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{{a|glossary|Known by some followers of the Good Man as the [[Dark Lord of the Swaps]], [[File:Nosferatu.jpg|450px|center|Thumb|Mr. [[Nosferatu]] discussing passive investment strategies with a client yesterday]]}}, [[Nosferatu]] was a Romanian [[broker/dealer]], headquartered high in the Carpathian mountains, not far from Făgăraș.  
[[Nosferatu]] was a Romanian [[broker/dealer]], headquartered high in the Carpathian mountains. It was an  [[intermediate broker]] for [[Lehman]] brothers and [[MF Global]]. It had a long and magnificent history, first clearing Transylvanian [[Futures|futures]] for the Medicis and Rothschilds, only to meet a sticky end when [[tulip mania]] finally broke in 1637. But, miraculously, it lived on, in boxes of sacred earth, only to wreak a similar hell on undercapitalised American brokers in 2008.
 
He — or ''it'' — was an  [[intermediate broker]] for [[Lehman]] brothers and [[MF Global]]. It had a long and magnificent history, first clearing Transylvanian [[Futures|futures]] for the Medicis and Rothschilds, only to meet a sticky end when [[tulip mania]] finally broke in 1637. But, miraculously, it lived on, in boxes of sacred earth, only to wreak a similar hell on undercapitalised American brokers in 2008. He — I mean ''it'' — then disappeared again, but is rumoured to have cultivated an undead army of [[Financial weapons of mass destruction|phantom ISDAs]] whom, the prophecies of the [[Good Man]] make plain, will once again rise up and lay unholy waste to the Godless capital markets of the world.


If you find a chap with [[Arthur Andersen]], [[Enron]], [[Lehman]] ''and'' [[MF Global]] on his CV, don't call him [[Lucky]]. Call him ''[[Phantom der Nacht]]''.
If you find a chap with [[Arthur Andersen]], [[Enron]], [[Lehman]] ''and'' [[MF Global]] on his CV, don't call him [[Lucky]]. Call him ''[[Phantom der Nacht]]''.


He controls the sleeping army of zombie ISDAs and is the archetypal counterpoint to the [[Good Man]].
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*[[Good Man]]
*[[Good Man]]
*[[Lucky]]
*[[Lucky]]

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, Nosferatu was a Romanian broker/dealer, headquartered high in the Carpathian mountains, not far from Făgăraș.

He — or it — was an intermediate broker for Lehman brothers and MF Global. It had a long and magnificent history, first clearing Transylvanian futures for the Medicis and Rothschilds, only to meet a sticky end when tulip mania finally broke in 1637. But, miraculously, it lived on, in boxes of sacred earth, only to wreak a similar hell on undercapitalised American brokers in 2008. He — I mean it — then disappeared again, but is rumoured to have cultivated an undead army of phantom ISDAs whom, the prophecies of the Good Man make plain, will once again rise up and lay unholy waste to the Godless capital markets of the world.

If you find a chap with Arthur Andersen, Enron, Lehman and MF Global on his CV, don't call him Lucky. Call him Phantom der Nacht.

See also