WOW. This is big. Andy Mukherjee: [...] Finally, demand estimation is too important to be left entirely to experts. Companies such as Google Inc. are harnessing the power of prediction markets — which gather information from a large number of … Continue reading →

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If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading →

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Robin Hanson has some fanboy in India. Great. Tiny caveat: The parroting Indian writer does not acknowledge Robin Hanson by name.

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Sreekumar Raghavan on CEO event futures (a.k.a. CEO futures): The main advantage of CEO futures would be that investors would be tracking the performance of all those listed CEOs. The CEOs would also be forthright about their projections and projects. … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Market Proposals), Finance | Tagged CEO, CEO event derivatives, CEO event futures, CEO futures, CEO prediction markets, decision markets, decision-aid markets, India, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, writer | Leave a comment

Lords Of Odds

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Siddhartha Saha (from India) is the co-founder of www.LordsOfOdds.com. They are currently offering sports and entertainment predictions and will add current affair predictions soon. Siddhartha Saha founded this company with a couple of close pals. They will get into … Continue reading →

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Why Indian Software Outsourcing Companies are Outsourcing to China

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Paul Denlinger: This white paper examines some of the unique challenges Indian software companies are facing: The decreasing talent pool; Rising costs; Insufficient infrastructure and; Not enough time to train and build infrastructure It then shows how China is the … Continue reading →

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The worst market crisis in 60 years

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

… says George Soros. The current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market. In some ways it resembles other crises that have occurred since the end of the second world war at intervals ranging from … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Market Prices & Probabilities, Psychology, The Global Economy | Tagged China, financial crisis, George Soros, India, InTrade, oil-producing countries, prediction markets, recession, Robert Scoble, United States, US economy, Zubin Jelveh | Leave a comment

The wisdom-of-crowds mechanisms thrive best in a multi-polar world.

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

That is my… short thought of the day. Prompted by this CES coverage: From China to Brazil, Russia to Mexico, India to Turkey and many places in between, consumers want instant voice and data connections from their handhelds on every … Continue reading →

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IndiaPX – India’s Prediction Market

PREDICTION MARKETS HAVE ARRIVED: Bloomberg columnist shames India’s government FOR NOT USING prediction markets to forecast demand.