Awards And Recognition
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They Love Midas Oracle, And They Tell It. 
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The PageRank of Midas Oracle .ORG is: 6 / 10.
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Google Blog Search recommends Midas Oracle (and CFM):
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The Freakonomics blog (written by professor Stephen Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner) at the New York Times:
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Inkling Markets (in Help/Reference):
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Delicious, the premier social bookmarking site:
Huge site about prediction markets
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[The link is to our webpage that lists all the prediction exchanges.]
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Chris is a beacon in the world of prediction markets. Chris has played a huge role in helping the growth of the category.
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Byrne Hobart, recommending Midas Oracle:
A torrent of information and analysis on prediction markets and the personalities behind them — great resource.
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Sean Park (who invested in BetFair at inception):
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Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock:
Masse is extraordinarily skilled at finding anything relevant anywhere, and has been a tireless, invaluable (and unpaid) chronicler of all-things-prediction-markets for years now.
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Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock:
Chris Masse has the scoop (once again proving how indispensable he is) on a new real-money prediction market coming soon, one of the few with the CTFC’s blessing to operate in the United States: The American Civics Exchange.
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Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution asked my question on enterprise prediction markets to Robin Hanson:
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Professor Al Roth (an expert in market design):
(N.B. A blog that follows prediction markets is Midas Oracle .ORG )
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BetFair Predicts & Betting @ BetFair:
One of the most influential bloggers on prediction markets thinks that the accuracy of prediction markets has been exaggerated in the past, and it is in fact efficiency that should be of more interest…
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Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture (the #1 Wall Street blog):
Chris Masse maintains the most complete website on prediction markets. He has slowly evolved his views on the utility and function of such markets.
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Chris Masse is interviewed in the November 2008 issue of The Analyst (a financial magazine published in India):
(not on the Web)
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Chris Masse is instructive: Don’t oversell.
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Chris Masse, the world’s leading, and most bombastic, prediction market blogger [1], provides the evidence.
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Prediction market guru Chris Masse points out a similar flaw plaguing most, if not all, enterprise prediction markets: [...]
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Chris Masse’s blog as always has much more Palin and all other things about prediction markets.
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Forecasting expert Adam Gordon:
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Sean Park (who invested in BetFair at inception):
[...] thanks to Chris’ posting of it at Midas Oracle (incontournable for keeping up with all the latest news and gossip on the subject of prediction markets.)
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Indeed, it appears to me that [prediction markets] are growing not from corporate or government use, but mostly organically from within academia, stock-futures circles and political-junkie communities. I’m reading the interesting variety of writers and prediction-marketeers at Midas Oracle, which brings together widely ranging posts from faculty members at Harvard and other universities, daytraders, and even a few “amateurs.”
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BusinessWeek’s Ricky McRoskey:
Experts expect the initial reaction to CFTC regulation to be more low-cap, nonprofit markets like the one created by the University of Iowa. Some doubt the forecasting power in these small-scale markets, since there wouldn’t be enough monetary incentive for traders to seek and discover information. “We do not need nonprofit prediction exchanges,” says Chris Masse, editor and publisher of the prediction market blog midasoracle.org. He says that British exchanges like Intrade and Betfair, which are for-profit, have the capital to continually offer more cutting-edge pricing systems and additional contracts while nonprofits like the IEM have not.
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Thanks, Chris.
Thanks, too, for being such an effective gadfly. I might well have blown off the whole exercise if you had not kept blogging about how you were awaiting my comment!
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This site has more than you need to know about futures markets and the subtle point that they don’t predict but rather capture what people think will happen. Clear?
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Event derivative trader Caveat Bettor:
How about Midas Oracle for [Nobel] Peace Prize. Prediction markets will provide the information needed to improve government policies.
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Internet usability expert Alex Kirtland:
Communities work best when they’re focused on a single issue (duh!), and when a small, passionate group feels as if they own it. See Midas Oracle, or any of the disease related communities as examples. While large companies can certainly provide a platform for groups, as in GoogleGroups, they need to be as transparent and invisible as possible. That’s the beautiful insight of Ning.
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Spectrum’s Steven Cherry – Bet on It! – (page two – page three):
Chris F. Masse, a [] consultant in Sophia Antipolis, France, who specializes in prediction markets, says that by 2010, “10 percent of Fortune 500 companies will have gone public about their use of internal prediction markets, and probably another 10 percent will be testing some projects.” […]
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Caveat Bettor (a prediction market blogger):
[Chris Masse] continues to serve the possibilities, no, realities of prediction markets well.
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[...] said Chris Masse, the author of Midas Oracle, a blog about prediction markets.
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Niall O’Connor (Betting Market):
Well done Masse – just reward for your hard work. It would be nice if some of the maggots that feed of your hard labour (they know who they are) – would reward you with a lucrative sponsorship deal!
