This is a compendium of Howard L. Simons' SFO Magazine articles from September 2004 through the end of the magazine's life in August 2011.

1. "Stock Market Spreads: Narrower Decisions, Wider Horizons," September 2004, on pairs trading, alpha, and index spreads;
2. "Step On A Crack," October 2004, on energy crack spread trading;
3. "Currency Traders Need To Get Cross," November 2004, on currency cross-rate trading;
4. "Market Magical Mystery Tour," December 2004, on yield curve trading;
5. "Old McDonald Had A Spread," January 2005, on grain market spreads;
6. "One Foot Firmly On The Ocean," May 2005, on the role of ocean freight rates in financial markets;
7. "The Myth of 'Commodities'," July 2005, on the construction of commodity indices;
8. "Long-Only Commodity Indices Fall Short," August 2005, on the impact of commodity indexation;
9. "Economic Soft Patches Meet Commodity Hard Assets," September 2005, on base metals as market indicators;
10. "Tracking Macro Factors Impact On Stocks," October 2005, on a model to assess sectoral impact of macroeconomic factors;
11. "Did The Federal Reserve Save Us From OPEC?," November 2005, on how monetary policy mitigated the damage from higher oil prices;
12. "Stocks Float On A Sea Of Bonds," December 2005, on the importance of corporate bond default costs;
13. "A Lethargic Look At Energy," January 2006, on the 2006 energy markets;
14. "Precious Times For Gold," February 2006, on the divergence of gold from its traditional indicators;
15. "The Blue Flame Of Death," March 2006, on the volatile natural gas market;
16. "Welcome The Flat Yield Curve," April 2006, on bond returns and the yield curve;
17. "The Yield Curve And Financial Stocks," May 2006, on the impact of the yield curve on financial groups;
18. "Games With Commodity-Linked Equities," June 2006, on the relationship between commodities and commodity-linked equities;
19. "Declaring Independence From Inflation Misconceptions," July 2006, on macroeconomic indicators of inflation;
20. "Financial Markets' Inflation Signals," August 2006, on financial market indicators of inflation;
21. "Gold And Oil Go Together Like Oil And Water," September 2006, on why the two commodities should not be treated similarly;
22. "Convertible Bonds: Stock, Bond, Both Or Neither?," October 2006, on hybrid trading patterns in convertibles;
23. "Betting On Volatility," November 2006, on VIX futures and options;
24. "Refining Margins To Stay Strong," December 2006, on refining margins;
25. "Oil Industry Spreads: Where Technicals Meet Fundamentals," January 2007, on use of oil industry spreads as a forecasting tool;
26. "Stability And Breakout In The Euro," February 2007, on market-derived indicators for trading the euro;
27. "Discretion Is The Better Part of Policy," March 2007, on using the LIBOR curve to assess Federal Reserve policy;
28. "More Fun With Commodity-Linked Equities," April 2007, on the impact of commodity indexation on commodity-linked equities;
29. "The Illusion Of TIPS Protection," May 2007, on the inability of TIPS to provide actual inflation protection;
30. "What Really Pushes Stock Prices," June 2007, on weighted impact of various market factors;
31. "Corporations Are Not Capital Processors," July 2007, on the economic value-added link to stock prices;
32. "Corporates Have Curves, Too," August 2007, on the interpretation of corporate yield curves;
33. "Follow The Money With REITs," September 2007, on REITs as inflation and stock market indicators;
34. "MEW And You," November 2007, on home equity financing;
35. "Not Your Father's Utility Stocks," December 2007, on the performance of utility stocks;
36. "Two Cheers For Productivity," January 2008, on economic impact of productivity;
37. "Lead, China And Toys," February 2008, a satirical look at the issue of lead-contaminated toys;
38. "China Will Not Be Exporting Inflation," March 2008, on the impact of a rising yuan;
39. "Food Price Inflation Bites," April 2008, on rising food price inflation;
40. "A Simple Bet On The Fed," May 2008, on binary options on the federal funds rate;
41. "Is There Green In Green?," June 2008, on environmental investing;
42. "Soybeans, Corn And Food Price Inflation," July 2008, on distortions resulting from the volatile soybean-corn spread;
43. "When Stocks And Bonds Disconnect," August 2008, on relative value considerations between stocks and bonds;
44. "We Are Becoming Japan Now," September 2008, on parallels between the U.S. and Japan;
45. "Eurodollars And Macro Turning Points," October 2008, on interpreting the forward curve of Eurodollars;
46. "A Saving Grace," November 2008, on the implications of rising savings rates;
47. "Positive Attitude, Negative Yields," December 2008, on negative real interest rates;
48. "The Great Unwind Spreads Into 2009," January 2009, on the macroeconomic fallout of the credit crunch;
49. "Thinking About Stocks In Interest Rate Terms," February 2009, on pricing single stock futures;
50. "The Sweet Taste Of Success," March 2009, on the links between sugar and energy markets;
51. "Taking A WACC At Corporations," April 2009, on the weighted average cost of capital;
52. "Fuel In Canada's Fields," May 2009, on canola's role in the biodiesel market;
53. "Pushing The Limit On Government Finances," June 2009, on the implications of rising sovereign credit risk;
54. "Trading The Russell Index Spreads," July 2009, on the Russell 1000 - Russell 2000 index spread;
55. "A Baleful Look At Cotton," August 2009, on factors affecting the cotton market
56. "A Short Above Zero," September 2009, on going short Eurodollars at low yields;
57. "The Wealth Shock And Confidence," October 2009, on how the wealth shock affects different age cohorts;
58. "Utilities Shocked By Carbon Cap," November 2009, on the effects of cap-and-trade on the electric utility industry;
59. "Policy Shocks And Financial Shocks," December 2009, on the effects of government intervention in the financial sector;
60. "The Capital Kindness Of Strangers," January 2010, on foreign direct investment;
61. "Can You Create A Corporate Bond Bubble?" February 2010, on the influence of corporate bond ETFs;
62. "Integrated Oil Companies And Crude Oil Prices" March 2010, on whether these firms are a play on crude oil;
63. "Crude Oil & Natural Gas: The Spread That Isn't" April 2010, on the phantom spread between the two markets;
64. "No One Respects A Quantitative Easer" May 2010, on the underperformance of countries whose central banks eased quantitatively;
65. "Aluminum, Markets And Global Growth" June 2010, on the linkages between Chinese aluminum demand, prices and equity valuations;
66. "When Instability Is Stable" July 2010, on the long-running expectations for higher short-term interest rates;
67. "Do Analysts Add Value?" August 2010, on the ability of fundamental analysts to forecast even given forward-looking information;
68. "Coal Goes On Steel Wheels Tour" September 2010, on the equity market impact of coal prices;
69. "Lumber Does Grow On Trees" October 2010, on the links between lumber's forward curve, interest rates and housing;
70. "The Yield Curve And Inflation Expectations" November 2010, on the links between TIPS breakevens and the shape of the yield curve;
71. "Platinum And The Gold Rush" December 2010, on the platinum market and gold-platinum spreads;
72. "Treasury Bond Risk And Return" January 2011, on net carry returns by maturity in the Treasury market;
73. "Europe Could Not Fool Mother Nature" February 2011, on long-term interest rate differentials in the Eurozone;
74. "Are Those Rates Real?" March 2011, on the implications of the real/inflation expectations mix in interest rates;
75. "Sovereign Credit Risk And Inflation" May 2011, on the links between expected inflation and Treasury CDS levels; and
76. "Remembrance Of High Inflation Past" August 2011, on market performance during the late-1970s/early 1980s inflation