TABLE OF CONTENTS Best of the Trading World June/July 2007 Trade Here Now! From Amsterdam to Zurich, Beantown to Buenos Aires: presenting our inaugural ranking of the 50 greatest trading cities in the world. Street Brawler Jimmy Cayne built Bear Stearns from the ground up with one key ingredient: guts. We induct a Wall Street icon. A Cut Above You're unique. Like a snowflake. So why would you settle for a suit straight off the rack?

Flight Risk
Cojones
By Doug Donaldson | Page 38
Air Force test pilot Brett Vance takes his F-16 up to God’s anteroom, then kills the engine. Certifiable tough guy — or just certifiable? > read more
Keywords: Cojones

Their Generation
Tunes
By Hilary Lewis | Page 38
Revisiting the original rock festival, four decades on. > read more
Keywords: Tunes

Livermore's Cotton Club
Coolest Trade Ever?
By Andrew Barber | Page 36
How Woodrow Wilson picked apart the boldest ag trade of all time. > read more
Keywords: Coolest Trade Ever?

$6,000 Hot Dog
Buzz Words
| Page 36
\siks thau-zend dä-ler hät-dog\ noun: An ill-timed departure from floor or screen. > read more
Keywords: Buzzwords

One Angry Man
Doctor's Orders
By Cristina Velocci | Page 42
Is your temper killing you? > read more
Keywords: Doctor's Orders

Oh, Maia
Buy This Island
By Eric Capper | Page 42
Who wants to be a Brazillionaire? > read more
Keywords: Buy This Island

Hot News, Gossip and Industry Dish
Insider Info
By Rich Blake , Teri Buhl , Hilary Lewis , Leah McGrath Goodman , Cristina Velocci , David Moss | Page 22
> read more
Keywords: Insider Info

Housing Starts
My Charity
By David Moss | Page 34
Geneva Trading’s Gordon Hurley pours his sweat equity into building homes for El Salvador’s poor. > read more
Keywords: My Charity

Lowlifes in Pinstripes
Reads
By Kris Kelley | Page 32
A new fiction collection examines the seamy side of the Street. > read more
Keywords: Reads

Tonic Ideal
Pretty Boy
By Cristina Velocci | Page 32
A swingin’ London he-salon that caters to traders. > read more
Keywords: Pretty Boy

The Boy and the Bubble
Who Knew?
By Andrew Barber | Page 40
Whatever happened to infamous teenage stock tout Jonathan Lebed? > read more
Keywords: Who Knew?

Scent of a Trader
10 Grand Well-Spent
By Doug Donaldson | Page 40
Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, Liz Taylor . . . and you! Enter the world of signature cologne, one heady whiff at a time. > read more
Keywords: $10,000 Well Spent

The X Factor
My Best Trade
By Peter Griffin, Jr. | Page 60
How I played a purely technical edge to extract a solid six-figure profit from U.S. Steel, one of the oldest American companies still trading. > read more
Keywords: My Best Trade , My Worst Trade

Street Brawler
Hall of Fame
By Charles Gasparino | Page 52
Jimmy Cayne built Bear Stearns from the ground up with one key ingredient: guts. We induct a Wall Street icon. > read more
Keywords: Hall of Fame

Meditation Man
Life After Trading
By Cristina Velocci | Page 64
How Matthew Schojam traded his long positions for the lotus position and equities for inner peace. > read more
Keywords: Life After Trading

Street Cred
Performance
By Rich Blake | Page 46
A decade ago, Peter Lupoff left Wall Street to start a record label. Now he’s trading again — and his hip-hop experience is paying off. > read more
Keywords: Performance

Ice Capades
The Ask
By Leah McGrath Goodman | Page 56
Instigating upheaval, upending the status quo, enjoying exponential growth — where exactly is the ICE heading? Its iconoclastic leader, Jeffrey Sprecher, elaborates. > read more
Keywords: The Ask

Crunch Time
The Beat of Wall Street
By Charles Gasparino | Page 70
The next two months are crucial for the NYSE, with some predicting that the specialist firms might bolt by Labor Day. Could this really be the end of the floor? > read more
Keywords: The Beat of the Street

Value Betting
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 66
Any capable trader can profit from a good position. The masters know how to play for maximum extraction. > read more
Keywords: The Card Shark

