Tag Archives: Jimmy Carter

JIMMY CARTER: Picking up Hillary Clinton on the Democratic ticket “would be the worst mistake that could be made”.

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The Guardian Take that, Mike R. – Reminder: I have stong reservations about those VP prediction markets. (But Bo compels me to publish about them anyway. ) – InTrade – Democratic Vice President Nominee – Republican Vice President Nominee – … Continue reading →

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Electability of Hillary Clinton according to InTrade-TradeSports = 65%

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Eddy Elfenbein at Crossing Wall Street: I written about this topic before but one of the things I find fascinating about finance is how you can use markets for two items to create an “implied market” for a third. This … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side… is Dick Cheney, of course.

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

I have just watched a great documentary about the US reaction to 9/11. It’s called The Dark Side, and it’s very informative on how Dick Cheney and the neo-cons twisted the US foreign policy to the point of total absurdity. … Continue reading →

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Macro reflections on private equity hypocrisy, and recent dollar history

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Caveat Bettor

Unlike this peak signal, I don’t see the apparent hypocrisy of private equity players tapping public money supply. In fact, isn’t it a good pairs trade? Sell the overvalued asset and buy the undervalued assets? UPDATE: Steve Conover has another … Continue reading →

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