Tag Archives: IG Index

CFTC-regulated, real-money prediction markets about movie box office — Cantor Exchange

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Cantor Exchange http://www.cantorexchange.com/ — A twin site of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Here are my early thoughts about the “Cantor Exchange”. I regret to say that their “Cantor Exchange” website does not seem very usable. (I hope it is not … Continue reading →

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IG Index’s PureDeal

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The IG Index software is called PureDeal and have the capability to offer clients FSB, Binary Bets, Ladder Trading (same line InTrade), and many other products. The new CFD platform looks nearly identically. This is from our good friend Fabian … Continue reading →

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UK-based financial trader JC Kommer is bullish on HedgeStreet/IG Group.

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

JC Kommer: [...] It took y-e-a-r-s for HedgeStreet to get approved as an exchange. IG will be off and running in a few weeks. IG Group is a great company, when they get moving, even you will start to get … Continue reading →

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Market Making into Betting Exchanges

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Niall O’Connor spotted this tidbit in the IG Index’s financial documentation (IG Index is a British spread-betting bookmaker): Interestingly, IG stated that another other main component of the growth, was their new business of market making into the betting exchanges. … Continue reading →

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