A.D. Barber
by A.D.:
Indian Authorities Slam UBS
Section : Insider Info
May 2005
One year after India's "black Monday" crash, the country bars UBS from issuing derivative products
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Tack! Jibe! Hedgies Sail for Charity
Section : Insider Info
May 2005
The annual Hedge Fund Regatta will draw a daring fleet to N.Y. Harbor
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Divine Intervention
Section : Insider Info
May 2005
Canadian bull-riding champion turned trader, J.P. Veitch bankrolls an indie rock band
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Ohio Flips Out Over Coin Fund Scandal
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Fund Manager Tom Noe sweats out a storm of investigations that may impact the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
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Traders' Bad Beat
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Card-playing traders bemoan recent raids on New York poker clubs and push for legalization
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PHLX Chairman: 'We're Not Selling'
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Sandy Frucher insists that speculation about a PHLX deal is just that
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Jacko Trial Action: A Thriller
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Binary options trading on the Michael Jackson trial may forecast a verdict
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H&R Blockbuster
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Want to gloat over a recent trade? Or share your pain? Submit your *Trade of the Day* here
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Who Manages Traders’ Money?
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Master-of-the-universe traders often need someone to hold their hand as they navigate their own financial planning
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Feds Freeze Florida Fund
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Fund manager Howard Waxenberg recently committed suicide after the S.E.C. announced its fraud investigation
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Buckeye Investment Saga Continues
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Sketchy characters and questionable investments are piling up in Ohio, where losses are nearly $220 million
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Word of X-Rated Tape Rattles Toronto
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
A mysterious "videotape vixen" is threatening to go public with naughty footage of Toronto traders
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Quittin' Time
Section : Insider Info
June 2005
Hedge funds on both sides of the pond choose to shut their doors rather than reverse recent losses
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NYMEX Seat Hits All-Time High
Section : Insider Info
July 2005
Last week, a Dallas-based brokerage firm bought a NYMEX seat for $2.5 million - the highest price ever paid
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Mortgage Whacked
Section : Insider Info
July 2005
A Florida trader currently under SEC investigation allegedly used forged documents to mortgage his wife's home
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Trade of the Day
Section : Insider Info
July 2005
Our Trader gloating forum highlights a Google "lark"
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Playing the Rebate Game
Section : Insider Info
July 2005
Some ECN traders now rapidly move in and out of liquid positions solely to collect high-volume rebates
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Hung Jury: Supreme Court Options
Section : Insider Info
July 2005
Traders on Intrade's options market got burned by White House suggestions that a female judge would replace O'Connor
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Derivium Debacle Unfolds
Section : Insider Info
July 2005
The IRS, SEC and various displeased customers are scrutinizing this wealth-management firm and its "no-recourse" loans
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30 Under 30: Patrick Bartley
Section : Directions
August/September 2005
The most successful young traders in the world
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30 Under 30: Shahnaz Hussain
Section : Directions
August/September 2005
The most successful young traders in the world
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30 Under 30: Lucas McConnell
Section : Directions
August/September 2005
The most successful young traders in the world
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30 Under 30: Michael Ross
Section : Directions
August/September 2005
The most successful young traders in the world
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30 Under 30
Section : Directions
August/September 2005
We polled the world's trading community to come up with the best young talent currently conquering global markets.
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No Bogeys!
Section : Insider Info
August 2005
This week’s hedge-fund golf school benefits a great cause
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Build a Better Bachelor Party
Section : Open
October/November 2005
You know your bachelor party was badass when it makes national news. What's not so sweet is a police investigation -- the lamentable result when lurid details of Fidelity trader Tom Bruderman's March 2003 Miami bacchanal recently came to light. To keep the rich trader tradition of killer bachelor blowouts healthy, Trader Monthly offers this handy guide to keeping it aboveboard -- but still below the belt.
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This Bull's Life
Section : High/Low
December 2005/January 2006
Buzzy Schwartz's remarkably successful career as an independent trader has known no boundaries -- and he’s still going strong.
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Total Recall
Section : Directions
February/March 2006
Enron giveth. Four years later, a judge taketh away.
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Vintage Guitars
Section : Open
February/March 2006
Rock the market for old-school axes -- and turn your profits up to 11
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The Best of the Rest
Section : Directions
February/March 2006
Beyond the bulge bracket, some other players cleaned up in their niche last year.
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Postmodern Man
Section : High/Low
February/March 2006
Academic heavyweight Nassim Taleb is doing some serious thinking about randomness and risk. The Pentagon has picked his brain. Now, so do we.
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Hidden Agenda
Section : High/Low
April/May 2006
Program trading is supposed to be straightforward. So what exactly does Rosenblatt Securities' Joe Gawronski see lurking in the shadows?
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Trader Monthly 100: The Best of the Rest
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: Top Up-and-Comers
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The brightest rising stars, plus a few traders who fell off the list.
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Naked Gun
Section : High/Low
June/July 2006
Selling uncovered options is one of trading's most frightening strategies. But after facing down the worst days of his career, Tony Caine considers it just a morning stroll.
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The Big Hurt
Section : Directions
June/July 2006
One person's good trade is, by definition, another's bad one. After a year of record earnings, we tally the slip side -- the 10 biggest losses of 2005 -- and what the rest of us can learn from their mistakes.
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Trader Monthly 100: The Top 10
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: Top Hedge-Fund Traders
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: Top Wall Street Traders
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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The Trader Monthly 100: Earn, Baby, Earn
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
Our third annual take on the world's highest-earning traders.
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Trader Monthly 100: The Top 10
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: Top Hedge-Fund Traders
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: Top Wall Street Traders
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: The Best of the Rest
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The highest-earning traders of 2005.
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Trader Monthly 100: Top Up-and-Comers
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
The brightest rising stars, plus a few traders who fell off the list.
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Hidden Agenda
Section : High/Low
April/May 2006
Program trading is supposed to be straightforward. So what exactly does Rosenblatt Securities' Joe Gawronski see lurking in the shadows?
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Shredded Wheat
Section : High/Low
June/July 2006
How a floor buddy's bunk spread hunch and my own vacation plans once left me over a bushel.
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With Vision Comes Alpha
Section : Directions
June/July 2006
He's one of the most admired hedge-fund investors in the world, and a three-time member of the Trader Monthly 100. In an excerpt from a new book, Inside the House of Money, Ospraie's Dwight Anderson opens up about his early days, his triumphs and insecurities - and the mysterious man in the orange shirt.
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Market Madness
Section : Open
February/March 2006
These legendary lunatics are insane - insanely good traders!
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Buy-Side Behemoth
Section : High/Low
February/March 2006
Running $1 million can be tricky. Running $1 billion is even trickier. State Street's European head trader, Douglas Hampton, chats about what it's like to run $1 trillion!
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Total Recall
Section : Directions
February/March 2006
Enron giveth. Four years later, a judge taketh away.
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The Best of the Rest
Section : Directions
February/March 2006
Beyond the bulge bracket, some other players cleaned up in their niche last year.
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The Trader Monthly 100: Earn, Baby, Earn
Section : Directions
April/May 2006
Our third annual take on the world's highest-earning traders.
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