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

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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Would prediction markets on US trade data serve an “economic purpose”?

It would fulfill social utility #1 (forecasting), but what about social utility #2 (hedging)? News: U.S. Trade Gap Widens to $69.9 Billion – Addendum (October 18): Turned out that British trader JC Kommer (who commented on this blog post) was … Continue reading

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