| Symbol | Last | Chg |
| DOW JONES INDUS.(DAY)-$10 | 8918 | -40 |
| S&P 500 | 93400 | 660 |
| NASDAQ 100 | 127625 | 1125 |
| US TREASURY BOND | 132305 | -20 |
| US DOLLAR INDEX | 84525 | 950 |
| CANADIAN DOLLAR | 8407 | 0 |
| EURO | 133240 | -2490 |
| GOLD | 8438 | -134 |
| SILVER | ||
| CORN (DAY) | 4112 | -10 |
| WHEAT (DAY) | 6166 | 56 |
| SOYBEANS (DAY) | 9836 | 136 |
| HEATING OIL | 16304 | 541 |
| LIGHT CRUDE OIL | 4969 | 88 |
| COFFEE | 10840 | 70 |
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PFGBEST.com´s Leadership
Jim O'Connell
Vice President, Managed Futures
James L. (Jim) O’Connell is vice president of Managed Futures for PFGBEST.com, one of the largest FCMs in the U.S. In this role, Jim leads the continued growth of managed futures business for the company by supporting fully-owned PFGBEST.com branches and IBs in their efforts to help clients diversify their portfolios in this fast-growing alternative investment sector. Jim joined PFG in 2002 as director of Business Development, a role that utilized his considerable experience gleaned over more than two decades as a futures industry professional.
Jim was a director at Lind-Waldock & Co. beginning in 1997, working in risk management, forex business development, and expansion of the customer base along with products and services to distribute. He set a record of forty-eight consecutive profitable months while simultaneously creating the firm’s foreign exchange department. Jim and his staff of 12 facilitated the set-up of forex front, middle and back offices, implementation of margining rules and real-time margin monitoring.
Before Lind-Waldock & Co., Jim managed a futures fund in excess of $12 million as a commodity trader with R. Jeffs Kollar & Associates/Sheridan Asset Management. He established trading systems and was responsible for the associated accounting and reporting efforts.
Preceding that tenure he was vice president and senior foreign exchange dealer at The Chicago Corporation. In that role, he increased the client base dramatically while also serving as a shift manager overseeing trade desk operations. He also developed and implemented a dollar-variable hedge program.
Jim began his career in the futures industry in 1981 as CBOT floor manager for trading firm Rouse-Woodstock, Inc. He continued as a CBOT floor manager for Harris Trust & Savings Co. in 1984. In 1986, he started working as an independent commodity trader with Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co. and then became a general partner in a joint venture currency/EFP trade dealing desk, later joining Sanwa-BGK Securities Co., LP as vice president and government securities dealer.
Jim and his family reside in Barrington, IL.