Monthly Archives: November 2009

When the massive dollar carry trade unwinds, the greenback will shoot up “three big figures” against the euro.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Dennis Gartman:

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged debt, Dennis Gartman, Euro, gold, United States Of America, US dollar, US economy, US government, yen | Leave a comment

The White House’s crisis response threatens America’s future prosperity.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Michael Panzner on the US economy:

Posted in Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged Barack Obama, economic crisis, economy, financial crisis, Michael Panzner, Politics, United States Of America, US economy, US government, US politics | Leave a comment

Nouriel Rubini: The worst is yet to come.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

AEI – The Lessons of the Bubble and Crisis Nouriel Rubini: The worst is yet to come. – Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses.

Posted in Finance, The Global Economy | Tagged credit, economy, financial crisis, Financial Markets, jobs, Nouriel Rubini, recession, US crisis, US economic crisis, US economy, US financial crisis, US recession | Leave a comment

A new play-money betting operator opens in France — but NewsFutures remains the best.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Best wishes to “PariActu” (operated by “Betting On News”). It is a play-money betting pool for French news. As noted by Marianne, NewsFutures remains the pioneer — and has our preference because it is bilingual and truly powered by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Betting, betting pool, France, NewsFutures, PariActu, Patrick Poivre D'Arvor, PPDA, prediction markets | Leave a comment

The Perfect Profile for Prediction Market Success

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Playing for Keeps – by CrowdCast’s Leslie Fine These executives vocally support a new way of forecasting and embrace the fact that there is knowledge that is not getting to their desks.

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Collective Decision Making, Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Business, Collective Forecasting, decisions, enterprise prediction markets, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Is the health care reform bill presented before the US Senate… flawed?

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Politics | Tagged health care, health care reform, health care reform bill, John Thune, US government, US politics, US Senate, US Senator John Thune | Leave a comment

The secret link between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

CIA @ Wikipedia ISI @ Wikipedia Robert Baer:

Posted in Politics | Tagged America, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, foreign policy, intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Pakistan, Robert Baer, United States Of America | Leave a comment

Peter Schiff on gold and silver surge, dollar falls, Barack Obama in Asia, etc.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Business, Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged Asia, Barack Obama, Finance, Financial Markets, gold, Peter Schiff, silver, US dollar, US economy, US financial markets | Leave a comment

Bill O’Reilly interviews Lou Dobbs.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Journalism | Tagged Bill O'Reilly, CNN, FOX News, Journalism, journalists, Lou Dobbs, Media, News, resignation, television, TV anchors | Leave a comment

Making Money in a Volatile Market

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Where to invest to avoid market volatility:

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