The New Gatsbys: Fortunes and Misfortunes of Commodity Traders |
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... futures trading to be illegal gambling . By the late 1880s approximately 200 bills had been introduced into Con- gress to kill all futures trading or trading in one or more commod- ities . Extensive hearings , like those in 1973 , were ...
... futures trading to be illegal gambling . By the late 1880s approximately 200 bills had been introduced into Con- gress to kill all futures trading or trading in one or more commod- ities . Extensive hearings , like those in 1973 , were ...
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... futures trading regulations . Eventually the bill that came out of the House Agriculture Committee ( called the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act ) set up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) in April 1975 , replacing ...
... futures trading regulations . Eventually the bill that came out of the House Agriculture Committee ( called the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act ) set up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) in April 1975 , replacing ...
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... exchange , and of course , no records were kept . The covert market encouraged some traders willingly to lose a little money in the futures market as legitimate tax de- ductions in order to gain cash under the table . To this day exchange ...
... exchange , and of course , no records were kept . The covert market encouraged some traders willingly to lose a little money in the futures market as legitimate tax de- ductions in order to gain cash under the table . To this day exchange ...
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10Prospecting for Players | 10 |
15Hyping the Future | 90 |
Part IIWhat Does It Take to Win? | 99 |
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