My Word Is My Bond: Voices from Inside the Chicago Board of Trade
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My Word Is My Bond is an intimate look into the Chicago Board of Trade. It contains a collection of interviews with twenty-one of the most influential members of that established bastion of auction markets. The author explores each participant in-depth and takes you to a never- before-seen place on the exchange floorand beyond. In between the covers of this thought-provoking and deeply insightful book, you will find a collective memory that spans 100 years.
Why it’s great
What was it really like on the floor of the world's great commodity exchange? Through interviews with twenty-one of its most influential members, this insider collection gathers a century of memories from the Chicago Board of Trade. Honest and revealing, it goes behind the scenes of high-stakes trading, offering a human portrait of the people whose handshakes once moved the world's grain.
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