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Tag Archives: Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald, ten years after 9/11 — [VIDEO]
Cantor Fitzgerald, ten years after 9/11.
Posted in Business, Finance, History
Tagged 9/11, America, Cantor Fitzgerald, employees, Finance, History, Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, terrorism, United States Of America, World Trade Center
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Cantor Gaming’s betting tablet shall stay in Las Vegas. — [REVIEW]
David Pennock: Cantor’s mechanism is pretty clearly an intelligent automated market maker that mixes prior knowledge and market forces [...].
Cantor Gaming
Cantor Gaming @ NYT.
Posted in Betting
Tagged bets, Betting, bettors, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor Gaming, Gambling, Las Vegas, risk, spread betting
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Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX).
Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Via Max Keiser
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance
Tagged Cantor Fitzgerald, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX
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Cantor Fitzgerald becomes a bookmaker in Las Vegas.
In-running betting. Via Mike Giberson
Posted in Betting, Finance
Tagged bets, Betting, betting shops, bookmaker, bookmakers, bookmaking, Cantor Fitzgerald, Las Vegas, sports betting
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Liberal politicians (sucking up to the Hollywood lobby) have managed to destroy one promising financial innovation applied to the movie business.
Cantor Fitzgerald abandoning box-office futures despite regulatory approval. CNBC: The End of the Box Office Futures Business The Wrap
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations
Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets
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CFTC: 3-2 in favor of approval of movie contracts —SO FAR.
What was said at the CFTC hearing on movie futures. Hollywood Reporter. Business Week. More. CFTC.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged America, betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Trend Exchange, United States Of America
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Hollywood clashed with Wall Street on Wednesday at a government hearing about the potential sale of futures contracts linked to box office receipts of major motion pictures.
“financial engineering synthetic derivatives” More.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Inventions & Innovations, Regulations
Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Trend Exchange
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The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.
The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations
Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, House Committee Agriculture, HSX, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Trend Exchange, U.S. House of Representatives
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