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Tag Archives: Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CFTC-regulated, real-money prediction markets about movie box office — Cantor Exchange
Cantor Exchange http://www.cantorexchange.com/ — A twin site of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Here are my early thoughts about the “Cantor Exchange”. I regret to say that their “Cantor Exchange” website does not seem very usable. (I hope it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Wing, BetFair, betting exchanges, betting markets, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, HedgeStreet, Hollywood Stock Exchange, IG Group, IG Index, InTrade, movie business, movies, prediction exchanges, prediction markets
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ROBERT SHILLER: “We need prediction markets…” on future house prices.
Via Stacy Herbert (Max Keiser‘s special someone) Video – spot the last minute If you are reading this in a feed reader, and if the video does not appear embedded just below this present sentence, then download this post to … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance
Tagged Chicago Mercantile Exchange, house prices, housing, prediction markets, Robert Shiller
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One Wall Street / Chicago fanboy hopes that political prediction markets will soon be proposed by the established derivative exchanges, who work more professionally than InTrade (in his view).
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets
Tagged bet exchanges, betting exchanges, betting markets, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, derivative exchanges, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures exchanges, InTrade, prediction exchanges, prediction markets
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“In its upcoming proceedings, therefore, the CFTC should exempt prediction markets from regulations that would prevent them from flourishing, like requiring that such shares be traded on designated commodity exchanges.”
… wrote that academic guy in the Wall Street Journal. But he doesn’t mention that HedgeStreet and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (and the CBOT) are all for the “excluded commodities” and the “Designated Contract Makers” way. – Honesty and fairness, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Regulations
Tagged CFTC, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, evet derivatives, HedgeStreet, Ivory Tower, laws, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, The Wall Street Journal, traded bets, Wall Street Journal
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I come in agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s comment to the CFTC.
I read it very quickly, and I agree with what they say —except the last section which I don’t get. I’ll tell you more tomorrow. CME Group – (PDF file) – CME’s comment is not far away from HedgeStreet’s take, … Continue reading
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is not a friend of the prediction markets. Nor is the ISDA.
Will the Chicago Mercantile Exchange write to the CFTC? … asks Google’s Bo Cowgill. That could be… However, I’m not holding my breath. Here’s why. The CME (along side the CBOE and ISDA) represents forces that does not push for … Continue reading
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Tagged CFTC, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, Google, HedgeStreet, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, ISDA, Jason Ruspini, Khamenei, laws, non-sports, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Tom W. Bell, United States
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CME’s Economic Event Futures
Short, factual only, but very interesting article from David Goodboy. … on speculating and hedging directly on Non-Farm Payroll reports. -
2008 hurricane binary option contracts
- MondoVisione: Hurricane binary option contracts will pay the full contract value ($10,000) to the buyer if the combined CHI for all of the hurricanes during the season equals or exceeds a certain value (strike); otherwise, it pays nothing and … Continue reading
CME Group = Chicago Mercantile Exchange + Chicago Board Of Trade
New website: CME Group –> On Thursday, they sent out an e-mail to everybody saying that the two legacy websites will be closed just after the launch of the new website —that is, this Saturday, January 19, 2008. –> Then, … Continue reading