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Ubber finance blogger Barry Ritholtz believes in magic. He believes that, with more volumes on the event derivative markets, comes the Omniscience —capital “O”.

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Our good friend Barry Ritholtz.has persuaded himself that our real-money prediction markets suffer from an irremediable and fatal problem: liquidity on political event derivative markets is too thin for smart Wall Street people like him to take their market-generated … Continue reading →

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Amateur and Professional Bloggers vs Professional Journalists

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Felix Salmon (the best finance blogger on Earth): [...] It’s true that blogs are capable of bringing down politicians, just like newspapers. But financial blogs don’t have anything like the same kind of influence that the big political blogs have, … Continue reading →

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Why Felix Salmon is the best finance blogger on Planet Earth

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Because he takes the time to read the documents fully, and he takes the time to analyze them critically. Compare his critical take of the Mark Sellers speech versus that fanboy post. Felix Salmon is the best. Period.

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InTrade-TradeSports & Hollywood movie box offices

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Felix Salmon (the best finance blogger out there) links to the Midas Oracle blog post re-publishing (with permission) the Trader Daily story on the history of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. By doing so, Felix Salmon makes a small remark about … Continue reading →

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