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The Sporting Exchange’s TradeFair (BetFair’s twin prediction exchange) is shooting to the Moon.

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – External Link: TradeFair

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, People | Tagged bet exchanges, BetFair, betting exchanges, betting markets, David Jack, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, The Sporting Exchange, TradeFair | 2 Comments

Robin Osmond, TradeFair CEO

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- The Telegraph TradeFair is seeking the British FSA‘s stampf of approval. Great. Maybe they will seek out the US CFTC‘s stamp of approval, after that. (Or maybe not. We don’t know.) That would be great. – FYI, David Jack … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations | Tagged BetFair, CEO, David Jack, David Yu, Director, prediction markets, Robin Osmond, The Sporting Exchange, TradeFair, TradeFair CEO, United States | Leave a comment

BetFair-TradeFair (slightly) improve their blog, finally (it was about time) —and open 2 new sections: “prediction markets” and “financials”.

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Here’s the vertical menu of the BetFair blog. Scroll down until you see “Politics”, and “Prediction Markets”. – - Here’s their section on politics: – Here’s their section on finance: – - My thoughts: Their “about” page still does not … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism, Resources - References | Tagged America, author, BetFair, BetFair blog, Clinton, David Jack, David Pennock, Editor, Eric Ziztwitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Finance, Google, informed BetFair trader, InTrade, Justin Wolfers, KING, Lance Fortnow, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Michael Robb, Mike Robb, Paul Tetlock, prediction exchanges, prediction market approach, prediction market journalism, prediction market writer, prediction markets, Professor, Robin Hanson, Search Engine, search engine spiders, TradeFair, TradeSports, United Kingdom, web-literate internationalist, writer | 3 Comments

Did the BetFair blog use trading data from InTrade to hint at BetFair’s accuracy??

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Latest update on the BetFair blog fiasco — I am alerted today that the BetFair blog has updated its infamous Michigan story with a new compound chart bearing a clearer label. It reads now: Republican nomination – The race so … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged ABC, accuracy, BetFair, BetFair blog, betting markets, blog editor, BMP, David Jack, Editor, Ethics, event derivative markets, event derivatives, furious Betair blog writer, governor, Internet connection, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Mark Davies, McCain, Michel Robb, Michigan, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, Niall O'Connor, Niall Or'Connor, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, Professor, Robin Marks, Tony Clare, web publisher, web publishing, writer | 3 Comments

HubDub wil redefine the play-money exchange landscape.

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

In “private beta”. So I can’t say anything. Or, next thing, I’m a dead blogger. As soon as you catch this post, RUSH THERE AND TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR. Awesome. Nigel Eccles is the man. John Delaney, David Jack, Adam … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, David Jack, Emile Servan-Schreiber, HubDub, John Delaney, Justin Wolfers, Nigel Eccles, prediction markets, Robin Hanson | Leave a comment

Who did best in explaining the prediction markets to the lynching crowd?

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

After the New Hampshire fiasco, 16 18 people came to defend the prediction markets, so far. So far, the best takes are from: George Tziralis Robin Hanson Jonathan Kennedy and I’ll give the 4th spot to a combo, mixing takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta) | Tagged accuracy, Adam, Adam Siegel, Brent Stinsky, Chris Hibbert, Christmas, Collective Intelligence, critics, David Jack, David Pennock, David Perry, David Yu, Donald Luskin, Emile Servan-Schreiber, event derivative markets, event derivatives, George Tziralis, Greg Mankiw, James Surowiecki, Jed Christiansen, John Delaney, John Tierney, Jonathan Kennedy, Ken Kittlitz, Mark Davis, Mike Linksvayer, New Hampshire, Panos Ipeirotis, Paul Tetlock, prediction markets, Richard Borghesi, Robin Hanson, Steve Bass, Steve Roman, Tyler Cowen, wisdom of crowds, YouTube | 1 Comment

TradeFair Binaries is clearly the major, and TradeFair Spreads is the minor.

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair-TradeFair press release (2007-12-03): Betfair enters financial markets with Tradefair launch Tradefair to provide a revolutionary new retail binaries exchange Betfair, the world’s leading online betting exchange has announced the formation of an exciting new business, Tradefair. Established to provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged BetFair, central bank decisions, CEO, David Jack, David Yu, Ed Warner, Exchange, exchange technology, financial products, financial spread betting product, financial trading products, IFX Markets, Managing Director, Martyn Holman, prediction markets, retail binaries, retail market, sports betting market, TradeFair, Trader, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

The London School of Economics chose InTrade-TradeSports over BetFair-TradeFair for floating event derivatives on global warming.

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), located at the center of London (nearby the Waterloo Bridge), chose not to partner with BetFair-TradeFair, the world’s #1 prediction exchange (betting exchange), located west of London (near the Hammersmith … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged actor, Bali, BetFair, c, Chinese Communist Party, climate change, David Jack, energy intensive, global warming, greenhouse-gas emissions, Hammersmith Bridge, illegal market leader, InTrade, Ireland, Kyoto, London, London School of Economics, London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Perfomance, London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance, North America, prediction markets, Ralf Martin, storage technologies, UNFCCC, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Waterloo Bridge | Leave a comment

TradeFair’s David Jack = the $20 million man

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Hidden this morning deep into The Sunday Times: Betfair, the online sports-betting firm, has invested Â£10m to launch Tradefair, a new subsidiary company specialising in bets on the financial markets. It believes that the market for financial betting could exceed … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Betting, Business, Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged BetFair, David Jack, David Pennock, EUR, GBP, Hidden, Managing Director, online sports-betting, prediction markets, TradeFair, United Kingdom, USD | 3 Comments

Alas, TradeFair managing director confirms that they will float financial event derivatives, only.

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

David Jack has just published a blog post on Midas Oracle, and here’s one short excerpt: Take a look at Betfair today – it has some of the most liquid, volatile and high participation prediction markets in the world. Participation … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged David Jack, exchange technology, Managing Director, Matt Drudge, prediction markets, TradeFair | Leave a comment

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