A few choice cuts from a volatile year for the market:

1. Cramer calls out Ben Bernanke just after Bear Stearns hits the market – Aside from the theatrics of CNBC’s Jim Cramer, what I’ll remember most was the timing. Cramer was spot on in his analysis and for that it is Plain Vanilla’s best moment of 2007!

2. Ed Pastorini and the phantom bid – This was M&A gone mad just before the market got bad. This private equity baron, and this bid speculation turned out to be a hoax as some bright spark put Edward Pastorini through the anagram machine and got Top Insider Award.

3. Northern Rock bank run – I couldn’t help it, I had to get the beleaguered mortgage bank in. This firm was the poster child of the credit crunch in the UK and looks set to carry on flying the flag in 2008.