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Top Traders Under 30
August/September 2006
30 Under 30
We polled the worldwide trading community in order to identify the top young talent currently slaying the capital markets. Behold the future -- and the present -- of trading.
Traders of the Corn
The Maharishi's followers brought Wall Street -- and Golden Domes -- to small-town Iowa. But can they really make the market levitate just by meditating?
The Ride of His Life
At 37, Jim Rogers walked away from the pinnacle of trading to see the rest of the planet. Today he still heeds his calling: taking risks.
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Wild About Harry's
Rituals
By
Andrew Barber
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A Wall Street institution reopens its doors.
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Rituals
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Open
Urban Cowboy
Tunes
By
Brian Dawson
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Channel your inner Eastwood with the greatest movie music ever made.
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Tunes
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Demolition Man
Cojones Q&A
By
Doug Donaldson
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"Business is booming," says Bill Moore -- then he blows up a stadium to prove it.
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Cojones
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Money Talks
Reads
By
Andrew Barber
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A slew of trading titans discuss the secrets of their success.
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Reads
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Open
Will Flying Coach Kill Me?
Doctor's Orders
By
Liesa Goins
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Doctor's Orders
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Open
Ask the Dream Doctor
Ask the Dream Doctor
By
Charles McPhee
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As in the markets, so in dreams: Look out below!
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The Dream Doctor
Shoot to Thrill
Buy This Island
By
AnnaMaria Andriotis
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Be number one with a bullet on Hunters' Island, the pride of Quebec.
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Buy This Island
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Salon Selective
Pretty Boy
By
Alex Koppelman
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A grooming club where a man can be, well, manly.
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Pretty Boy
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Manhattan's Phoenix
Trading Spaces
By
Andrew Barber
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Emerging from tragedy, KBW embraces the future in its modern Midtown digs.
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Trading Spaces
High/Low
Krona Killing
My Best Trade
By
Alexander McDonald
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George Soros may have broken the Bank of England, but I slayed Sweden's currency and made J.P. Morgan $20 million.
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My Best Trade
Rocking the Palladium
The Trade
By
Jonathan Hoenig
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Whether metalmania scorches or starts to smolder, there are still plenty of front-row seats in the red-hot venue that is the palladium market.
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The Trade
Battle-Tested
Risk/Reward
By
AnnaMaria Andriotis
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Vlad Jovanovic's formative years took him to hell and back. What didn't kill him made him stronger -- and now he's in trading heaven.
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Risk/Reward
The Ride of His Life
Hall of Fame
By
Andrew Barber
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At 37, Jim Rogers walked away from the pinnacle of trading to see the rest of the planet. Today he still heeds his calling: taking risks.
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Hall of Fame
The Consigliere
Three Rules
By
Leah McGrath Goodman
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From Moore Capital to Barclays, SocGen commodities-strategy head Michael Guido has always been an operator. Now he makes sure we're dialed in.
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Five Rules
City Slicker
The Ask
By
Rich Blake
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Peter Cruddas, the richest man in the City, is ready to take on America. He sits down with us to discuss life, soccer and how CMC Markets hopes to lead a forex revolution.
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The Ask
Steal the Playbook
The Card Shark
By
Johnny Chan
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Whether you're studying highly ranked poker players or heavily traded contracts, the discipline to master trends and patterns will prove to be your ultimate advantage.
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The Card Shark
Raw Speculation
The Lord of Discipline
By
Ken Grant
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You could arrange to have a NASA supercomputer run around-the-clock trading simulations -- and still wind up dead wrong. And that's OK.
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The Lord of Discipline
The Write Stuff
The Head Coach
By
Doug Hirschhorn
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Put down the charts and pick up a pen -- the time to start your trading journal is right now. Unless, of course, you're content with mediocrity.
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The Head Coach
Directions
30 Under 30
Feature
By
Andrew Barber
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Rich Blake
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AnnaMaria Andriotis
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Leah McGrath Goodman
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We polled the worldwide trading community in order to identify the top young talent currently slaying the capital markets. Behold the future -- and the present -- of trading.
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List
Traders of the Corn
Feature
By
Mark Schone
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The Maharishi's followers brought Wall Street -- and Golden Domes -- to small-town Iowa. But can they really make the market levitate just by meditating?
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Profile
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Culture
Harbor Masters
Feature
By
Evan Rothman
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This summer, two long-awaited private golf courses opened for membership on the banks of New York Bay, their pristine greens and verdant fairways calling a siren song to Manhattan's golf-starved traders. With a links-minded trader in tow, we set out to discover if the golfing gods have finally shined good fortune upon the financial world.
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The Life
Capital Assets
Fashion
By
Ty Wenger
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You've got cash. Big heaping piles of cash. So why carry it around in a workaday wallet? Stuff your pocket instead with these money honeys, and bring out your billfold with pride.
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Fashion
Close
Buy Dubai
Home Equity
By
Lisa Selin Davis
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Owning a piece of the most luxurious place on earth is far more affordable than you might think.
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Home Equity
Heavy Metal
Watch List
By
Norma Buchanan
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Nothing says "Hey you, look at my damn wrist!" quite like these five-figure platinum timepieces.
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Watch List
Splendid Blendeds
Liquidity
By
Anthony Giglio
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Behold the greatest non-single malts of the whiskey world.
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Liquidity
Long Hauler
High Flyer
By
Robert Goyer
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The new Bombardier Global Express XRS has got extremely long legs -- and knows how to use them.
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High Flyer
Fire in the Hole
Gadgets
By
Jessica Harlan
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Put one of these outrageous outdoor grills in your backyard -- then dismantle that useless kitchen!
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Gadgets
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