Monthly Archives: January 2010

What Does Gold Hedge Against?

“Not inflation”, the gold critics will shout, in one of their go-to arguments. This is what we hear from CNBC’s Mark Haines at every possible chance: since 1980, gold has not kept up with the CPI and so shouldn’t be … Continue reading

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2010 State of Entrepreneurship Address

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How Paul Volcker will save the world

Paul Volcker: The specific points at issue are ownership or sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds, and proprietary trading — that is, placing bank capital at risk in the search of speculative profit rather than in response to … Continue reading

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In the universe of Steve Jobs, personal vision trumps the wisdom of the crowd. He’s ready when he thinks we’re ready.

New York Times: Great products, according to Mr. Jobs, are triumphs of “taste.” And taste, he explains, is a byproduct of study, observation and being steeped in the culture of the past and present, of “trying to expose yourself to … Continue reading

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CrowdCast is an enterprise software platform that helps companies make better forecasts by tapping the knowledge stored in their employees.

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BetFair’s Mark Davies is (finally) blogging.

Two years ago, I wrote that the man should go blogging. Done. Finally. A view from opposite Harrods –> http://markxdavies.blogspot.com/ Truly interesting. Bookmark. Subscribe. Read. Via Crowded Voice UPDATE: And he tweets too.

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Jean-Michel Jarre

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How to bet on Smarkets

http://smarkets.com/

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BetFair apologizes to Niall O’Connor… and the other traders affected by the site outage.

BetFair Forum: Betfair would like to apologise for the unplanned site outage that occurred earlier this afternoon [Monday, January 25, 2010]. The cause of this problem is currently being investigated by our technical team. A list of affected markets will … Continue reading

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Should Adam Siegel change the name of his prediction market company?

Another “Inkling” is in the news.

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