TABLE OF CONTENTS Top Trades of the Year! December 2005/January 2006 Top Trades of the Year Mega-mergers, meltdowns, hedge-fund fiascos, massive hurricanes, shorting scandals, derivatives scares -- all in a year's mayhem for traders trying to make a buck. So hoist a glass and offer a warm toast. The best, worst, gutsiest and most absurd trading feats of 2005. Easy Pickens Iconic speculator T. Boone Pickens has ruled the energy markets for half a century. How does the tycoon remain at the top of the hedge-fund game? A Killing In Hong Kong Why did the sweet, quiet wife of trader Rob Kissel murder her husband in cold blood?

Buy Your Way Out of the Doghouse
Kobe's Korner
By Victoria Weinberg | Page 28
Reclaim a style staple with a fashionably modern mink. > read more
Keywords: Kobe's Korner , Luxury Goods

Screwing Sin City
Reads
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 30
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Keywords: Reads

Stocks in a Box
Days of Yore
By Julie Rauer | Page 30
Antique trading board games -- or what guys did before PS2. > read more
Keywords: Recreation

Big Blind
Test Drive
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 32
Lose your poker face -- and your dignity! -- with these trippy specs > read more
Keywords: Luxury Goods

Antiquities
How To Trade...
By Alex Koppelman | Page 32
Getting older. Getting hotter. They're the Heather Locklears of art! > read more
Keywords: How To...

Auld Frank Syne
Tunes
By Brian Dawson | Page 34
Some old-school Sinatra for your New Year's Eve bash -- and your New Year's Day hangover. > read more
Keywords: Tunes

Are Sleep Aids Killing Me?
Doctor's Orders
By Liesa Goins | Page 34
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Keywords: Health , Doctor's Orders

Keens Steakhouse
The 5,000-Calorie Meal
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 36
Teddy Roosevelt ate here. Babe Ruth ate here. Freakin' Albert Einstein ate here! And though the fun police have de-smogged this old pipe-smoker's paradise somewhat, it still reeks of history -- if no longer tobacco. > read more
Keywords: The 5,000-Calorie Meal , Dining

Into Africa
Buy This Island
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 38
Tired of, you know, civilization? Answer nature's call in wildest Uganda. > read more
Keywords: Buy This Island , Travel

Be the Casino
The Gambling Guru
By Deke Castleman | Page 38
Become the house, bank big bucks. Pai gow? And how! > read more
Keywords: Entertainment , Recreation

This Bull's Life
Hall of Fame
By A.D. Barber | Page 44
Buzzy Schwartz's remarkably successful career as an independent trader has known no boundaries -- and he’s still going strong. > read more
Keywords: Hall of Fame , Profile

Black Market
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 48
Written off as a relic of the industrial revolution, coal not only remains a viable fuel -- it still trades. Why this rock might soon get on a roll. > read more
Keywords: The Trade , Advice

Heart of Darkness
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 58
Examining the Bayou debacle is an ugly but necessary exercise for a hedge-fund industry already under suspicion. > read more
Keywords: Expert , The Lord of Discipline

Winning Big - Winning With Style
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 56
The key to success in any numbers game -- from playing cards to playing the market -- is understanding the playing style that suits you best. > read more
Keywords: The Card Shark , Expert

Mental Hazards
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 60
Every trader must eventually make a choice: Either distractions can control you and undermine performance -- or you can control them and unlock your full potential. > read more
Keywords: The Head Coach , Expert

Scaling Profits
Performance
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 52
Mead Welles drums up success for his two Octave hedge funds by applying theories he learned as a musician. > read more
Keywords: Profile , Performance

Accidents Happen
My Best Trade
By Mike Rifkin | Page 46
How I went long a tanking credit-card company when everyone and his brother was short -- and made millions. Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than smart. > read more
Keywords: My Best Trade

Heeding Hedges
Five Rules
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 54
The aptly names Jim Hedges forged a career scrutinizing hedge-fund traders. On the heels of his own fund launch, he outlines startup success. > read more
Keywords: Five Rules

Fashion Forward
Fashion
By Michael Callahan | Page 96
Phoenix Suns all-star Shawn Marion knows his way around a court -- and a market. But whether he's buying and selling or driving and dunking, he always plays with style. To get you suited up for the season's parties (and Shawn well-suited for the season's new dress code), we've decked him out in this year's sleekest formalwear. Let the games begin. > read more
Keywords: Fashion

Angry Young Man
Risk/Reward
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 76
He was a relentless bully. He reveled in playing rough. But when a surfing accident almost paralyzed him, hedge-fund activist Bob Chapman took two years off to explore the world and find himself. Now he's back -- and spoiling for a fight. > read more
Keywords: Risk/Reward

Easy Pickens
The Ask Q&A
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 72
Iconic speculator T. Boone Pickens has ruled the energy markets for half a century. How does the tycoon remain at the top of the hedge-fund game? > read more
Keywords: The Ask

The Second Annual Trades of the Year
Feature Package
By Rich Blake , Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 64
Mega-mergers, meltdowns, hedge-fund fiascos, massive hurricanes, shorting scandals, derivatives scares -- all in a year's mayhem for traders trying to make a buck. So hoist a glass and offer a warm toast to the Trader Monthly Awards: The best, worst, gutsiest and most absurd trading feats of 2005. > read more
Keywords: List

The Gifts That Keep on Giving
Feature Package
By AnnaMaria Andriotis , Alison Stuart , Alex Koppelman , Karen Hartline | Page 89
Tired of giving holiday presents and getting back mere gratitude? Behold the gifts you’ll love as much as (or more than!) your recipients will. > read more
Keywords: Luxury Goods , Recreation

A Killing In Hong Kong
Feature
By Alexandra Seno | Page 82
He was an all-star trader at Merrill Lynch, a powerful player in the bustling Asian financial world. Then one Monday, with a major deal hanging in the balance, he failed to show up at work. Three days later, a rolled-up carpet revealed an awful truth: Robert Kissel's trading days were done. And the questions were only beginning. > read more
Keywords: International

London Calling
Spreads
By Zoe Manzi | Page 104
When a British hedge-fund player sought a new home, he eyed London's swank Lonsdale Square. There he built a 6,000-square-foot pad that would make Austin Powers proud. Yeah, baby! > read more
Keywords: Spreads , Shelter

Hawaiian Punch
The Life
By Evan Rothman | Page 108
Kauai? Because it offers Hawaii's finest in luxury, most spectacular golf and greatest array of exciting ways to break a femur. That's Kauai. > read more
Keywords: The Life , Travel

Pocket Rockets
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 112
Be the first on the block -- or the face of the earth -- to own the new breed of affordable super-light jets. > read more
Keywords: High Flyer

Ring Leaders
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 114
Want your own personal Big Ben on your wrist? JUST Strap on a minute repeater. > read more
Keywords: Watch List , Luxury Goods

A Dozen Roses
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 116
Why would your true love want a partridge and a freakin' pear tree? Ply her with 12 of these pink bubblies instead. > read more
Keywords: Liquidity , Dining

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