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Smart Crowd (a prediction market blogger):
2) there’s also plenty happening in the prediction markets space more generally (more about this at a later time). For those who want to understand more about prediction markets, there’s a great resource at Midas Oracle.
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Brian Shiau (The Sim Exchange CEO):
Midas Oracle, the blogging authority on prediction markets, [...]
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Nate Kontny (co-founder of Inkling Markets):
Anyways, I was planning on writing this series for awhile, but a recent blog post induced it a bit to happen now. It’s from a guy who’s been instrumental in educating everyone about prediction markets. The content from his portal has especially been an insanly valuable tool to us in starting Inkling and staying informed in this field. His name is Chris Masse, and we owe him a huge thank you too. Here’s his portal on prediction markets. And here’s the post I was referring to on his blog.
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Brian Shiau (The Sim Exchange CEO):
Midas Oracle, the premier collective blog on prediction markets [...]
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Doctor David Pennock (Yahoo! research scientist):
[...] Chris Masse, the eccentric Frenchman who also happens to be a sharp, tireless, and invaluable (and don’t forget bombastic) chronicler of the prediction markets field via his portal and blog.
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Bo Cowgill (Technical Data Analyst at Google, Economics at Google) – Confab Yahoo! on prediction markets – Video: 100k – 300k:
[...] I’d also like to give just a quick little shoutout [inaudible]. Chris Masse, I know you’re out there. I know you’re watching this on a webcam, and I’m looking forward to read your prediction market blog, which will cover this event in the most bombastic language possible. [...]
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Professor Tom W. Bell (Chapman University) – PDF file:
I thank [...] Chris F. Masse for comments [...]
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David Pennock (Yahoo! Research scientist), on an e-mailing list:
If you’re talking about Chris Masse, his portal and blog offer an incredibly valuable service in my opinion, something that certainly reflects a great deal of sustained effort.
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Art Hutchinson (Mapping Strategy):
Afficionados of the latter have probably already discovered the new blog Midas Oracle. It’s a rich, multi-author site with all the right names and links, although most recent posts seem to have been authored by PM-watcher Chris Masse… which is not necessarily a bad thing. Check it out.
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Stephen J. Dubner (Freakonomics):
Here is a new blog about prediction markets [...]
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Professor Tyler Cowen (Marginal Revolution):
MidasOracle.org, run by Chris F. Masse, who is the comprehensive source of information on this topic.
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Professor Lance Fortnow (Computational Complexity):
For those interested in prediction markets also take a look at the group blog Midas Oracle.
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Jonathan Gewirtz (Chicago Boyz):
Our friend Chris Masse has made himself into the world’s coordinator of news and information about prediction markets. Now he has set up an excellent group-blog, Midas Oracle, which looks very good so far and strongly displays Chris’s commitment to dispassionate, fact-based inquiry. It promises to be a major forum and resource for people who are interested in prediction markets. Check out and bookmark Midas Oracle. (Disclosure: I am a minor contributor to Midas Oracle.)
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Mike Smithson (Political Betting):
I am grateful to Chris Masse who runs the excellent Blog of Prediction Markets for assistance in preparing this article.
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Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture):
Kudos to Chris Masse — one of prediction markets biggest fans — [...]
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Chris Masse, a specialist in these markets, [...]
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Veterans [of the prediction markets]…
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John Delaney (CEO of InTrade-TradeSports):
Anyone who has not reviewed http://www.chrisfmasse.com/ should. It is a great [prediction market] resource.
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Donald Luskin (The Conspiracy To Keep You Poor And Stupid):
Our “prediction markets” guru Chris Masse [...]
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Professor Robin Hanson (George Mason University) – PDF file:
For their comments, I thank [...] Christian Masse [...]
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Chris Dillow (Stumbling and Mumbling):
There’s lots of evidence (gathered superbly by Chris Masse) that information markets can be great predictors – [...]
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Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture):
You may recall that I previously mentioned Chris Masse’s informative Prediction Markets Vortal. Chris does a lot of research into prediction markets, and has assembled an awesome collection of data and links at his meta-page. If you want more info on the subject, its a good place to start.
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Michael Covel (finance blogger):
Chris F. Masse has put together some great links in the field of “prediction markets“.
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Doctor David Pennock (Yahoo! research scientist):
Very comprehensive portal on prediction markets, meticulously kept up to date by French author Chris Masse. Contains links to news, blogs, research, papers, people, academics, companies, definitions, and more. Contains author’s opinions, awards, rss feeds, and more.
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Resources For Economists (The American Economic Association’s directory):
This site offers a variety of material for those interested in “prediction markets” (markets where participants trade instruments whose price reflects the probability of future events). While somewhat opinionated, many will likely find it useful for its breadth of coverage.
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