Traders and Fund Managers

Michael Price of MFP Investors Inc.

Michael F. Price was born in 1953 in New York. He graduated in 1973 from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. Price has become one of America’s most successful value investors. He sees an opportunity in a company going through financial difficulties and pr

Mario Gabelli, CFA of GAMCO Investors Inc.

Mario Joseph Gabelli is the chairman and CEO of GAMCO Investors Inc.( Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors), a $30 billion dollar global investment firm headquartered in Rye, New York. Gabelli is a proponent of the Graham-Dodd school of security analysis and pioneered the application of Graham

Curtis Faith

Curtis Faith is a notable participant of Richard Dennis’ fabled Turtle Trader experiment. He is the author of Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legendary Traders (2007) and Inside the Mind of the Turtles: How the World’s Best Traders Master Risk. Se

WD Gann Biography

Considered by some to be the greatest trader of all time, William Delbert Gann was born on a farm outside of Lufkin, Texas on June 6, 1878. The firstborn of 11 children, Gann never graduated from grammar school or attended high school, having the obligation of working his family’s farm. His wa

International Federation of Technical Analysts – IFTA

The International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) was incorporated in 1986 and is a non-profit organization of market technical analysis societies and associations spanning 26 countries. IFTA also offers certification to Professional Technical Analysts. See also: Market Technicians Associati

The Financial Services Authority

The FSA, an independent non-governmental body, is the United Kingdom’s leading independent financial regulatory organization. The FSA is responsible for overseeing trading activity on UK stock and commodity exchanges, with the overall aim ‘to promote efficient, orderly and fair markets a

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is a marketplace for financial futures, foreign currency futures, commodity futures, and futures options. Also known as the CME or Merc. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the world’s second-largest exchange for futures and o

The Chicago Climate Exchange

The Chicago Climate Exchange is a marketplace designed to trade credits for the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. The origins of the exchange are traced back to the CBOT’s Clean Air Committee which introduced the first spot and futures market

The Chicago Board of Trade

Above: The LaSalle Street entrance of the Chicago Board of Trade The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is a leading futures and options on futures exchange. Established in 1848, it is the world’s oldest derivatives exchange. The CBOT initially traded o

Chicago Board Options Exchange

Established in 1973, the Chicago Board Options Exchange created and listed the first exchange-listed standardized stock options. The CBOE has become one of the world’s largest options exchanges with an annual trade of over 450 million options contracts. See also: Financial Exchanges