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Max Keiser’s politics is controversial. But, as a journalist, he is a genius. Market-based probabilistic predictions (whether it’s play money or real money) are now part of his daily punditry toolbox.

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser looks at what the prediction markets are predicting the outcome will be at the Geneva talks on the Doha Round. Here’s the link to the HubDub prediction market which Max Keiser plugs in this video segment. -

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Prediction Market Contradictions — NewsFutures vs. Pop Sci PPX on the Higgs boson

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Which play-money prediction exchange (betting exchange) should you believe?? – Pop Sci PPX predicts that the Higgs boson will be discovered by the FermiLab in Chicago, U.S.A. – NewsFutures predicts that the Higgs boson will be discovered by the CERN … Continue reading →

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For physicists, this is a summer of rumors, hope and hype as rival collaborations race to capture the legendary particle known as the Higgs boson.

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

New York Times — Fermilab will find the Higgs particle first. © NewsFutures Static chart: — Will researchers in the U.S. find the “God Particle” before researchers in Geneva do?

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