Monthly Archives: April 2010

German Prediction Markets

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Handelsblatt PrognosebÃ¶rse as a FaceBook app: http://apps.facebook.com/eix_market/ Kudos to Stefan Rehm.

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Jason Ruspini has a past.

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Here.

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iPredict is a way to cheaply aggregate and quantify opinions on any factual question.

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

The New Zealand prediction exchange is in the press.

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Solar activity and cosmic rays drive the Earth’s climate.

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Global warming due to human-produced CO2 is the biggest scientific imposture of all times. Henrik Svensmark – The Cloud Mystery (French version): Richard Lindzen: Vincent Courtillot (in French, alas): John Stossel: UPDATE:

Posted in Science | Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, Earth, Earth science, global warming, Henrik Svensmark, John Stossel, Planet Earth, Richard Lindzen, Science, temperatures, Vincent Courtillot | Leave a comment

UK’s General Election 2010

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Hung Parliament. Here’s a 10-days old video of BetFair’s Mike Robb at the Beeb:

Posted in Betting, Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Predictions - Forecasts | Tagged BetFair, betting markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, forecasts, Great Britain, Mike Robb, Politics, prediction markets, Predictions, UK politics, UK's General Election 2010, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

Cantor Exchange and Trend Exchange defend the usefulness of movie hedging.

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Lions Gate vice chairman Michael Burns said the markets â€œwould allow a diverse group of motion picture industry participants, including studios, film distributors, theater owners, investors and other financial intermediaries within the motion picture industry to manage their risk and … Continue reading →

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Professional analysts are 51% worse than amateur analysts…

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

… at forecasting Apple’s results. Amazing.

Posted in Business, Finance, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged amateur analysts, Apple, Business, Business Forecasting, financial analysts, professional analysts, Wall Street | Leave a comment

CFTC approves the Cantor Exchange, but won’t approve its movie box-office prediction markets.

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

CFTC has approved the Cantor Exchange… …but won’t approve its movie box-office prediction markets. Update.

Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Market Genesis, Regulations | Tagged betting markets, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, movie box office, movie business, movies, prediction markets | 2 Comments

Okay to Play: Support i-Gaming

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

FaceBook group by New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak.

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Convergence in online gaming and land-based gaming

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Calvin Ayre: Download this post to watch the video if your feed reader does not show it to you.

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