TABLE OF CONTENTS The 30 Best Traders Under 30! August/September 2005 The Best Young Traders in the World We polled the world's trading community to come up with the best young talent currently conquering global markets. The Bulls of Baghdad In a nation plagued by bombings, kidnappings and political strife, a trading floor struggles to survive. Come spend a day in Baghdad's financial trenches: the Iraq Stock Exchange. Going Deep Whether slamming 95-mph fastballs or landing the largest contract in sports, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez knows how to go for the longball. But when we handed him $50,000 to invest for a week, could he hit a home run for charity?

Norma's
The 5,000-Calorie Meal
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 24
Special Breakfast Edition! > read more
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Get Your Freak On
Reads
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 24
Fun with convoluted economic theories! > read more
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Do I Have A.D.D.?
Doctor's Orders
By Liesa Goins | Page 30
> read more
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Mandalay Pay
Absurd Receipt
By Brian Dawson | Page 26
The food? Haute. The wine? Fine. The receipt? Thoroughly absurd! > read more
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Rare Books
How To Trade...
By Karen Hartline | Page 26
Turn pages -- and turn a profit -- with an investment in great literature > read more
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Road Warrior
$10,000 Well Spent
By Doug Donaldson | Page 28
Hit the mean streets in style this fall with a custom-made titanium two-wheeler > read more
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pgatour.com/tourcast
Web Site of the Month
By Ty Wenger | Page 30
A steady fix for the obsessive golf fan > read more
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Need Sensitive Information In a Hurry?
Ask Beeks
By Brian Dawson | Page 30
Trading Places' Clarence Beeks is at your service. > read more
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Buy Your Way Out of the Doghouse
Kobe's Korner
By Victoria Weinberg | Page 32
At long last, facial justice for your lady -- courtesy of some funky, pricey Japanese cremes. > read more
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Warming Trend
Buy This Island
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 34
Forget the damp, chilly mainland: This Irish emerald stays balmy all year. > read more
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Double Trouble
Cojones Q & A
By Doug Donaldson | Page 34
Darlene Ava Williams risks her life so Pamela Anderson and Britney Spears don't have to. > read more
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Six-String Syllabus
Tunes
By Brian Dawson | Page 28
Become a pompous jazz-guitar know-it-all! > read more
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Going Deep
Celebrity Trader
By Alan Schwarz | Page 56
Whether slamming 95-mph fastballs or landing the largest contract in sports, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez knows how to go for the longball. But when we handed him $50,000 to invest for a week, could he hit a home run for charity? > read more
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Riding the Fear Factor
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 50
Money makes the world go 'round, but in the trading world, volatility makes money. The newest strategy making waves? Trading volatility itself. > read more
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Drill Sergeant
Five Rules
By Victoria Weinberg | Page 60
Dental hygienist–turned-trader Robert Deel has been schooling traders from Merrill Lynch to CSFB for two decades. Here, he shares his class syllabus. > read more
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Numbers Game
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 62
Reading your situation correctly can help you protect your downside —- and result in some major killings if you take full advantage. > read more
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Graduate School
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 64
Sometimes -- both on the silver screen and on the trading screen -- even the happiest endings are merely a segue into oblivion > read more
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Ego Management
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 66
Everyone has his own inner deity complex. Whether it's fuel for trading success or catalyst for destruction is entirely up to you. > read more
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Belly of the Beast
The Ask
By Rich Blake | Page 48
As global equities markets collide with the forces of technology and with one another, Nasdaq's transactions chief, Chris Concannon, sits inside the engine of a speeding train. He agreed to let us ride along > read more
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Healthy Cut
My Best Trade
By Bob Bandera | Page 46
When a health-care juggernaut went toxic, the profitable remedy was doing some homework -- and keeping a cool head. > read more
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Idea Man
Hall of Fame
By Frances Denmark | Page 44
Commodities pioneer Larry Hite blazed a trail for CTAs, hedge-fund managers, quants, risk measurers and legions of traders -- all without breaking a sweat. > read more
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Weather Roulette
Risk/Reward
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 40
For Brian O'Hearne and other weather-derivatives players, storms and heat waves generate big price swings -- and profits. > read more
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Off the Radar
Performance
By Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 38
A minnow among killer whales, hedge-fund trader Neal Berger excels by seeking out the most unusual markets on earth. > read more
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30 Under 30: Michael Ross
By Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber | Page 76
The most successful young traders in the world > read more

30 Under 30: Lucas McConnell
By Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber | Page 74
The most successful young traders in the world > read more

30 Under 30: Shahnaz Hussain
By Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber | Page 74
The most successful young traders in the world > read more

30 Under 30: Patrick Bartley
By Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber | Page 70
The most successful young traders in the world > read more

30 Under 30
The Best Young Traders in the World
By Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber | Page 70
We polled the world's trading community to come up with the best young talent currently conquering global markets. > read more
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Global Assets
By Michael Callahan | Page 92
If your hometown trading floor is feeling too hometown, it's time to get away -- far away. But what's an international man of mystery to wear? Don't worry, playboy, we've got you covered. Just pack these sleek new threads in your travel bag, and you'll be well-suited for any trading capital. > read more
Keywords: Fashion

Big Swinging Poser
By Karen Donovan | Page 86
Todd Eberhard wasn't a real trader, but he played one on TV. How a small-town mommy's boy conned the media, Manhattan socialites, sexy models and his closest friends to the tune of $20 million. > read more

The Bulls of Baghdad
By Phillip Robertson | Page 80
In a nation plagued by bombings, kidnappings and political strife, a trading floor struggles to survive. Come spend a day in Baghdad’s financial trenches: the Iraq Stock Exchange. > read more
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Spiritual Retreat
Spreads
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 100
Mesh Tandon may be a Hindu by birth, raised in accordance with traditional Eastern values, but this junk-bond trader's lakefront Chicago townhouse is pure Western-style indulgence. > read more
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Greatest Britain
The Life
By Evan Rothman | Page 104
Screw Scotland. Fly over Ireland. For luxury travel, glorious golf and an escape from the maddening masses, the insider play is the bucolic land of Wales. > read more
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Watches of the Year
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 108
Be the first on the trading floor to come armed with this year's newest, sleekest timepieces. > read more
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Flying Without Strings
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 110
Convenient. Simple. Made of molded plastic. The jet card: don't leave without it. > read more
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No-Fear Gear
Gadgets
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 112
Itching to mountain-bike into a volcanic crater? Dying to run with the bulls? These high-tech gadgets will take whatever beating you can. > read more
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White Magic
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 114
These high-end vodkas are leading the rush to the bar. > read more
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Night Riders
Ask the Dream Doctor
By Lauren Lawrence | Page 116
When traders dream, bizarre and complicated things happen. But fear not, for the dream doctor is in. Sleep tight. > read more
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