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Daniel Gross. His twitter.

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InTrade prediction markets “got health care wrong”… — dixit Daniel Gross of Slate, a site I will no longer read.

Slate’s Daniel Gross: Don’t Short Obama Why political futures markets got the health care bill so wrong. By Daniel Gross Posted Monday, March 22, 2010, at 6:05 PM ET It would be very difficult to tote up all the times … Continue reading

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2 Democratic-leaning columnists who used to deride the prediction markets are now over-quoting them —now that those prediction markets are predicting a landslide for Barack Obama come November 2008.

- Paul Krugman – Today: A real little PM fanboy. – Yesterday: Overly critical. (See Eric Zitzewitz’s comment.) – Daniel Gross – Today: A real little PM fanboy. (See towards the end.) – Yesterday: Overly critical. – As for the … Continue reading

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Daniel Gross ridiculizes all American business managers.

- The Rise of American Incompetence: But now, thanks to widespread incompetence, American management is on its way to becoming an international laughingstock. Another critical business blogger (on China, America, and globalization in its current form): The China Vortex. I … Continue reading

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It should be noted that virtually everyone got it wrong.

… wrote NBC News Brian Williams. So why picking on the prediction markets, then? (Question to Daniel Gross, Niall O’Connor, Paul Krugman, JC Kommer, Barry Ritholtz, etc.)

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Prediction markets are forecasting tools of convenience that feed on advanced indicators.

Why were the political prediction markets so wrong about Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire? …asks Slate’s Daniel Gross —via Mister Usability (Alex Kirtland), who needs to go and get his own gravatar. So, I’ve been watching the … Continue reading

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Since Chris must sleep at some time (I think)…

… I’ll alert you to a developing story. [Slate's Daniel Gross: Why were the political futures markets so wrong about Obama and Clinton?] Thanks to a friend. ~alex

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Translating the strange dialect of hedge-fund managers who are trying to explain big losses.

Daniel Gross: Hedge-Fund Phrase: Challenging Translation: Run for the hills! Hedge-Fund Phrase: Unprecedented, unique circumstances Translation: Stuff happens. But we had no clue. Hedge-Fund Phrase: Market volatility has produced unfair, unrealistic prices. Translation: The market is efficient only when it … Continue reading

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New York Times on prediction markets — Daniel Gross begs to differ.

Daniel Gross (on his blog, not on Slate): David Leonhardt has an interesting column in the New York Times on prediction markets like Intrade and elections. But the chart presented with the article, which shows the price of futures on … Continue reading

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