TABLE OF CONTENTS The Best Trades of 2006 December 2006/January 2007 The Trades of the Year Celebrating 2006's biggest, best, most brazen positions across all markets -- it's the Trader Monthly Awards. Turbo Charged Don't talk to Idar Vollvik about eggs or baskets. Going all in is what powers the legend of the Turbo Trader. Rule Britannia A slew of spectacular properties -- and skyrocketing prices -- has buyers bullish on Britain.

Sleepless in Chicago
Trading Spaces
By Andrew Barber | Page 26
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Lonesome Dove Western Bistro
The 5000 Calorie Meal
| Page 28
Go west, young trader . . . to the West Side of Manhattan, that is, where the beef at this Texas steakhouse comes bigger than ... > read more

Insider Info
Hot News, Gossip and Industry Dish

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Dance Macabre
The Truth Squad
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Loss Leader
Pretty Boy
| Page 30
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Is Trading Killing My Eyesight?
Doctor’s Orders
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Market Bauble
Test Drive
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Tribal Warrior
Hall of Fame
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He helped create computerised trading and used technology to notch a staggering track record. Rather than rest easy, Ed Seykota has now emerged as ... > read more

Set in Concrete
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A risky bet on Dubai’s construction boom enabled my fund to cement a small fortune for our clients > read more

Wheat Sprout
The Trade
| Page 42
With prices and volatility soaring, wheat futures are rapidly becoming the contract of champions. Game on! > read more

Turbo Charged
Risk/Reward
By Leah McGrath Goodman | Page 46
Don’t talk to Idar Vollvik about eggs or baskets. Going all in is what powers the legend of the Turbo Trader > read more

Tackling Block
The Ask
| Page 50
As head equity trader at Putnam Investments, one of the industry’s biggest buy-side firms, Richard Block calls the shots that make the whole Street ... > read more

Shipshape
| Page 54
Having to endure the Enron shipwreck taught Pierre Aury how to survive any storm. Now this seafaring trader shines a beacon of navigational ... > read more

Stick to your Guns
The Card Shark
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“Stay the course” might often be a bad mantra for politicians, but it’s often sage wisdom in poker — and in trading > read more

It's a Wonderful Irony
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 58
As Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling heads to prison, it’s interesting to consider what might have been > read more

Not Missing a Thing
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 60
An overwhelming need to get in on the action can lead to overtrading. Sometimes the sidelines are the place to be > read more

The Trades of the Year
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Celebrating 2006’s biggest, best, most brazen positions across all markets — it’s the Trader Monthly Awards, as nominated by you, our readers. Let the ... > read more

The Survivor

What do you do once your life has become a best-selling book? Or when it’s turned into a major motion picture starring Will Smith? ... > read more

Rule Britannia
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Real estate may be turning a bear market in the U.S. Not so in London, where a slew of spectacular properties — and skyrocketing ... > read more

Pilots of the Caribbean
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Why waste time on overcrowded cruise ships or risk island-hopping on some airline’s puddle jumpers? For true Caribbean luxury travel, only a private jet ... > read more

Wedding Crasher
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Our fearless founder had a simple mission: chauffeur his good friend to his upcoming nuptials. For that, he clearly needed the 400 horsepower and ... > read more

Bigger, Better, Flatter
Gadgets

Behold the newest generation of luscious big-screen TVs — enough high-def pixels to plaster the walls of every room in your home > read more
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Small Wonder
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 116
Have some extra room in your garage? The Revolutionary new Cessna Citation Mustang, One of the world’s smallest bizjets, might be just the plane ... > read more

Bubble Market
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 118
This time of year, we all down the bubbly — but only the discerning quaff TêteS de Cuvée > read more

Analyze This
Ask the Dream Doctor
By Lauren Lawrence | Page 120
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