Description
Book SynopsisAcclaim for Leo Melamed Escape to the Futures
A well-written, fascinating memoir of a remarkable man of many parts, who arrived in the United States at age 9, fleeing the Holocaust. Almost single-handedly, he transformed a minor commodity exchange into the leading futures market in the world. His influence was and remains worldwide. Milton Friedman Senior Research Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford University
There are only a few people who have revolutionized big portions of the business world. Warren Buffett did it in investing, Bill Gates in software. Leo Melamed, author of this book, is in that same league. He truly revolutionized futures trading in the United States, and in the world. This book tells how. Ambassador Clayton Yeutter Past President of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Former U.S. Trade Representative
A grizzled old Merc trader once assured me that nobody ever lost by being long on Leo. Why that''s so, this endlessly fascinating personal history make
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
THE SIBERIAN EXPRESS.
Peace and War.
The Mission.
Sugihara's Stand.
The Chicago Connection.
Law and Chaos.
THE BEAUTY OF MARKETS.
The Revolution.
Into the Pits.
By the Book.
The Maverick Idea.
The Feds Are Coming.
THE FUTURE'S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
Acid Test.
The Grand Design.
Trading on the Run.
Coming of Age.
Back Across the Pacific.
MACHINES, MARKETS, AND MINDS.
GLOBEX.
Black Monday.
A Call from the White House.
Epilogue: Wake Up Call.
Index.
