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Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building. [1] [2] It takes its name from the Roman goddess Ceres, which is a statue on the top of the building. [3] It has been known as a place for commodities traders that serves very strong alcoholic beverages. [4] [full citation needed] [5]
Everett Edward Klipp (October 8, 1926 - January 28, 2011), also known as the "Babe Ruth" of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), was a mentor to Frank Peard, John Horner, Mark Spitznagel and countless other floor traders. [1] Klipp was born in Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois.
In 1919, the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, [4] a spin-off of the CBOT, was reorganized to enable member traders to allow future trading, and its name was changed to Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The Board's restrictions on trading after hours on any prices other than those at the Board's close gave rise to the 1917 case Chicago Board of ...
Richard J. Dennis, a commodities speculator once known as the "Prince of the Pit," [1] was born in Chicago, in January, 1949. In the early 1970s, he borrowed $1,600 and reportedly made $350 million. When a futures trading fund under his management incurred significant losses in the stock market crash of 1987 he retired from trading for several ...
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (August 22, 1802 – September 14, 1886) was an American fur trader, insurance underwriter, and land speculator.He was influential in the development of the city of Chicago and responsible for its growth during the 19th century.
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Traders in the corn pit at the Chicago Board of Trade. ... This page was last edited on 16 February 2025, at 12:11 (UTC).
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (often called "the Chicago Merc", or "the Merc") is a global derivatives marketplace based in Chicago and located at 20 S. Wacker Drive. The CME was founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, an agricultural commodities exchange. For most of its history, the exchange was in the then common form of ...