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“InTrade’s market data shows that the sliding Dow Jones Industrial Average has an exceptionally strong negative correlation (approx. -0.91 over the last 10 weeks) with the rise in the InTrade Market for Barack Obama to be the next US President.”

- UPDATE: Some smart comments, just below… -

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InTrade-TradeSports faces a grim future.

I have been considerably downsizing my positions from the InTrade site. In my view, InTrade faces a rather grim future —no liquidity or bankrupcy. There is little action on most of the InTrade prediction markets (other than a semi-active market … Continue reading

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Paul Tetlock on the inner working of TradeSports-InTrade

Does Liquidity Affect Securities Market Efficiency? – (PDF) – [previous title: Does Noise Trading Affect Securities Market Efficiency?] – by Paul Tetlock – 2006-11-XX Unlike trading in many wagering markets, trading on the TradeSports exchange takes place in standard continuous … Continue reading

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