About Us

THOMAS C. BEDDOWS

Mr. Beddows, The President of Beddows Commodities, Inc. has been in the Commodity
futures business since 1973 having started working for a major Wall Street
Commodities firm, ACLI International, initially as the firms Copper specialist and
eventually becoming head of the Institutional Cotton trading department. At ACLI, Mr.
Beddows was the broker for many large commercial clients of the firm and began
trading large positions for these clients on a regular basis. After spending 3 years at
ACLI, Mr. Beddows was hired by Bache Halsey Stuart, Inc. (now called Prudential), as
Assistant Vice President and headed the Institutional Cotton Futures Department for the
firm. In that capacity, Mr. Beddows became a member of the New York Cotton Exchange
for Prudential. Subsequently, Mr. Beddows was recruited by Balfour Maclaine, Inc.,
another major New York Commodity Trading firm, to start and manage the retail
Commodity Futures division as well as continue to trade for his commercial accounts
and many new large speculative traders in a wide array of markets. During this time
period, Mr. Beddows was regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Journal of
Commerce and Barrons as a leading Commodity Specialist. Additionally, Mr. Beddows
instituted an Independent Cotton Crop reporting service which was designed to
supplement the USDA Crop reports as to the status and conditions of the Cotton Crop
both domestically and internationally. These reports were carried regularly by Reuters
News Service, Commodity News Service, The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of
Commerce and many other media sources and were highly regarded as being
extremely accurate indicators of the status of the Cotton Crop.

Having been approached by many leading Brokerage and Trading firms during this
period, Mr. Beddows finally accepted the position of Vice President with Commodities
Corporation, another major Commodity Trading firm in Princeton, New Jersey. At
Commodities Corporation, Mr. Beddows main responsibility was to form an in-house
brokerage division to provide execution services to the Commodities Corporation
traders, some of whom are now regarded as the leading Commodity Trading Advisors
in the world. This office was located in New York City one floor beneath the Commodity
Exchange Center where the 4 major New York exchanges were located. In addition to
being President of Comcorp Services, NV, the in-house brokerage division, Mr.
Beddows also formed a Foreign Currency Division in New York to trade all the
Intra-Bank currencies for Commodities Corporation's traders. This is commonly referred
to as the "EFP or Cash market' which trades almost 24 hours a day and provides trading
opportunities or protection in most commonly traded currencies. While at Commodities
Corporation, Mr. Beddows became a member of the Commodity Exchange, Inc. in New
York and continued his membership in the New York Cotton Exchange where he
became a registered Floor Broker. Additionally, Mr. Beddows actively traded the Cash
Cotton market for Commodities Corporation and became a member of the Memphis
Cotton Exchange.

In 1984, with the assistance and cooperation of Commodities Corporation, Mr. Beddows
formed Beddows Commodities, Inc. as an Introducing Broker. Comcorp Services, NV
became Beddows Commodities, Inc. overnight, continuing to trade for and provide
execution services to the leading Commodity Trading Advisors of Commodities
Corporation and additionally, many new outside commercial clients and large
speculative accounts. Part of the expansion included opening accounts for many leading
energy trading firms. The experience gained trading for some of the largest Commodity
Futures traders in the world and the many commercial accounts was an learning
experience that has contributed greatly to Mr. Beddows well rounded and in depth
understanding of trading the futures markets that few individuals can match today. Many
trading days begin at 4:00 in the morning New York time trading the London markets
and continuing to trade right through the New York trading day to the Chicago closes.
Trading the Arbitrage between NY and London in many markets was a normal
occurrence. Currently, Mr. Beddows is currently registered as a Principal and
Associated Person of Beddows Commodities, Inc.

Mary Anne Downs holds the position of trading assistant to Mr. Beddows. Ms. Downs
has been working in the commodity business since 1995 when she joined Beddows
Commodities, Inc. In that position, Ms. Downs has been actively involved in the
day-to-day activities of the firm. Ms. Downs is knowledgeable in trading markets, order
entry, systems analysis and trade implementation and works directly with Mr. Beddows
in systems input, analysis and trading.



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