TABLE OF CONTENTS Trades of the Year February/March 2008 The Best of 2007 We settle up on 2007 with a robust recap of the year's top subprime plunderings, commodities killings and other money-making marvels, and our inaugural survey of sell-side excellence. Prepare to close the books on a year many might prefer to forget. Let it Rain Despite steep losses, shaky markets and violent financial storms, many on Wall Street still found themselves flooded in 2007 by bonus manna from heaven. Goldman Stacks Recognizing the most outstanding sell-side ­performances of 2007, a year in which Goldman Sachs romped and Interactive Brokers surprised.

Luxury Box
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 2
When securing your priceless valuables under ordinary lockdown just won’t do... > read more

The 5,000-Calorie Meal
A Vegas Fix
By Hilary Lewis | Page 32
Resolved to eat better in 2008? That’s cute. Double down on the actuarial tables and gamble away your presumed life expectancy with a politically incorrect feast at Fix, a Bellagio standby. > read more

Hot News, Gossip, and Industry Dish
Insider Info
By Rich Blake , Cristina Velocci , Teri Buhl , Sara Behunek , Matt Smith | Page 22
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Predator's Ball
Cojones Q&A
By Doug Donaldson | Page 32
Jeremiah Sullivan sizes up the world’s most dangerous sharks — and says “bite me.” > read more

Cutting Edge
Pretty Boy
By Cristina Velocci | Page 40
Flex more than your trading muscle at Jim Chanos’s latest venture. > read more

Screen Play
| Page 34
Thinkorswim’s spacious Chicago digs offer modern speed and power with the deliciously atavistic feel of open-outcry. > read more

Bad News Bull
Reads
By Mike Martin | Page 40
Trading lessons from the twentieth century’s chaos and warfare. > read more

Tech Two?
Bubble Watch
By Mike Martin | Page 42
Nearly a decade after the turn-of-the-­millennium technology-stock meltdown, that familiar exuberance is in the air. > read more
Keywords: Bubble Watch

Best Trade/Worst Trade
By Larry Levin | Page 50
In the commodities world, the last trading day of the month can break you. Here’s how I once lost it at the CME. > read more

Right on DeMark
Performance
By James Patterson | Page 48
Long a secret weapon for the hedge-fund elite, Tom DeMark’s technical indicators are gaining a wider following. How reliable are these signals? You’d be surprised. > read more

Out Comes The Knife
The Beat of the Street
By Charles Gasparino | Page 66
John Mack didn’t get his famous nickname on account of his culinary skills. Behind the scenes of a Wall Street whacking. > read more

Required Reading
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 62
Tracking hands, like tracking securities, demands strong analysis — and a willingness to forgo precision in favor of a range. > read more

The Right Stuff
Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 60
Most great traders have a specific style and approach to the markets — yet they all share some general traits. > read more

Bring the Heat
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 56
If the weather outside is frightful, the volatility and trading opportunities in heating oil can be delightful. > read more

Three Rules
By Leah McGrath Goodman | Page 56
Why trade for others when you can trade for yourself? HSBC’s Brett Hipkiss offers a few pointers... > read more

Charge of the Light Brigade
By Matt Smith | Page 86
Bids CEO Tim Mahoney is determined to illuminate dark-pool trading and reshape the equity business, one otherwise-obscured block at a time. > read more

Let It Rain
The Trader Monthly Bonus Guide
By Rich Blake , Teri Buhl | Page 90
Despite steep losses, shaky markets and violent financial storms, many on Wall Street still found themselves flooded in 2007 by bonus manna from heaven. > read more

Buyer's Market
Bonus Retreat
By Sara Behunek , Teri Buhl , Eric Capper , Hilary Lewis , Chris R. Morgan | Page 94
Which luxury indulgences are most deserving of your bonus cash? We polled our readers, and the survey says: These are the year’s top capital investments. > read more

The Fourth Annual Trades of the Year
Best of 2007
By Rich Blake , Teri Buhl , Leah McGrath Goodman , Chris Gillick | Page 73
It could well go down as one of the most treacherous years in trading history. Credit markets imploded. Equity markets shuddered. Commodities ran wild. Now we settle up on 2007 with a robust recap of the year’s top subprime plunderings, commodities killings and other money-making marvels, and our inaugural survey of sell-side excellence. Prepare to close the books on a year many might prefer to forget. > read more

Prime Cuts
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 104
The simmering steak and the celebratory trader: You cannot have one without the other. (What else would you consume to mark an historic market killing? A tofu salad and a Tab?) To commemorate this time-honored union, we outfitted the maître d’s at Manhattan’s most venerable steakhouses in a few of this season’s finest suits — and received, in return, their expert advice, both epicurean and sartorial. > read more

Goldman Stacks
Best of 2007
By Rich Blake , Chris Gillick | Page 80
Introducing the Trader Monthly Awards — ­recognizing the most outstanding sell-side ­performances of 2007, a year in which Goldman Sachs romped and Interactive Brokers surprised. > read more

2007 Bonus Survey
Best of 2007
| Page 92
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Back in the USSR!
| Page 136
We scoured Trader Monthly’s international “archives” to unearth this 1989 Soviet edition — and excerpted just a few of its many timeless insights. > read more

Sound Investments
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 130-131
As Freud might have said, sometimes a set of ginormous stereo speakers is just a set of ginormous stereo speakers. > read more

Small Cap
By Robert Goyer | Page 132
Had a nice little Tuesday? Successfully moved a few credit default swaps? Hey, you’ve pocketed enough to buy yourself a jet. > read more

Asset Play
By Anthony Giglio | Page 134
Don’t allow the token of your affection to be a token gesture. This Valentine’s Day, give your special someone a sublime spirit — and an intoxicating bottle. > read more

Insider Surfing
By Josh McHugh
Let the tourists splash around in the kiddie pools of Waikiki. For the trader who yearns to ride the waves of Hawaii’s more remote secret spots, the Kapalua Resort has a fixer for you. > read more

Watch List
Gold Standard
By Ralph DiGennaro | Page 128
Taken your share of profits this year from the black-gold market? Then celebrate by strapping a hunk of red gold on your wrist. > read more

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