Monthly Archives: February 2009

Peter Schiff on Max Keiser’s The Oracle

With this 6th episode, The Oracle is finally out of beta. The show is now well structured. It is both informative and entertaining —and it has rhythm and style. The TV show has 3 parts, as you all know, and … Continue reading

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Twisted But Valuable Comment Of The Day — Growthology Edition

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Robert E. Litan, Vice President for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation

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A good blog on prediction markets

Justin Wolfers, Jed Christiansen and Caveat Bettor have all quit blogging on prediction markets. Besides Midas Oracle, the only good prediction market blog left is: – Wiser Than The Crowd by Jesse Livermore (pseudo of an InTrade trader) I would … Continue reading

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The hype is over. The party is over. — Part V

InTrade’s play-money spinoffs have disintegrated into cyberspace. Even the one run by the Wall Street Journal and opportunistically pumped up and over-hyped by Justin Wolfers. I told my readers from day one that those spinoffs were not the real McCoy. … Continue reading

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Nate Silver is the #15 “Web Celebrity”.

- No prediction market people on that list. -

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How Best Buy gather the collected wisdom of customers and employees to better predict future events

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US Court (State of Washington) says it is not gambling if you have the option to renege on the bet.

Nick Jenkins’ Betcha (a peer-to-peer betting site, a.k.a. betting exchange or prediction exchange) was not aiding and abetting the transactions of illegal betting. That’s what the Washington Court of Appeals has just ruled: Because losers always had the right to … Continue reading

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Dealing with public perception and general anti-market sentiment

I posted the following to the Cantor Exchange forum a couple of weeks ago. That same weekend, this piece by Zach Karabell appeared. We make some of the same points that are relevant in a generally hostile environment towards derivatives … Continue reading

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Upgrading WordPress in 2 simple steps

2.7.1 is out. (Reminder: WordPress is an open-source software package that powers most of the serious blogs, out there.) Upgrading is so easy, now, that David Pennock has no excuses for postponing the upgrading of his tiny little blog. It … Continue reading

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