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Both the uninformed, idiotic money and the intelligent money were clueless as to yesterday’s New Hampshire primary.

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Alan Boyle, back in October 2006, citing Justin Wolfers: [...] To be sure, the outlook could change as quickly as the stock market does – but Wolfers’ point is that online prediction markets can come closer to the mark than … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Alan Boyle of MSNBC

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

He cites InTrade (of course), the Iowa Electronic Markets, NewsFutures and the Foresight Exchange. Great. To be perfect, he should have cites BetFair…

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Iowa Electronic Markets: only 3,000 speculators

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Alan Boyle: Neumann estimates that 3,000 people or so [COULD BE LESS] use their online accounts for the presidential contract-trading. Pitiful. Ludicrous minute numbers for a prediction exchange that is on the scene since day one (1988). Laughable numbers. Ridiculous … Continue reading →

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