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Monthly Archives: April 2009
High-Frequency Trading
The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading
Why EPM consulting is still a pretty evangelical business.
Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures (responding to Paul Hewitt): [...] The hard part, the real hurdles to acceptance are (i) to get wide and consistent participation, (ii) to overcome the suspicion of decision makers who naturally don’t like to be second-guessed … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Consulting, Forecasting (Science & Practice)
Tagged accuracy, Consulting, corporate prediction markets, decision making, Emile Servan-Schreiber, enterprise prediction markets, internal prediction markets, NewsFutures, Paul Hewitt, prediction accuracy, prediction markets, private prediction markets
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Statement about Midas Oracle
A spat of free publicity for Midas Oracle appeared recently on the PMIA’s e-mailing list, which could be sum up like this: “For the prediction market industry, Midas Oracle is both indispensable and pesky.” I usually don’t comment on what … Continue reading
Posted in Midas Oracle Administration, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Chris F. Masse, Chris Masse, Midas Oracle
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Questions about the e-mailing list of the Prediction Market Industry Association
If, allegedly, the ownership of this e-mailing list was passed to the PMIA, why is it that John Maloney (a commercial conference organizer who does not belong to the prediction market industry) is still its “moderator“? And why is it … Continue reading
George Mason University is *not* in the top 50 graduate schools of economics.
US News & World Report – Rankings GMU is in the second tier, not even ranked numerically. Maybe some of the GMU professors spend too much time blogging (as opposed to producing fundamental and applied research), and maybe some of … Continue reading
Blogging Against The Hype
I have been blogging a lot about the damage done by some Ivory Tower economic professors and some commercial practitioners who exaggerate the benefits of the prediction markets. (Some people are not very happy with what I said. ) The … Continue reading
Science Prediction Markets — French Edition
Wow, the scientific prediction exchange managed by NewsFutures for a French magazine is running fine. The liquidity, although small compared to InTrade or BetFair, is more than enough. We’re talking dozens of bets, some days —with some other days recording … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity
Tagged NewsFutures, prediction markets, Science, Science et Vie, technology
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