"The Pit Trader was a Hit Man"

I am Peerless Phil. Born in South Philly, sent to live in North Dakota and China to trade Wheat and Soybeans. Now living in NYC and working on the trading floor of a major commodities exchange. I have seen perhaps some of the weirdest events and most interesting characters this side of an Oliver Stone Movie. These are my stories.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

"I quit and I am taking Peerless with me"

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With Christmas Season comes the usual array of Holiday Parties. Always a good time yet some people tend to drink way too much and all the s...
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Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Hall of Fame for Scrooge Type Bosses Peerless has worked for

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Tis the season....... No Blog on people in the Trading Profession would be complete without nightmare stories of former Bosses. Peerless wi...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Not only will the Bridge to Europe be beautiful, it will be a Suspension Bridge.

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Apologies for not writing more. Hasn't been for a lack of funny stories but more a function of general laziness and sloth. As mentioned...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Peerless tries to explain the US$ weakness

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I wrote the paragraphs below as an assessment on the US$ Outlook to my clients.  Since the report contains info useful to Macroeconomics as ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Gitmo Fiasco

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It has been a while but I am not going to write something funny about the trading floor today. Instead, I am going to discuss the US Govern...
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Monday, May 4, 2009

Peerless gets ready for the Annual Meeting in NYC.

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Ah yes, the 1st week of May.  For everyone else in the world, it means the weather is warmer and Spring should be in full swing.  For Peerle...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

People on the Floor Really Do Hate Each Other

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Peerless was at work yesterday and he saw 2 brokers getting into an argument.  The divergence of opinion reached its peak when one of the pa...
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