Playboy Plays The Commodities Market

Playboy Plays the Commodities MarketProfits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears.--Joseph De La Vega (1688)Twelve years ago, one of the most successful amateur commodity traders in the country, a former psychiatrist, made his speculative debut in spectacular fashion. He gave his broker $5000, with detailed written instructions to buy wheat when the price reached a certain...