JOHN C. BRADDOCK, Managing Director of the Structured ProductsGroup at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., in New York City, createspublic and privately offered derivative financial products andinvestment strategies for retail and institutional clientsworldwide. Prior to joining Oppenheimer, he was first vicepresident of the Structured Products Group at PaineWebberIncorporated in New York City and co-founder of the Capital MarketsGroup at the American Stock Exchange. He is a contributing authorto The Handbook of Equity Derivatives (1994), and adjunct professorof financial engineering at Polytechnic University in New YorkCity.