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Producer of the Freakonomics documentary urges devotees to buy the event derivative at the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Price moves up.

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Freakonomics: July 22nd, 2008 4:47 pm I am producing the Freakonomics documentary, so I am particularly interested to read the comments to Prof. Strumpfâ€™s guest post. Koleman properly identified the likely reasons for FRKONâ€™s summer swoon on the Hollywood … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, X Groups | Tagged Chad Troutwine, Executive Producer, Freakonomics documentary. Freakonomics, FRKON, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, independent producer, Paris, prediction markets, producer, Stephen, Steven, Strumpf | Leave a comment

CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is soliciting comment on the appropriate regulatory treatment of financial agreements offered by markets commonly … Continue reading →

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Conference on Prediction Markets

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Guest Author

Iâ€™m in the process of researching Prediction Markets as the main theme of a national conference for the Institute for International Research, the worldâ€™s largest conference producing firm. http://www.iirusa.com I am a producer at IIR and am interested in creating … Continue reading →

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NewsFutures do NOT favor event derivative management by traders.

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures: January 29th, 2008 at 7:25 am Another important difference with NewsFutures (where people have been â€œtrading newsâ€ in 2000) is that hubdub doesnâ€™t give away any prizes to performers. That, perhaps, is a direct consequence of … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, X Groups | Tagged Emile Servan-Schreiber, event derivative management, HubDub, Inkling, inkling markets, Michael Giberson, NewsFutures, play-money, prediction markets, producer, Trader | 15 Comments

What are futures?

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Guest Author

A futures contract is an agreement between a buyer and a seller. It obligates the buyer to take possession of a specified amount of a given commodity or financial instrument and to do so by a given date. Likewise, it … Continue reading →

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Producer of the Freakonomics documentary urges devotees to buy the event derivative at the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Price moves up.

CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts

Conference on Prediction Markets

NewsFutures do *NOT* favor event derivative management by traders.

What are futures?

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NewsFutures do NOT favor event derivative management by traders.