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Insider Info
By
Rich Blake
,
Chris Gillick
,
Chris R. Morgan
,
Michael Boles
,
David Perry
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On the House
My Charity
By
David Perry
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30
Direct Access Partners' Char les LaGanga provides some much-needed home improvement for one ailing child.
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Green Giant
Life After Trading
By
Cristina Velocci
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32
Julian Knight left Man Group to save the planet, one ton of
carbon emissions at a time.
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Bountiful Pickens
Reads
By
Chris Gillick
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34
Earth's biggest oil bull on life, liberty and the pursuit of energy independence.
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Hot Commodity
Cojones Q&A
By
Doug Donaldson
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34
For volcanologist Jim Kauahikaua, dealing with big blowups is all in a day's work.
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Extreme Makeover
$2 Million Well Spent
By
Nick Kolakowski
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36
A plain-Jane Bugatti Veyron just not enough? Let Hermès pimp your ride.
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South Beach North
FiDi Watch
By
Lenora Jamison
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36
The Setai brings a little taste of Miami to Lower Manhattan.
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Style Counsel
Pretty Boy
By
Michael Boles
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38
The trader-friendly 316 Club puts the "chic" in Chicago.
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Hello, Newman
Tunes
By
Chris R. Morgan
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38
A venerable piano man returns with a new album of bear-market boogie.
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High/Low
Unbreakable
Risk/Reward
By
Michael Martin
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44
Adherence to his system enabled commodities veteran Bill Dunn to stage a monster comeback.
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The Tip Sheet
By
Chris Gillick
,
Michael Martin
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46
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Palladium Arcadium
My Best Trade
By
Christopher Cruden
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48
Picking the right counterparty can be just as important as picking the right security.
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Run for the Border
The Trade
By
Jonathan Hoenig
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50
Flouting widespread negative perceptions and a tumultuous past, the
Mexican peso, surprisingly enough, es muy caliente.
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Specialty Dish
Three Rules
By
Chris Gillick
| Page
54
AMEX specialist and restaurateur Keith Goggin serves up morsels of trading intellect.
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Trust Your Gut
The Card Shark
By
Johnny Chan
| Page
56
There's a reason not just anyone, no matter how much practice or effort he puts in, can be a great trader -- or poker player.
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Controlling Interest
The Trading Edge
By
Ari Kiev
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58
The path to financial glory and independence is paved with small, deliberate, incremental steps.
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Once More Unto the Breach
The Beat of the Street
By
Charles Gasparino
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60
Richard Fuld helped Lehman steer clear of a black hole in 1998. Can he pull it off twice?
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Directions
30 Under 30
By
Rich Blake
,
Chris Gillick
,
Michael Martin
,
Leah McGrath Goodman
| Page
65
Any trader who survives these current markets -- among the most
turbulent ever -- will surely be stronger for the experience.
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The Freshman
30 Under 30
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82
He trades. He helps run an endowment. He's 14.
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Where Are They Now
30 Under 30
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84
Taking stock of some previous young turks.
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New Day Rising
By
Chris Gillick
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87
The golden era of day trading may be ancient history, but the industry is far from extinct. Examining the unlikely, unheralded second act of the professional proprietary equity trader.
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The Cowboy Way
By
Cristina Velocci
| Page
94
When the markets have taken you for a ride, there's one option for the trader thrown for a loss: Pull your positions up by their bootstraps and get your assets back in the saddle. By day, these wilderness resorts will toughen you up -- and by night, they'll pamper you like the soft, indulgent man you are.
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One-Bagger
By
Nick Kolakowski
| Page
108
Who on earth would haul BlackBerry, quantitative analyses and a mobile trading platform on a trip to a tropical paradise? You, that's who. But you can't go lugging just any old luggage to the lands of sandals and sand. These elegant travel bags will bear your burdens in style.
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Close
Nice Car
Wheels
By
Larry Webster
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118
We put a hopped-up equities trader behind the wheel of a $400,000 Bentley and sent him to a place where they'd never seen either.
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The Tip Sheet
Wheels
By
Tony Ciulla
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121
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Big Mover
The Play
By
Scott Gummer
| Page
122
A brilliant new links on Puget Sound will host the world's best in seven years -- but can host you any day of the week.
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Fast Times
Watch List
By
Carol Besler
| Page
124
These chronographs are the timepieces for the trader who believes in speedy execution.
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Music to Your Ears
Gadgets
By
Mike Kobrin
| Page
126
These high-end headphones are the best way to pump sound directly into your head.
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Pilot Lite
High Flyer
By
Nick Kolakowski
| Page
128
Finally, the plane (or car?) for the trader who has long viewed the highway as wasted runway space.
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Spanish Revolution
Liquidity
By
Anthony Giglio
| Page
132
The vineyards of Priorat are home to some of the strongest comers in the wine markets.
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The Tip Sheet
Liquidity
By
Chris R. Morgan
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134
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Superheroic!
Back Issue
By
Brian Dawson
| Page
136
We scoured the Trader Monthly "archives" to unearth this short-lived trading comic book -- and excerpted just a few of its many timeless insights.
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