. >> coming up, emily lambert, senior writer for "forbes" magazine, examines the history and purpose of the board of trade, mercantile exchange and other futures markets. she speaks at after-words bookstore in chicago. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> so i, um, i am much more comfortable interviewing people than i am speaking, so i, i'm sure that will come across very quickly, but thank you very much for coming. thank you so much to beverly for having this event and for hosting it. it, this just happens to be my favorite bookstore. i have bought many a book here, i love coming here and, of course, it turns out that beverly has a connection to this industry because many chicago who doesn't? -- in chicago who doesn't? and i started talking to her, and she said, oh, yes, my uncle grew up with leo mohamed, and i went out to breakfast the other morning with a member of the board of trade who said he used to work for beverly's father. and i thought, of course, because, again, it's chicago, and everybody seems to have a connection to the business. i just thought i would say a few things