classifieds.
sip away to a parched fall,
glass looks half empty
moody pay cycles,
leave strained, bloodshot eyes batting
over classifieds.
August 27, 2008
August 26, 2008
August 21, 2008
August 18, 2008
August 15, 2008
August 14, 2008
August 13, 2008
Cerberus & Carlyle, market dislocation heroes?
wise fee architects,
shove sleeves of debt into slough;
pray against pot-holes,
post-wheel, through disuse,
they hope foreign path nigh used,
cements their returns.
shove sleeves of debt into slough;
pray against pot-holes,
post-wheel, through disuse,
they hope foreign path nigh used,
cements their returns.
August 12, 2008
August 11, 2008
August 9, 2008
August 7, 2008
August 6, 2008
July 30, 2008
July 29, 2008
July 28, 2008
July 26, 2008
re: jan 6 hedge funds. we love them through thick and thin
plucky pension plans,
pledge penny promises, all
is love and caring.
global macro sought,
or buy-side, or short & sulk,
dawdle away sirs.
pledge penny promises, all
is love and caring.
global macro sought,
or buy-side, or short & sulk,
dawdle away sirs.
July 23, 2008
July 21, 2008
The conspirer's stalking horse has emerged.
mere advisory?
a leave of absence? will they
screech "nepotism?"
finance woes simmer;
masking a fast emerging
omnivoice. goldmen.
a leave of absence? will they
screech "nepotism?"
finance woes simmer;
masking a fast emerging
omnivoice. goldmen.
July 20, 2008
July 19, 2008
May 1, 2008
April 28, 2008
April 25, 2008
April 24, 2008
April 18, 2008
April 15, 2008
April 14, 2008
April 8, 2008
April 4, 2008
April 3, 2008
March 27, 2008
March 26, 2008
March 25, 2008
March 24, 2008
March 23, 2008
March 11, 2008
March 10, 2008
March 8, 2008
March 7, 2008
March 6, 2008
February 26, 2008
February 25, 2008
February 22, 2008
February 21, 2008
February 20, 2008
February 19, 2008
February 15, 2008
February 14, 2008
February 5, 2008
February 4, 2008
January 31, 2008
January 30, 2008
January 28, 2008
January 25, 2008
January 23, 2008
January 21, 2008
January 17, 2008
fishing from the other side
as the men in boats
twitched at the slightest of tugs,
they drew sunken boots..
a conspiracy?!?
who told Goldies that fish bite,
off the other side
twitched at the slightest of tugs,
they drew sunken boots..
a conspiracy?!?
who told Goldies that fish bite,
off the other side
January 13, 2008
January 10, 2008
a haiku-couplet?
perky piglet snouts,
slick hunters of street truffle,
tickled by fresh scent
amid barren debt,
will this lush crop yield forth a:
vernal Blackstone spring?
slick hunters of street truffle,
tickled by fresh scent
amid barren debt,
will this lush crop yield forth a:
vernal Blackstone spring?
January 8, 2008
January 6, 2008
An arhythmic sonnet for Mr. Bernanke
Inside Eccles; they surmise, calculate, our hardship, the quiver of recession. Inflation’s pungency they postulate, will a cut of .5 show compassion?
Christmas shoppers to their beseeching eyes
Swell the tills, as aides to scanty credit,
A monster that through hubris we surmise
Left many a lender holding debit
Not today, nor later will a write-down,
Fully expose as a fiend of wall street
For now they will only seek to confound
They are hidden demons, fickle and fleet
The twine of Bernanke’s tightrope snarls, tears,
The woes of inflation and weaker sales
Guide us to Hades’ market of bears
Will he conjure famine from whence glut hails?
Pray Ben be cautious to our sentiment
Hack with your cleaver, let the heir repent
January 4, 2008
January 3, 2008
The western child longs for its oil-mother
Parched lips lament. As
violence thrusts the oil teat,
past hundred. Dismay!
violence thrusts the oil teat,
past hundred. Dismay!
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