Comments on: InTrade CEO John Delaney states that prediction markets can prevent the next financial cataclysms. Surely. Prediction markets can also restore women’s virginity, and treat men’s baldness. http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/ Prediction Markets + Market Predictions = Collective Forecasting That Pays Off Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:07:54 -0400 hourly 1 By: My open challenge to InTrade CEO John Delaney | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22617 My open challenge to InTrade CEO John Delaney | Midas Oracle .ORG Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:06:43 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22617 [...] have already expressed my deep skepticism for this kind of grandiose [...] [...] have already expressed my deep skepticism for this kind of grandiose [...]

]]> By: What is the real social utility of the InTrade prediction markets? | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22349 What is the real social utility of the InTrade prediction markets? | Midas Oracle .ORG Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:52:19 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22349 [...] in my life. (How come a CEO can state such a crétinery, and how come Jason Ruspini can endorse indirectly such an [...] [...] in my life. (How come a CEO can state such a crétinery, and how come Jason Ruspini can endorse indirectly such an [...]

]]> By: Can InTrade’s prediction markets really “contribute to solutions in avoiding future [financial] crises”? | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22287 Can InTrade’s prediction markets really “contribute to solutions in avoiding future [financial] crises”? | Midas Oracle .ORG Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:17:02 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22287 [...] the question asked in the title of this post, I’ll answer “no” —unless one of my readers can educate me more about the following [...] [...] the question asked in the title of this post, I’ll answer “no” —unless one of my readers can educate me more about the following [...]

]]> By: Political prediction markets should “move beyond mere horse-race forecasts to demonstrate larger social value”. | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22166 Political prediction markets should “move beyond mere horse-race forecasts to demonstrate larger social value”. | Midas Oracle .ORG Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:06:55 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22166 [...] Yelling across the harbor, like an illuminated Jesus Christ, that prediction markets can help “avoiding future [financial] crisis” is a sign that some prediction market practitioners have lost their intellectual compass. To my [...] [...] Yelling across the harbor, like an illuminated Jesus Christ, that prediction markets can help “avoiding future [financial] crisis” is a sign that some prediction market practitioners have lost their intellectual compass. To my [...]

]]> By: Jason Ruspini http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22134 Jason Ruspini Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:04:25 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22134 By poll projections I mean things like Pollster and 538. I didn't make any strong statements about what happened in the Intrade markets. Possibly nothing. I just want to point out that if something did happen, it shouldn't be much of a surprise. PMs are vulnerable enough to backlashes without setting unrealistic expectations about manipulation. By poll projections I mean things like Pollster and 538. I didn’t make any strong statements about what happened in the Intrade markets. Possibly nothing. I just want to point out that if something did happen, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise. PMs are vulnerable enough to backlashes without setting unrealistic expectations about manipulation.

]]> By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22128 Medemi Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:30:05 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22128 Believe it or not, he was on CNBC just now. A coincidence ? He thinks stocks are going down. :-D Believe it or not, he was on CNBC just now. A coincidence ?
He thinks stocks are going down. :-D

]]> By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22127 Medemi Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:17:08 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22127 what's he saying ? is this the end of the world ? I look at valuations, sentiment and technicals. The nasdaq could double over the next 18 months :-D This may be  the reverse of the tech bubble in 2000.  Now, there's free munny out there, and nobody wants it... what’s he saying ? is this the end of the world ?
I look at valuations, sentiment and technicals.
The nasdaq could double over the next 18 months :-D

This may be  the reverse of the tech bubble in 2000. 
Now, there’s free munny out there, and nobody wants it…

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22126 Chris F. Masse Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:54:13 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22126 on watching the video or not on watching the video or not

]]> By: Medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22125 Medemi Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:34:38 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22125 My call on what ? My call on what ?

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/14/john-delaney-financial-cataclysms/#comment-22124 Chris F. Masse Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:27:24 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10502#comment-22124 Medemi, your call. :-D Medemi, your call. :-D

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