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Horizon 2015: A long-term strategic perspective for the real-money prediction markets

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 | 6 Comments

What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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ALL OUR ENERGY PROBLEMS… SOLVED.

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via professor Michael Giberson (who now shares feed items with me within Google Reader)… – - We now need a set of prediction markets on that. -

Posted in Analysis (Market Proposals), Inventions & Innovations | Tagged energy, Google, Michael Giberson, photovoltaic cells, prediction markets, Professor, solar cells, solar concentrator, solar energy | Leave a comment

Is the BetFair’s brand-new bet-matching logic (which matches bets across related selections) the first time a prediction exchange manages to increase liquidity WITHOUT augmenting the number of traders or relying on an automated market maker?

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Professor Giberson, What do you make of that? -

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Mechanism Designs | Tagged bet matching, bet matching logic, bet-matching engine, bet-matching system, BetFair, Giberson, matching bets, matching trades, prediction markets, Professor, trading engine | 5 Comments

Chris Masse’s first comment to the CFTC on “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Chris F. Masse Midas Oracle cfm —– midasoracle —– com chrisfmasse —– gmail —– com July 6th, 2008 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st St. NW Washington D.C. 20581 Attention: Office of the Secretariat- secretary@cftc.gov Reference: Concept … Continue reading →

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Robin Hanson’s buddy in the Silicon Valley strikes it rich.

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- PowerSet sold to the Evil Empire for $100 million. – UPDATE: Interview. UPDATE: ValleyWag. – Barney Pell, then an “Enterpreneur In Residence” for a VC, co-founded PowerSet and became its first CEO —and then moved on to another position … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged AI Lab, artificial intelligence, Barney Pell, first CEO, founder, Microsoft, NASA Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Plum, PowerSet, prediction markets, Professor, Robin Hanson, USD | 2 Comments

Justin Wolfers = Open Researcher

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

“Open” in the sense described in this document. Consider this: The ungated version of a document is provided. The references are provided in a special file The pieces of evidence are stated in a special file. The raw data are … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Ethics, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Justin Wolfers, open knowledge, prediction markets, Professor | Leave a comment

Who will write to the CFTC?

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Guest Author

CONFIDENTIAL: “The Law Professor”, “The Brain”, and “The Blogger” are among those who will each send a comment to the CFTC in the coming 2 weeks. – UPDATE: This econ guy will write to the CFTC, too. – UPDATE: Indeed, … Continue reading →

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Why did prediction markets do well in the pre-polling era, professor Strumpf?

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Analysis (Meta) | Tagged accuracy, event derivative markets, event derivatives, historical prediction markets, Koleman Strumpf, polls, prediction markets, Professor, Strumpf | Leave a comment

BEWARE THE BLOGGING ACADEMICS: They are not blogging to inform us —they are blogging to promote themselves.

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The New York Times on the brand-new SSRN ranking functionality: Bloggers like Mr. Reynolds [a university professor] tend to do well on the site, since they can promote their work and offer links to their articles. – Social Science Research … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism, Resources - References | Tagged bloggers, blogging, Open Media, Professor, Social Science Research Network, SSSN, the New York Times | Leave a comment

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