TABLE OF CONTENTS Bonus Time! February/March 2006 The Year of the Blowout Bonus Wall Street's elite decked the halls with a record-setting bonus season in 2005. Behold our annual survey of who made it, who missed it and what this year's bonus babies are buying. The Player Chicago equities trader Bobby Schwartz had proven his mettle on the floor of the CME when he set his sights on Tinseltown. But would steering a hit through Hollywood's shark-infested waters prove too tough for even a titan of the pits? Bonus Buys Not sure how to spend your new-found wad? We can help...

Hammer Time
Rituals
By Alison Stuart | Page 26
What's the story behind the NYSE's famous gavel? > read more
Keywords: Rituals

A Man, A Plan, A Canal
Buy This Island
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 36
Panama! It's not just for acne-scarred dictators anymore > read more
Keywords: Buy This Island

High Style
The Gambling Guru
By Deke Castleman | Page 34
Baccarat: Easy. Glamorous. Goes well with cognac! > read more
Keywords: Gambling Guru

Vintage Guitars
How to Trade...
By A.D. Barber | Page 32
Rock the market for old-school axes -- and turn your profits up to 11 > read more
Keywords: How To...

Seat of Power
$10,000 Well Spent
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 26
Explore new frontiers in laziness -- and corner the market in gaudy leather -- with a custom theater chair > read more
Keywords: $10,000 Well Spent

Analyze This
Reads
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 28
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Keywords: Reads

La Cabana
The 5,000 Calorie Meal
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 30
Meat! Great bloody heaping piles of protein! Next time you're in Buenos Aires looking for a killer deal on distressed debt, distress your stomach lining first with a beef bonanza at this famous Argentinian outpost. Nutritionist Sophia Aslanis counts the calories -- then calls us an ambulance. ¡Ay caramba! > read more
Keywords: The 5,000-Calorie Meal

Youthful Indiscretion
Ask the Dream Doctor
By Lauren Lawrence | Page 30
Battling insomnia, one young trader is always on the clock > read more
Keywords: Dream Doctor

Will My Gadgets Kill Me?
Doctor's Orders
By Liesa Goins | Page 32
> read more
Keywords: Doctor's Orders

Goal
My Charity
By Karen Hartline | Page 32
Jeffrey Kaplan, partner, Deerfield Management > read more
Keywords: My Charity

Need Sensitive Information In a Hurry?
Ask Beeks
By Brian Dawson | Page 36
~Trading Places~' Clarence Beeks is at your service > read more
Keywords: Ask Beeks

Wipeout
My Worst Trade
By Matthew Richey , Zeke Ashton
When a tiny tech stock appeared to be knocking at death's door, we went for the jugular -- and got killed. > read more
Keywords: My Worst Trade

Queen of the Damned
Risk/Reward
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 44
In the sometimes dark and terrifying world of credit derivatives, London-based Terri Duhon serves as a beacon of reassurance > read more
Keywords: Risk/Reward

Street-Fightin' Man
Performance
By Karen Hartline | Page 46
Options market maker Jason McCarthy finds martial arts help him in the trenches of Wall Street -- and the occasional street brawl > read more
Keywords: Performance

Postmodern Man
The Ask
By A.D. Barber
Academic heavyweight Nassim Taleb is doing some serious thinking about randomness and risk. The Pentagon has picked his brain. Now, so do we. > read more
Keywords: The Ask

Method Trader
Celebrity Trader
By Jonathan Lesser
With Oscar buzz and a new comedy, Jeff Daniels is a hot Hollywood stock. But when we handed him $50,000 to invest, would his market performance earn praise or pans? > read more
Keywords: Celebrity Trader

Salman Says
Five Rules
By Rich Blake | Page 58
Hedge-fund trader Stephen Salman has a deep appreciation for the Southern California lifestyle -- and for speculating on commodities. Here are his totally awesome tips > read more
Keywords: Five Rules

My Favorite Kind of Tuition
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 60
There are times when understanding a market, and cashing a big score, requires accepting some smart losses > read more
Keywords: The Card Shark

Emotional Rescue
Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn
Many so-called experts argue that the best traders in the world are steely, dispassionate and entirely able to wall off their feelings. Don't believe the hype. > read more
Keywords: Advice

Reset the Clock
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 62
Shrug off the disappointments of 2005 and get your game on -- this year is already looking very interesting > read more
Keywords: The Lord of Discipline

Take Cover!
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 56
Sure, covered-call strategies can be boring, but in flat or down markets, boring is beautiful. How a new generation of investors is exploring its options. > read more
Keywords: The Trade

Behind the Curtain
Feature Package
By Rich Blake | Page 74
Carving the bonus pie is a mixture of art and science. > read more
Keywords: Wealth

Shaftings, Blunders and Other Bonus Stories
Feature Package
| Page 77
Sometimes it's not about how much cash you took home; it's how you tell the story. > read more
Keywords: Wealth

Total Recall
Feature Package
By A.D. Barber | Page 78
Enron giveth. Four years later, a judge taketh away. > read more
Keywords: Wealth

The Best of the Rest
Feature Package
By A.D. Barber | Page 82
Beyond the bulge bracket, some other players cleaned up in their niche last year. > read more
Keywords: Wealth

The Year of the Blowout Bonus
Feature Package
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 71
Wall Street's elite decked the halls with a record-setting bonus season in 2005. Behold our annual survey of who made it, who missed it and what this year's bonus babies are buying > read more
Keywords: Career , Wealth

Bonus Buys
Feature Package
By AnnaMaria Andriotis , Alison Stuart , Alex Koppelman | Page 71
Not sure how to spend your new-found wad? We can help... > read more
Keywords: List

The Player
Feature
By David Hochman | Page 92
Chicago equities trader Bobby Schwartz had proven his mettle on the floor of the CME when he set his sights on Tinseltown. But would steering a hit through Hollywood's shark-infested waters prove too tough for even a titan of the pits? > read more
Keywords: Profile

Bombay Rising
Feature
By Duff McDonald | Page 84
It boasts the third-most-active exchange in the world, with $450 billion in stock-market capitalization. But is India the next great trading frontier -- or merely an impenetrable maze of barriers? Duff McDonald travels to the heart of Mumbai in search of the answer. > read more
Keywords: International

Lights! Camera! Fashion!
Fashion
By Michael Callahan | Page 98
Hollywood's "traders" might be more Hollywood than trader, but they sure know how to dress. So take a cue from some classic films, couple these big-money looks with today's finest threads -- and get ready to steal the scene. > read more
Keywords: Fashion

South Beach Sanctuary
Spreads
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 108
When globetrotter Paul Beloff settled down to launch a hedge fund from Miami, he did it in style -- in a Four Seasons condo with private pools and ocean views > read more
Keywords: Spreads

Greased Lightning
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 120
Two decades in the making, the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 is finally coming to market -- and doing so at an extremely high speed. > read more
Keywords: High Flyer

Alpha Male
Wheels
By Glenn Derene | Page 112
We armed two traders with the new Hummer H1 Alpha and set them loose in New York City and off-road. Would this military machine keep pace with our soldiers of fortune? > read more
Keywords: Wheels

Invasion of the Body Crafters
Gadgets
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 118
Give your credit card a workout building the ultimate home gym. > read more
Keywords: Gadgets

Beer Madness
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 122
Nothing pairs better with hoops than hops. To honor the NCAA tourney, we put these extreme brews to an Elite Eight taste test. > read more
Keywords: Liquidity

Time Flies
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 116
Sleek aerospace materials take these watches to the heights of techno-chic > read more
Keywords: Watch List

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