Wonks Anonymous has a minor claim on the pool of rents accruing to the financial sector in the form of a small number of Prudential shares. A little bitty piece of the rock.

He notes that his dividend is up from around $19 to just over $22. That would be more than 5%. He does not know how deeply involved in the recent financial shenanigans his financial overlords were.

But really, is this a wonderful country or what?