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Tag Archives: Ben Shannon
Prediction market blogger quits InTrade.
Ben Shannon: New Year Update Posted by Jesse Livermore on Sunday, January 3, 2010 I’ve been gone for a while. There just hasn’t been that much happening on Intrade, and I’ve been focusing on neuroscience. Intrade has definitely gotten tougher … Continue reading
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Ben Shannon’s bad Corzine bet.
Ben Shannon (who blogs as “Jesse Livermore” at “Wiser Than The Crowd”) did bet on Jon Corzine — “buying around 65-68″, at the end of October 2009. Bad bet. Once again.
After losing $6,000 on Chicago, Ben Shannon gives up on prediction market blogging.
Ben Shannon: [] I’m not sure how much benefit I get from running this blog. I haven’t really made any money on Intrade since starting the blog this spring. In retrospect, at least part of my motivation for making the … Continue reading
Midas Oracle is the only website in the world to have told you *not* to bet on Chicago —and to stay (far) away from any Olympics venue prediction market.
Previously: Will Chicago get the Olympics? Don’t bet on it. Too risky. Had Ben Shannon listened to us, he would have spared $6,000 —yes, that’s six thousand US dollars. Next: Could we have divined that Chicago was a lemon?
5 minutes after joining, Ben Shannon managed to get second place on the IBM Smarter Cities leaderboard.
5 minutes after joining, Ben Shannon managed to get second place on the IBM Smarter Cities leaderboard.
Ben Shannon’s post…
… was misinterpreted by us. Our mistake. Deep Throat chalks up another one. Our apology to “Jesse Livermore”.
“risk free rate” … VERSUS … “CD rates”
Ben Shannon should have said “CD rates” in his line, Deep Throat tips us. [*] When someone says “risk free rate“, he/she means the central bank rate, not the “Intervest National Bank” rate. (Are they solvent?) Also, with CDs, you … Continue reading