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Chris Masse’s second 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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Video on InTrade’s political prediction markets

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Via Yahoo! Research scientist David Pennock (pictured in the video, with, in the background, a whiteboard full of complex mathematical equations, which impressed the young New York Post journalist)… this New York Post video (embedded just below). – - … Continue reading →

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Work for free for InTrade —and become famous (a little bit).

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

InTrade embraces ‘crowd sourcing’: Intrade is looking for New Market Ideas! Friday, Jan 25, 2008 What uncertain event are you interested in trading? What uncertain event are you interested in getting predictive information on from the Intrade community? Please let … Continue reading →

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InTrade are “aware”; BetFair are not.

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

David Pennock, the Yahoo! research scientist, in April 2007: One of the great things about InTrade (recently split from TradeSports) is that they are open to suggestions from wide-eyed academics. [...] Exactly. Previously: The London School of Economics chose InTrade-TradeSports … Continue reading →

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The truth on the 2000–2003 US DoD’s DARPA’s IAO’s FutureMAP/Policy Analysis Market project.

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Policy Analysis Market project was badmouthed last week by Bruce Hansen of The Register, so I’m publishing here some excerpts of Robin Hanson’s verbatim. — Robin Hanson: [...] It fell to me to explore possible application areas, and after … Continue reading →

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Should Yootopia use CDA, Robin Hanson’s MSR, or… my DPMM???

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock… pondering.

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How to make LinkedIn work for you

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Why did Chris Masse choose LinkedIn as the social networking service provider for Midas Oracle?? #1. I was harassed by some LinkedIn fanboys a semi dozen of times. #2. Marketing expert Guy Kawasaki is bullish on LinkedIn. #3. All of … Continue reading →

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Chris Hibbert to Alex Forshaw: FOSTER YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Chris Hibbert: “Jack [Welch, ex-CEO of General Electric] was essentially saying a graduate business degree was a waste of time.” That’s a misunderstanding of the comment. What Welch was saying was that the most valuable thing the students were paying … Continue reading →

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User Interface & Target Audience: BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade, MatchBook, etc.

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock comes to the rescue of British prediction market consultant Jed Christiansen. Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock comments: I think Jed Christiansen is correct to a large degree. Betfair speaks the punter’s (gambler’s) language. TradeSports speaks … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock = a FREE prediction market jukebox

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

People, do you have questions on prediction markets? #1. Go to Yahoo! Answers. #2. Ask your question. #3. Yahoo! research scientist David Pennock will answer it FOR FREE. But don’t ask the tough question (“Why is it that the Yahoo! … Continue reading →

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