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Category Archives: Analysis (Market Calls)
Though not a legal, registered financial advisor, Justin Wolfers hands out financial ‘advice’ to anyone who is foolish enough to listen. — [SCREENSHOT]
More. – “A financial adviser or stock broker should be licensed to provide any consultation on investment in securities.” -
Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Betting, Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism, Predictions - Forecasts, Regulations
Tagged 2012 elections, 2012 US presidential election, bets, Betting, betting markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, financial advisor, financial advisors, forecasting, forecasts, GOP, InTrade, Justin Wolfers, laws, Mitt Romney, predicting, prediction markets, Predictions, Regulations, Republican candidates, Republican Party, Republican primary, republicans, Rick Perry
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Ex-HSX Max Keiser claims that InTrade’s Ron Paul prediction market is manipulated. — [VIDEO]
Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Betting, Exchange & Market Management, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Makers (Human), Market Prices & Probabilities, News, Politics
Tagged Alex Jones, Betting, betting markets, Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence, event derivative market, event derivatives, forecasting, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, manipulation, market manipulation, Max Keiser, Politics, predicting, prediction market, prediction markets, radio, Ron Paul, US politics
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Gold and Real Interest Rates
The impact of real rates on gold is becoming more widely appreciated, which in itself worries me. Part of the reason I like gold is that there is so much noise around it and few seem to understand what drives … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Calls), Finance, Financial Markets
Tagged gold, real rates, Real Returns
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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
Buy the market when it does pull back.
Morgan Keenan’s Mike Gibbs on investing opportunities in the financial markets.
Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Finance, Financial Markets
Tagged Finance, Financial Markets, Mike Gibb, Morgan Keenan, stock markets, stocks, Wall Street
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Ben Shannon on his misguided “SELL” stock market call delivered just before the stock market rally
Ben Shannon on his “SELL” market call Previously: Wiser Than The Stock Market — NOT UPDATE: Andrew Page + Henry Blodget
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Finance
Tagged Ben Shannon, Finance, Financial Markets, forecasting, forecasting the future, Jesse Livermore, S&P 500, speculating, stock market, stock markets, stocks, the future, Wiser Than The Crowd
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Wiser Than The Stock Market — NOT
Ben Shannon (alias “Jesse Livermore”, who blogs at “Wiser Than The Crowd”) claims on his blog to have an uncanny ability at forecasting the future and profiting from it, whether it is speculating on InTrade’s prediction markets or on the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Finance
Tagged Ben Shannon, Finance, Financial Markets, forecasting, forecasting the future, Jesse Livermore, S&P 500, speculating, stock market, stock markets, stocks, the future, Wiser Than The Crowd
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2008 US electoral college: What I am betting on.
PollTrack: – I like the way they color this electoral college map —with 5 colors only (simplicity is good). It is very clear and usable, I believe. You can see 6 states in gray (“too close to call”). I am … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Leading & Lagging Indicators, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged 2008 US presidential elections, betting markets, electoral college, event derivative markets, Florida, HubDub, InTrade, North Carolina, polls, PollTrack, prediction markets, US politics
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