John C. Brooks, of Jupiter, FL and formerly of Atlanta, GA and Brooklyn, NY died in peace after a courageous battle with cancer, on Sunday, June 10, 2007. John leaves behind to honor his memory his loving wife Joanne, his mother Ann, his sister Joyce, devoted sons John of Los Angeles, CA and Peter (Liz) of Delray Beach, FL, grandchild Dean, nieces and nephews, and an extended family of good friends around the world.

A highly respected technical securities analyst, John worked at a number of prominent Wall Street firms, including Edwards & Hanley, Robinson Humphrey, and most recently at Lowry Research where he served as Senior Vice President and Senior Analyst. During his long and distinguished career, John was the co-founder and Past-President of the Market Technicians Association (MTA), and was one of the first recipients of the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation in the United States. In 1985, he

Recently, Molly McLaughlin Schilling interviewed Colin Clark of the New York Stock Exchange and gained insight of what is happening now, and in the future, at the Exchange.

Molly Schilling: Hi Colin. Can you tell us what you do here at the New York Stock Exchange?

Colin Clark: I am the head of Strategic Market Analysis and our group is responsible for analyzing various aspects of our business providing strategic and insightful information to senior management – we identify strategic small and large transactions for potential revenue synergies. We develop new products and leverage existing products across the two enterprises – NYSE and Euronext – we identify opportunities to leverage our trading platforms, distribution and sales forces to drive greater cash trade in revenues and greater derivative trading revenues.

For example, we’re rolling out a new crossing service called Match Point that allows us to facilitate block trading and trade portfolio throughout the

Shane Skwarek is a new intern at the Market Technicians Association for the summer of 2007. He is approaching his senior year at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ and is majoring in Computer Science. Shane has recently inherited responsibility for various portions of the MTA website, promising a vast majority of improvements!

Although new to him, Shane has quickly begun mastering the complex database software used to maintain the MTA website. His prior experience in website design and development has proved to be a useful tool in his adaptation to a previously unfamiliar database interface.

Shane has been working to help institute a donations page for the MTA Education Foundation (MTAEF), e-mail and newsletter “opt-out”, and the overall redesign of the MTA website. One of his goals is to make the website more efficient and appealing to our membership and prospects.

He was

The Annual MTA Education Seminar was held in New York City, May 18-19. Having attended the Mid-Winter MTA retreat in Miami, I debated whether I wanted to take the time and expense to attend the May meeting. When I saw the list of speakers, I decided the time and expense would be worth it, if it meant taking away one good idea from the event.

Friday’s schedule was geared toward all MTA attendees. I have to say, Friday’s speakers were exceptional. The day started with a presentation by Jeffrey Weiss, CMT. If you haven’t heard Jeff Weiss, he is an entertaining and enthusiastic speaker. His extensive technical analytical background and passion for the equity markets captured everyone’s attention. Jeff’s market analysis, discussion of his indicators and current outlook for the market was comprehensive and worthwhile.

Katie Townshend, CMT discussed her work for shorter term trading using support, resistance and relative strength. Katie