Monthly Archives: May 2009

What prediction markets can learn from Twitter

S-I-M-P-L-I-C-I-T-Y If betting and trading were as simple and elegant as twittering (think of it as the anti-BetFair case), then we would be able to convert the whole Planet Earth to using and checking prediction markets —providing that prediction markets … Continue reading

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The Twitter Book

The Twitter Book – by Tim O’Reilly et al. The Twitter Book – A Sneak Preview View more presentations from oreillymedia.

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Twitter for Business

MIDAS ORACLE IS NOW ON TWITTER. @midasoracle -

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The usage of Twitter by Midas Oracle —so far

- The usage of Twitter by Midas Oracle —so far: – Talking publicly to some people important to us — see the first 2 messages (ranked anti-chronologically). – Publishing an alternate to our RSS feed — see the last 2 … Continue reading

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Using prediction markets to selecting the best ideas as opposed to judging accuracy of predictions on measurable outcomes?

I don’t get it, but you can always go there and scan that illogical Motorola EPM story.

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MicroSoft joins Yahoo! and Google in lobbying the CFTC for private event derivative markets.

Via David Pennock who has much more info. – MicroSoft’s short letter to the CFTC. – PDF file MicroSoft simply says that it supports the lobbying of CIM (Yahoo! + Google) in favor of (enteprise and public) prediction markets —PDF … Continue reading

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“Trading is a game —and we do the forecast!”

http://www.crowdpark.de/ In beta. Best wishes to them

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Midas Oracle now on Twitter.

Yesterday, I advised you not to publish on Twitter. In all French logic ( ), I have now opened a Twitter account for Midas Oracle, and will be (automatically) publishing there teasers (with links) to the latest Midas Oracle posts … Continue reading

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A search engine for the prediction market prices/probabilities (and other forecasting data)?

Do watch the first 2 minutes of the 2nd video. And, now, pause the video, and think it thru a little bit. What about the same kind of search engine for gathering specifically all (public) forecasting data (including market-generated predictions)?… … Continue reading

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