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To get news on the E-cat, come here on Midas Oracle. To get news on CFTC rulings, go to Knowledge Problem. — [IRONY]

It should be the other way around, but those are not normal times.

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Do Oil Futures Prices Help Predict Future Oil Prices?

Do Oil Futures Prices Help Predict Future Oil Prices? Via Mike Linksvayer in a comment…

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Max Keiser says on Iranian TV that HubDub’s play-money prediction market on oil price has more predictive power than the oil derivative markets (oil futures markets).

Sounds like a stretch, at first glance, but listen to his argument, first, before you judge it. Good plug of HubDub inside an economic analysis segment. Video

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Free Speech in Event Market Claims

In addition to a joint comment with a score of signers, I also responded to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts by firing off a solo comment. I there focused … Continue reading

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Did Jason Ruspini and friends cash in on huge moves in prices of oil, natural gas, coal and other parts of the energy patch, this semester?

Wall Street Journal $$$:

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