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The government lies. The banks steal. The rich laughs. — [STREET ART]

2009′s G20 Protest Graffiti – Bank of England – London, U.K.

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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: “Concept Release … Continue reading

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Market Probabilities on January 2008 FOMC

Stan Jonas (DutchBook Partners) to me: This chart captures (tick by tick) the “arbitrageable” probabilities of perhaps the most popular “bet” traded: the probability that the FED will move 50 basis points (i.e. twice) by the January 2008 FOMC. As … Continue reading

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What will be the level of the UK Base Rate as determined by the Bank of England at time and date stated below?

BetFair forum: NEW BETFAIR UK BASE RATE PREDICTION MARKETS Betfair Financials 03 Jul 13:35 From Tuesday 3 July, for an indefinite trail [*] period, we will be offering long term markets on the level of the UK Base Rate. These … Continue reading

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