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Not since 1928 has there been a US presidential election with neither a sitting president or vice president running.

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

CNBC Streaming Video: Trading The Election The start of the biggest election in 80 years begins Thursday. Not since 1928 has there been an election with neither a sitting president or vice president running. The polls have the leading candidates … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, InTrade, online prediction market, Politics, prediction markets, Senate, sitting president, Streaming Video, United States, US elections, US politics, US President, US presidential elections, vice president, White House | Leave a comment

Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Max Keiser, Trader Daily ($$$): Hollywood Ending – Trader Daily – October 4, 2007 – by Robert LaFranco A decade ago, a Wall Street trader and an L.A. dealmaker united to remake the movie industry in the image of … Continue reading →

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With a prediction market, everyone brings a small piece of information to the table, and the consensus proves surprisingly accurate.

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The American: A Bettor World – Once apprenticed to a bookie, Justin Wolfers of Wharton now draws economic insight from the behavior of gamblers. [...] Last year, for instance, the aggregate of small bettors who placed wagers on electoral results … Continue reading →

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Inkling Markets + The Chicago Sun-Times + ABC7 San Francisco

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Chicago Sun-Times: The Chicago Prediction Markets launched with a bang Thursday, according to figures compiled Friday by Inkling, the Chicago online prediction market company. In first-day trading, 32 people signed up, 69 trades were made and a dozen new markets … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: online prediction market

Not since 1928 has there been a US presidential election with neither a sitting president or vice president running.

Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

With a prediction market, everyone brings a small piece of information to the table, and the consensus proves surprisingly accurate.

Inkling Markets + The Chicago Sun-Times + ABC7 San Francisco

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