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Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.

Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.

Date12/21/1973
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Commodities giant: Phil Brockhaug, director of Canadian development for Chicago-based ContiCommodity Services Inc., says he's ready to grab a slice of the lucrative Canadian commodities business.
10/10/1979
Gordan Bach: Conductor says train left auto parts behind to take car-loads of dangerous commodities
Gordan Bach: Conductor says train left auto parts behind to take car-loads of dangerous commodities
2/7/1980
Hedging: Cliff Leach says 'speculating' on futures market actually takes some of gamble out of farming
Hedging: Cliff Leach says 'speculating' on futures market actually takes some of gamble out of farming
2/18/1986
In the pit: Louis Madzo works on the farm, and then joins the hurlyburly in the TSE futures pit.
In the pit: Louis Madzo works on the farm, and then joins the hurlyburly in the TSE futures pit.
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Returning a winner: Ottawa's Marjorie Blackwood, who almost packed in tennis career, scored opening-round decision last night in women's Futures even at Mississauga's Cobblestone Courts
1/13/1981
Math whiz: Fuschia Future's best subject in school was geometry and that showed through strongest when she taught herself fashion design
Math whiz: Fuschia Future's best subject in school was geometry and that showed through strongest when she taught herself fashion design
6/14/1983
Sounds good: Andre Ross, right, gets tips on music editing from Bobby Simpson, owner of Jah Studios, as part of the Futures job training program.
Sounds good: Andre Ross, right, gets tips on music editing from Bobby Simpson, owner of Jah Studios, as part of the Futures job training program.
11/22/1989
Smashing through: Paula Smith, normally noted as an exceptional doubles competitor, came through with her first major singles win yesterday in the Avon Futures tournament at Cobblestone Courts
Smashing through: Paula Smith, normally noted as an exceptional doubles competitor, came through with her first major singles win yesterday in the Avon Futures tournament at Cobblestone Courts
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Busy: Futures participant Tammberlee Coupal, 16, demonstrates her book-keeping skills for Norman Antinoi
Busy: Futures participant Tammberlee Coupal, 16, demonstrates her book-keeping skills for Norman Antinoi
6/19/1986
Traders Halid Fidahic, above, Luis Madzo, far left, and Jody Nixon buy and sell TSE options and futures.
Traders Halid Fidahic, above, Luis Madzo, far left, and Jody Nixon buy and sell TSE options and futures.
10/22/1992
Traders Halid Fidahic, above, Luis Madzo, far left, and Jody Nixon buy and sell TSE options and futures.
Traders Halid Fidahic, above, Luis Madzo, far left, and Jody Nixon buy and sell TSE options and futures.
10/22/1992
State of world: Leonard Cohen, above with The Future's co-producer, actress Rebecca De Mornay, takes a bleak look at the state of the world
State of world: Leonard Cohen, above with The Future's co-producer, actress Rebecca De Mornay, takes a bleak look at the state of the world
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