Sunday End Games, 1979, and Ginger Tea

By Paul Sankey Published on June 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Happy Father’s Day! Having lunch with the three kids this afternoon at 5pm. Specific “Mother’s” and “Father’s Day” as such are American inventions, in West Virginia 1907 for Mother’s Day, and 1909 for Father’s Day as a complement, to be fair to Fathers. Should really be Mom’s Day and Dad’s Day. Mother’s Day in the UK has its origins in the 16th-century custom of ‘Mothering Sunday’, which fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent. So …

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Sunday Pimm’s & Bicycle Thieves

By Paul Sankey Published on June 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Greetings, Just like that, the month of May 2025 was gone. Always a blink, the wonderful month of blossoms. Thus, Panama hats, white linens and blue seersucker summer wardrobe-ready, Wall Street summer is upon us. Enjoy your weekend, let’s try to relax. A stroll today, to help you think easy, let me give you a reminder of the famous (and generic) Sunday Sankey Pimm’s recipe, which drink converted at least one hedge fund portfolio manager …

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Sunday Kaws, Claws and the Japanese

By Paul Sankey Published on April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Happy Easter! Source: X.com – Tejano is kind of a buddy, real oil guy, runs wireline in the Permian ~ I am heading to Calgary tomorrow. With all the action in the Middle East, Europe, it might feel that I am heading in the wrong direction, but who knew that Canada would be the first and biggest loser from Trump II? We shall see, the mood apparently is Canadian fury at Trump II. Star meeting …

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