Tag Archives: Alexander Campbell

Felix Salmon pushes for Political Event Swaps.

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

  Felix Salmon: The time has come for political-event swaps, even if Alexander Campbell is dubious about the idea. I think that a swaps market makes more sense than a futures market, in this case. Basically, companies with political-event risk … Continue reading →

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CME to launch Hurricane Event Futures

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Fabian John, CME’s P.R. stuff: Using publicly available data from the National Hurricane Center of the National Weather Service, the Carvill Hurricane Index (CHI(TM)) uses the maximum wind velocity and size (radius) of each official storm to calculate the … Continue reading →

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