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Monthly Archives: May 2010
What was said at the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee’s hearing on Internet gambling and betting – [VIDEO]
Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations
Tagged America, Betting, Gambling, Internet betting, Internet betting and gambling, Internet gambling, laws, Michael Waxman, Regulations, Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative, United States Of America, US Congress, US government, US House
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YouTube video shows wrong profile of BetFair’s Mark Davies.
YouTube film-makers, for you to know, Mark Davies looks better when filmed from his right —not from his left.
Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Humor
Tagged BetFair, Ethics, Humor, Mark Davies, Sports
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Google Prediction API
Google Prediction API FAQ More. Via Prof Panos. UPDATE: Prof Panos has more.
Posted in Forecasting (Science & Practice), Information Technology
Tagged algorithms, forecasting, forecasts, Google, Google Prediction, Google Prediction API, information, Information Technology, modelling, models, predicting, Predictions, Science, statistical modelling, statistics, technology
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Hollywood clashed with Wall Street on Wednesday at a government hearing about the potential sale of futures contracts linked to box office receipts of major motion pictures.
“financial engineering synthetic derivatives” More.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Inventions & Innovations, Regulations
Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Trend Exchange
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The Great Contemporary Art Bubble – [VIDEO]
Ben Lewis: “Great works of art are still being made today but the great contemporary art bubble will surely go down in history as the epitome of the vanity and folly of our age.” I highly recommend you watch this … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, The Global Economy
Tagged art bubble, art market, Ben Lewis, billionaires, bubbles, contemporary art, markets, millionaires
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Book Review: The Limits of Transparency
Jacqueline Best’s The Limits of Transparency is carried by sensible concerns on the tension between efficiency and stability, the tension between promoting employment and stable money, and the political implications of seemingly neutral economic policy. However, while economists, market participants … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Efficiency), Economics, Finance, Philosophy, Politics, Regulations
Tagged book review, Bretton Woods, CDS, constructive ambiguity, deferral, demographics, Jacqueline Best, self-fulfilling prophecies, transparency
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Real returns and gold
Eddy Elfenbein’s post ventures in the same territory as Jason Ruspini’s one circa January 2010.
President Obama’s regulatory czar says that incentives, not top-down regulation, can make us do the right thing —and that includes slowing climate change.
Thousands of words in the NYT —about Cass Sunstein.
Interview with BetFair’s Andrew Black – [VIDEO]
BetFair IPO…???… 4 videos —look at the bottom of the page.