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Tag Archives: Commodities Futures Trading Commission
WeatherBill C.E.O. David Friedberg hopes to persuade [!?] the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (C.F.T.C.) to change the requirement that currently limits weather derivative traders to accredited investors with a minimum net worth of $1 million.
Hummmmmmmmm… Quite a bold ambition. I’m very surprised by his statement. Is he naive? Via our chief economist Michael Giberson. UPDATE: Did the CFTC relax its ECPs requirement for eBOTs?
Let’s Tell the CFTC Where to Go.
Update: I’ve extended the deadline for signing up until 7 p.m. Pacific, Sunday, July 6. Also, I fixed a typo in paragraph 3, changing “denying” to “giving.” (Thanks, Gil!)> The deadline looms for interested parties to respond to the Commodity … Continue reading
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Pinching Adam Siegel’s nose… AGAIN.
Inkling Markets: What are some examples of public prediction markets? One of the first and oldest prediction markets [*] was run by the University of Iowa in 1998 [**] to predict the outcome of United States Presidential Elections. [***] In … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, Ireland, Koleman Strumpf, Middle East, Paul Rhode, Pentagon, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, The University of Iowa, to forecast product, United States, US DoD, Wall Street, Washington Stock Exchange
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Pinching Adam Siegel’s nose… gently.
Inkling Markets: What are some examples of public prediction markets? One of the first and oldest prediction markets [*] was run by the University of Iowa in 1998 [**] to predict the outcome of United States Presidential Elections. [***] In … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), History
Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, Ireland, Koleman Strumpf, Middle East, Paul Rhode, Pentagon, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, The University of Iowa, to forecast product, United States, US DoD, Wall Street, Washington Stock Exchange
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