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Tag Archives: ProTrade
ProTrade vs. Sports Derivative Exchange
I asked Chris Hibbert whether they are “exchanges”. Chris Hibbert: It looks like it from a cursory glance. In both cases, you can buy and sell, and the prices appear to be set by market interactions rather than institutional fiat. … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Market Makers (Automated), Mechanism Designs
Tagged automated market makers, bet exchanges, betting exchanges, betting markets, book orders, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, play-money prediction exchanges, play-money prediction makets, predcition markets, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, ProTrade, Sports, Sports Derivative Exchange, US sports
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Meet Jeffrey Ma (at right on the photo), the ProTrade co-founder, and whose gambling life is the basis of the upcoming movie, 21.
ProTrade (Justin Wolfers was a ProTrade adviser at inception, but his name was later removed from their website.) Previously: The Jock Exchange: Wall Street is about to launch a new way to trade professional athletes the way you trade stocks.
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Tagged Jeffrey Ma, Justin Wolfers, prediction markets, ProTrade, ProTrade adviser, ProTrade co-founder, Wall Street
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The Jock Exchange: Wall Street is about to launch a new way to trade professional athletes the way you trade stocks.
This Portfolio magazine piece has been linked to by Marginal Revolution, Freakonomics, and Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic… on top of being brought to the public by the print edition of this new business magazine… … and there’s only 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Arizona Diamondbacks, athlete, California, co-founder, fantasy-sports website, general partner, Jeff Ma, Jeff Moorad, Las Vegas, Mike Kerns, MIT, model for the jock exchange, Oakland, Portland Trail Blazers, ProTrade, ProTrade co-founder, running back, San Mateo, sports agent, USD, venture capital, Wall Street
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ProTrade = The Jock Exchange, the first public stock market that trades in professional athletes??
Dominique Basulto, the extraordinary blogger who writes for Endless Innovation, sends me a couple of intriguing links. — New York Post (about Portfolio, the new business magazine I told you about on Sunday): [...] One of the more riveting pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged A.S.A., athlete, California, co-founder, Dominique Basulto, fantasy sports, football, Jeff Ma, Justin Wolfers, Mateo, Michael Lewis, Mike Kerns, New York Post, Player, prediction markets, ProTrade, ProTrade co-founder, soccer, sports agent, sports star, sports teams, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, United States, Wall Street
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