TABLE OF CONTENTS Top Trading Cities July/August 2008 Globe Trot Presenting our second annual ranking of the World's Best Trading Cities; the finest places to make your fortune. Not Your Father's Financial District Arriving at settlement with Lower Manhattan’s makeover. The Jimmy Wales Experience Embracing the financial-market leanings that led him to launch Wikipedia, former Chicago options trader Jimmy Wales tries to take an Internet phenomenon into the black.

Hot News, Gossip and Industry Dish
Insider Info
By Leah McGrath Goodman , Chris Gillick | Page 20
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Texture
Starter
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A sommelier and a chef combine to create one of London's premier eateries. > read more

Ignite Group
Main Course
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Blanketing London with class and finesse. > read more

A Small Helping of Food News
Dessert
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The Reel Godfather
Film Forum
By Matt Day | Page 28
Movies come and movies go, but at London's premier film-poster gallery, classic cinematic art lives forever. > read more

Close Encounters
Bubble Market
By Matt Day | Page 30
In the world of luxury, absolutes are rare. What is unquestionably the most luxurious hotel in the world? Which is irrefutably the most luxurious car? Which Savile Row tailor is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most luxurious? > read more

Greener Pastures
18 Holes In...
By Matt Day | Page 32
The peerless Doonbeg is Ireland's most exclusive swingers' club. > read more

Fashionable Swiss
Trader Event
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Automatic Rifles
Performance
By Rich Blake , Chris Gillick | Page 38
With algo wizardry and relentless sales, Credit Suisse's Dan Mathisson and Manny Santayana lead trading's arms race. > read more

Speed Merchant
The Ask
By Chris Gillick | Page 40
Presiding over one of the fastest platforms in the business, Lime's Mark Gorton is taking his quant edge to new limits. > read more

Shell Game
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 42
In the burgeoning realm of SPACs, the worlds of private equity and securities trading collide -- and major opportunities abound. Exploring the allure of the "blank cheque" bet. > read more

The Wisdom of Steinberg
Market Makers
By Michael Martin | Page 44
Aided by two industry legends, ­Jonathan Steinberg transformed an ailing publishing business into an ETF juggernaut. > read more

Special Situations
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 48
Every so often, when there's a patsy at the table or a no-brainer in the markets, a mere week's work can make your year. > read more

Vision Quest
The Trading Edge
By Ari Kiev | Page 50
Resources and skill can take you far. But to reach your maximum potential, you need a long-term strategy. > read more

Globe Trot
By Rich Blake , Chris Gillick , Scott Eden , Michael Martin , Leah McGrath Goodman , David Moss | Page 55
From London to New York, Monaco to Dubai: presenting our second annual ranking of the World's Best Trading Cities. > read more

Not Your Father's Financial District
By Jeff Heilman | Page 68
The hallowed canyons of Wall Street in New York are now lined with apartments. Dog walkers outnumber hung-over traders on cigarette breaks. Gilded Age moneymaking monoliths now house spas, sushi joints and luxury retailers. What happened? Arriving at settlement with Lower Manhattan’s post-9/11 makeover. > read more

The Rising
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From the ruins of that ­unthinkable day comes, at long last, a rebirth. > read more

Redistricting
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The Financial District is in the midst of a wholesale transformation. We've mapped out some of the most emblematic shifts > read more

The New Boys' Club
By Judie Hurtado | Page 74
Spa-frequenting street denizens go long beautification. > read more

Tops in the Bottom
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A guide to some of the best Lower Manhattan has to offer. > read more

The Jimmy Wales Experience
By Scott Eden | Page 76
Embracing the financial-market leanings that led him to launch Wikipedia, former Chicago options trader Jimmy Wales tries to take an Internet phenomenon into the black. > read more

Wikipedia 2.0
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How Jimmy Wales plans to extract profits from his information supercommune. > read more

Rooms with a View
By Teri Buhl , Eric Capper , Hilary Lewis , Chris R. Morgan , Cristina Velocci | Page 84
Private spas? Personal cinemas? Opulent safaris? A basketball court...in your room? Yes, when the trading man travels, he does so in style -- and with a degree of indulgence that others might find, well, indulgent. Still, check into these international luxury digs, and you'll know you've truly arrived. > read more

Exotic Derivative
Wheels
By Glenn Derene | Page 96
When is a £24,000 Corvette not a Corvette? When it's a souped-up, 600-horsepower, 200-mph Callaway 'Vette. Let the senselessly risky road show begin! > read more

The Tip Sheet
Wheels
By Eric Capper | Page 98
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Sails Force
Buyer's Market
By Matt Day | Page 100
~Trader Monthly~ offers the inside track on sailing, with a boat to suit every pocket -- big or bigger! But it's no good having the boat if you don't also have the look -- so here are the season's must-have gadgets, equipment and clothing as well. > read more

Stable Platform
Gadgets
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 104
The golf shoe already good enough for the most exacting man in the game has just got better. > read more

Two-Timers
Watch List
By Carol Besler | Page 106
Because in these hours of great financial uncertainty, it's nice to know what time it is somewhere else. > read more

Big Props
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 108
Behold the magical, multitasking, new and improved Next Generation Pilatus PC-12 turboprop. > read more

Crush Spread
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 110
Brunello di Montalcino is the highest-priced, most famous ~vino rosso~ in Tuscany -- and these are the finest of its highly liquid 2003 vintage. > read more

The Great Escape
Last Orders
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A night at Paris's Hôtel Plaza Athénée must be ­experienced to be believed. > read more

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