Tag Archives: Alexander Costakis

Reminder: Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets Conference (1 November)

The conference will be held next Thursday (1 November) at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the conference webpage (http://people.ku.edu/~cigar/PMConf_2007) and the schedule is listed below. I am pleased to note that Mat … Continue reading

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Which HSX employee hides cowardly behind a pseudonym in the PopSci’s PPX forum??

— PopSci’s PPX forum: PopSciAdmin 06-20-2007, 02:43 PM Prediction markets work when they operate like a stock market. beebee is spot on. Even those traders who think they’re cleverly outwitting the market are in fact doing exactly what the market … Continue reading

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Hollywood Stock Exchange’s Alex Costakis makes historical mistake, TOO.

History of the Hollywood Stock Exchange: June 2006: Hollywood Stock Exchange launches the Sports Stock Exchange® with special securities covering the 2006 FIFA World Cup. April 2006: HSX Research wins contract for building Storage Markets, an innovative prediction market platform … Continue reading

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