One Degree of Separation

Called the Goldman Sachs equity derivatives desk in New York earlier this morning to confirm some information about a trade we did with them recently. After verifying what was needed with "Dan", presumably someone I had never spoken to before, we soon downshifted and made small chat; only after conversing for several minutes (mind you, a minute is an eternity in the world of trading desks) did it dawn on us that we had met in person only six months earlier. Dan and I attended the same ISDA financial derivatives conference in New York this past January and had lunch together on the last day. Scary. The equity derivatives world is small indeed. Not quite as small (and interconnected) as the Korean American community but damn close.