Tag Archives: event derivatives
Cantor Exchange in the New York Times
Richard Jaycobs uses the adjective “tremendous”. But here’s what the journalo says:
But buyers beware: if “Avatar” is any indication, the public isn’t always so wise about Hollywood fortunes. Most users of HSX.com predicted a flop, and if those users had placed real money on the Cantor exchange, they would have taken a serious hit.
http://www.cantorexchange.com/
http://www.hsx.com/
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. –> September 24, 2010
Full of clichés?
Wall Street 2 @ HSX –> Quite high flying.
The first trailer is hilarious:
About Wall Street 2:
Wall Street 1:
Frank Sinatra, “Fly Me To The Moon”:
InTrade CEO John Delaney refused to improve the fairness of the trading on his Ireland-based event derivative exchange.
InTrade — US.GOVT.HEALTHPLAN.DEC09
One InTrade trader, in October 2009:
The four re-definitions that have (so far) been necessary during the 3-month life of the US.GOVT.HEALTHPLAN.DEC09 contracts have brought to my attention that Intrade, to the best of my knowledge, does nothing to notify members that contracts they own have been “clarified”. It may be coincidence that volume [...]
Betting on Copenhagen
Emile Servan-Schreiber comments on a New York Times opinion piece:
The idea that betting could help us gain clarity on some controversial scientific questions has first been proposed by George Mason economics professor Robin Hanson in 1992 in a paper entitled “Could Gambling Save Science” and available online here: http://hanson.gmu.edu/gamble.html
The benefits of creating prediction markets about [...]
Nate Silver: InTrade is dumb. We need serious exchanges for event derivatives.
Nate Silver:
But Intrade, although it’s a product I greatly appreciate, has some problems when it comes to efficiently pricing futures. It’s hard to get money into the site. The exchange falls into a legal gray zone. Transaction fees are comparatively high. And Intrade is stingy about paying interest on deposits, which adds a cost to [...]
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