Vengeance Collar
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 68
Whether you realize it or not, sometimes trading becomes a revenge ploy. Avoid this trap — because in your zeal to get even, you might end up getting crushed. > read more
Keywords: The Head Coach

Cash Money
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 54
Currency futures have emerged as the ultimate trading milieu, offering 24-hour action, an abundance of products and endless strategic triggers. Thank you, volatility. > read more
Keywords: The Trade

DAX Man
Three Rules
By Hilary Lewis | Page 50
Financial-futures phenom Paul Redmond gets his ticks in big batches by sticking to his trusted game plan. > read more
Keywords: Three Rules

Position Police
Risk Reward
By Rich Blake | Page 62
Monitoring trading risk is a complex, imperfect science that confounds even the best practitioners. Meet two men determined to rule the land of the untamed. > read more
Keywords: Risk/Reward

Links of Luxury
Best Golf Resorts
By Ty Wenger | Page 96
For a man like you (read: stressed-out, demanding, cash-rich), not just any golf resort will do. You need fairways like carpets, pillows like clouds — and a surfeit of world-class links capable of quenching the most obsessive-compulsive golfing habit. Behold the world’s MOST CLASSIC resorts . . . for traders. > read more
Keywords: Recreation , Directions , Travel

A Cut Above
Fashion
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 104
You’re unique. Like a snowflake. They broke the mold and all that. So why would you settle for a suit straight off the rack? Behold the sartorial splendor that resulted when we paired two Wall Street traders with five of Manhattan’s top bespoke tailors. > read more
Keywords: Fashion

Black Gold Rush
Feature
By Leah McGrath Goodman | Page 88
It will go down in history as one of the all-time great trading paydays. Now, as the dust settles on the NYMEX’s initial public offering, we reveal who won, who lost — and why one of the last great bastions of open-outcry will never be the same. > read more
Keywords: Directions , Profile

Trade Here Now!
Best Trading Cities
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 77
From Amsterdam to Zurich, Beantown to Buenos Aires: presenting our inaugural ranking of the 50 greatest trading cities in the world. > read more
Keywords: List , The Life , Travel

Best Trading Cities: #1 Chicago
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 80
Our Kind of Town > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #2 London
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 82
London Calling > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #3 New York
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 82
Green Apple > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #4 Dubai
Trade Here
By David Moss , Rich Blake | Page 83
Oasis of Opportunity > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #5 Miami
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 84
Sun City > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #6 Boston
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 84
Money Mecca > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #7 Dublin
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 85
Irish Cream > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #8 Los Angeles
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 85
We Love It > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #9 Toronto
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 86
Not a Bad Showing, Eh? > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #10 Sao Paulo
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 86
Latin Love > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #11-20
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss
See which cities ranked 11-20 > read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #21-30
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 78
> read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #31-40
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 79
> read more
Keywords: List

Best Trading Cities: #41-50
Trade Here
By Rich Blake , David Moss | Page 79
> read more
Keywords: List

Mini-Gulf
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 122
The new midsize Gulfstream G150 proves that (on exceedingly rare occasions) bigger isn’t always better. > read more
Keywords: High Flyer

California Dreaming
Home Equity
By Lisa Selin Davis | Page 112
Whether you prefer to peer at the markets through the smog of Los Angeles or the fog of San Francisco, have we got the California condos for you. > read more
Keywords: Home Equity

Smoke Bombs
Liquidity
By Jefferey Lindenmuth | Page 126
Open the windows and stay low to the ground when pouring this inferno of smoky scotches. > read more
Keywords: Liquidity

Wrist Reward
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 120
If you’re going to engage in some highly volatile pursuits, take one of these virtually indestructible timepieces with you. > read more
Keywords: Watch List

1,001 - Horse Stampede
Wheels
By Glenn Derene | Page 116
Would the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 — the world’s most insane exercise in automotive overkill — prove too hot for even a Wall Street equities trader to handle? > read more
Keywords: Wheels

Big Swinging Sticks
Gadgets
By Ty Wenger | Page 124
Want to assume an extremely long position off the tee? These new geometric drivers deliver all the leverage you’ll ever need. > read more
Keywords: Gadgets , Toys

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