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Tag Archives: Michael Giberson
Become Mike Giberson’s friend on FaceBook
Michael Giberson @ FaceBook If you go to Mike’s wall, you will see that I broke the FaceBook etiquette. I can’t be stopped.
Horizon 2015: A long-term strategic perspective for the real-money prediction markets
Announcing the “Horizon 2015″ group. – The year 2008 in the field of prediction markets will be marked by these 4 events: The CFTC will soon announce that InTrade, TradeSports and BetFair are still unwelcomed in the United States of … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Midas Oracle Administration, Midas Oracle Network, Midas Oracle Project, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Advisory Board, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Horizon 2015, Michael Giberson, Midas Oracle, Midas Oracle Boards, Midas Oracle Network, Midas Oracle Project, Prediction Market Industry Association, prediction markets, Professor, United States Of America
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A good résumé, in the field of prediction markets, should mention and link to “Midas Oracle”, of course. You, too, could be part of the gang. Join us today.
Last year, nobody would give the first fig about a “Michael Giberson”. He was insignificant. Now, with the orbital price of oil, Mike becomes hot, all of the sudden. I hope he’ll mind some energy prediction markets, one day, when … Continue reading
ALL OUR ENERGY PROBLEMS… SOLVED.
Via professor Michael Giberson (who now shares feed items with me within Google Reader)… – - We now need a set of prediction markets on that. -
How BetFair stole Bastille Day from the French —and how Ed Murray became BetFair’s best friend (NOT A HOAX).
- Michael Giberson (professor of economics and chairman of our scientific advisory board): Actually, I would expect the change to improve liquidity, but the real surprise for Ed Murray is that other than his liquidity argument, I pretty much agree … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Mechanism Designs
Tagged Bastille Day, bet matching, bet matching logic, bet-matching engine, bet-matching process, bet-matching system, BetFair, chairman, market designs, Market Liquidity, matching bets, matching trades, Mechanism Designs, Michael Giberson, prediction markets, professor of economics, professor of economics and chairman, Trader, trading engine
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If you have tried to contact Chris Masse thru the Midas Oracle Contact Form, I’m terribly sorry to inform you that your message was not delivered to the recipient.
Folks, I have received 3 messages thru that Midas Oracle Contact Form, lately. They were all empty, so I thought they were spams killed by the Contact Form. But, in fact, the Contact Form was not working properly. (I got … Continue reading
The CFTC is going to close the comments in 3 days. We have 3 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges (e.g., InTrade USA or BetFair USA), and counter the puritan and sterile petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).
- ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, Attention: Office of the Secretariat. Comments may be sent by facsimile to 202.418.5521, or by e-mail to secretary@cftc.gov. … Continue reading
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Tagged 202.418.5521, 202.418.5578, American Enterprise Institute, Bruce Fekrat, CFTC, Chris Hibbert, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, D.C., Director, Division of Market Oversight, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, governor, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, Jed Christiansen, JONATHAN GEWIRTZ, laws, Michael Giberson, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, office, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter lawyer, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, Robin Hanson, Secretary, Special Counsel, The BusinessWeek, Three Lafayette Centre, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, Vernon Smith, Washington, young economist
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The CFTC is going to close the comments in 4 days. We have 4 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges (e.g., InTrade USA or BetFair USA), and counter the puritan and sterile petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).
- ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, Attention: Office of the Secretariat. Comments may be sent by facsimile to 202.418.5521, or by e-mail to secretary@cftc.gov. … Continue reading
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Tagged 202.418.5521, 202.418.5578, American Enterprise Institute, Bruce Fekrat, CFTC, Chris Hibbert, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, D.C., Director, Division of Market Oversight, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, governor, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, Jed Christiansen, JONATHAN GEWIRTZ, laws, Michael Giberson, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, office, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter lawyer, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Secretary, Special Counsel, Three Lafayette Centre, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, Vernon Smith, Washington, young economist
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The CFTC is going to close the comments in 5 days. We have 5 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges (e.g., InTrade USA or BetFair USA), and counter the puritan and sterile petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).
- THE MIDAS ORACLE TAKES: – CALL TO ACTION: Let’s fight so that the CFTC allows the FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges to deal with “event markets”. – In the for-profit vs not-for-profit debate, our prediction market luminaries, doctored by Bob, are … Continue reading
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Tagged American Enterprise Institute, CFTC, Chris Hibbert, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, Jed Christiansen, laws, Michael Giberson, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter lawyer, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, Vernon Smith, young economist
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