Last July I was researching Fred Hertz, who had co-owned a cattle futures brokerage firm in the 1970s, for a book called The Futures.

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If you doubt this, try reading a book about futures and options in public and see what happens.

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In late December, Basic Books published a book I wrote about the futures industry.

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Futures traders with winning positions sometimes opt to book their profits when they sense momentum stalling, even if only temporarily.

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One of her granddaughters e-mailed in January after she heard a National Public Radio interview about a book I wrote, The Futures.

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