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A little lady (who was featured in the ABC 20/20 story about InTrade) claims that she speculated on the McCain and Obama prediction markets and got a R.O.I. of 1,000% in less than a year.

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

And she is out with a Press release. Via Fabian John (Financial Services Consultant) – ABC 20/20 featuring InTrade – (May 9, 2008) Foretelling The Future: Online Prediction Markets — (4 pages in all) ABC video YouTube video -

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Which software for prediction markets is the best?

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

John Ives: HSX software certainly has a lot of head room to offer to a relatively small project such as Storage Markets. Given the prediction market software vendors available to us during late 2005, we were very happy with our … Continue reading →

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Is NewsFutures the world-wide world’s market leader, really?

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

I would recommend against that kind of bragging, because it could fire back at NewsFutures if, one day, we get to learn that another consultancy firm (Consensus Point or Inkling Markets or else) has reached the top. In that scenario, … Continue reading →

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Philanthropy + Prediction Markets = Growth Area

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Last July (2007), I told you about an interesting Lady (Lucy Bernholz), whom I read about in the New York Times, who is an expert in philanthropy business (being a consultant for foundations), and who got interested in the idea … Continue reading →

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Where is it that the prediction markets can make a macro difference, mister Robin Hanson?

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Prediction market consultant Robin Hanson wants to be paid according to outputs instead of inputs. Smart blog post. However, I will say this, if I may. I think it should be up to the consultant to tell the client where … Continue reading →

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Mat Fogarty hangs his shingle nearby Stanford University.

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

XPree: Forecast error comes from 5 sources: 1. Overoptimism when developing a new product, especially regarding ship dates 2. Lowballing sales forecasts in an effort to reduce sales quotas 3. Padding of spending budgets to reduce cost pressure 4. Uncertainty … Continue reading →

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Using prediction markets to glean, and then sell, business research.

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via George Tziralis of Ask Markets, the New York Times on the eLab Exchange (powered by NewsFutures). [...] Robin Hanson, an economics professor at George Mason University and a consultant to companies building prediction markets, said: “A lot of new … Continue reading →

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Is Electronic Art still running internal prediction markets??

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Mat Fogarty (Prediction Markets Consultant – Founder CEO Xpree) Ran a 240 participant prediction market at EA which demonstrated the power of collaborative forecasting in a corporate setting. Every time somebody tells me about EA, they use the past tense, … Continue reading →

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Prediction markets is a meta forecasting tool.

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Bet on It! – (page two – page three + a crappy listing of exchanges) – by Steven Cherry [...] Chris F. Masse, a [] consultant in Sophia Antipolis, France, who specializes in prediction markets, says that by 2010, “10 … Continue reading →

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Spectrum has a long article on prediction markets.

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Bet on It! – (page two – page three + a crappy listing of exchanges) – by Steven Cherry In August 2004, Todd Proebsting, a researcher in Microsoft’s platform and services division, was approached by a manager in the company’s … Continue reading →

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