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Will HedgeStreet USA, the hypothetical InTrade USA, and the hypothetical TradeFair USA, be regulated in the future by a merged SEC+CFTC regulatory structure?
That sounds like a good prediction market proposal. – As you all know: The SEC regulates the securities markets (which support capital formation). The CFTC regulates the futures markets (which exist to discover prices). The SEC is rules based, meaning … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Market Proposals), Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations
Tagged Acting Chairman, CFTC, CFTC Acting Chairman Walt Lukken Regarding Department, Chicago Tribune, CME Group, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Congress, D.C., Department of the Treasury, good government solutions, hybrid products, Jason Ruspini, merger, Paulson, SEC, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Department, United States, US Treasury, USD, Walt Lukken, Washington
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Merger Markets on Microsoft-Yahoo
HP began to explore prediction markets in 1996, but did not even consider applying them to the 2002 HP-Compaq merger. Similarly, Yahoo and Microsoft are two of the companies mentioned most often as being involved in prediction markets (along with … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Proposals)
Tagged Compaq, conditional prediction markets, decision markets, decision-aid markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, merger, Microsoft, prediction markets, value applications, web ads, Yahoo!
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