Article: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Gary Perilloux Column.

By Gary Perilloux, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 21--Richie Stenquist cut his teeth as a broker at one of the nation's premier investment firms. Then he heard the call of the wild and launched his own commodity trading firm.

By 1999, a series of sour investments sent most of his clients packing.

His trading account held a scant $14,000, and he borrowed $100,000 by the skin of his teeth, hocking his suburban Minneapolis home and doling out $5,000 to his wife for personal expenses and $5,000 to keep his office open and pay his secretary one more month.

With the remaining ...

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