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Article: From Training to Trading Baruch's educational trading floor gets drummed into service.(Baruch College)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Investment Dealers' Digest
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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When Gruntal & Co. contributed to the building of Baruch College's educational mock trading floor two years ago, Gruntal pros never imagined that they would work for real in the facility. Yet mere days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Gruntal analysts and traders from REFCO, a clearing member organization for independent contractors, took Baruch's training floor live.
"Being that I'm a graduate and trustee of the school I was aware of what was here and asked the school if they could make this facility go hot," said Jeff Bauml, a vice president and commodities trader with REFCO who runs its New York sugar commodities desk. "New York, the ...