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Psychologist and economist George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University, was an avid mountain climber “until I had kids and couldn’t tolerate the risk.” — [TAKEAWAYS]

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

- Mountainous Memoirs (PDF file): “[] in 1986, [] I almost killed my wife, Donna, on Mt. Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies.” – George Loewenstein has extensively written about the motivation of mountain climbers and their appreciation of risk. – … Continue reading →

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The IAEA to upgrade Fukushima to a Level 6 accident before midnight ET 31 Mar 2011 — [PREDICTION MARKET CHART]

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Right-click the chart to get the latest probabilities: NHK WORLD TV live on USTREAM. PREVIOUSLY: The Japanese professor who predicted the nuclear disaster — [PREDICTION POST-MORTEM] NEXT: InTrade was not able to predict anything regarding the Fukushima nuclear energy plant. … Continue reading →

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The Japanese professor who predicted the nuclear disaster — [PREDICTION POST-MORTEM]

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ishibashi Katsuhiko: I had warned that a major earthquake would strike the Chuetsu region around Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, and about the fundamental vulnerability of nuclear power plants. The 6.8 magnitude temblor of July 16 caused considerable damage to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa … Continue reading →

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Getting rid of inequality = Getting rid of risks and startups – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Paul Graham (Y Combinator): Previous attempts to hack the connection between wealth and power have aimed mainly at eliminating economic inequality. They’ve all ended in disaster, because economic inequality is closely related to risk: you can’t eliminate inequality without eliminating … Continue reading →

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$42 million invested in WeatherBill – [P.R.]

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

WeatherBill may fundamentally change the risk profile of the global agriculture industry. http://www.weatherbill.com/

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SportsRiskIndex to provide sports-based risk management products to sports-related businesses

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

White Paper

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Risks pay off —sometimes. – [VIDEO]

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Peter Diamandis on risks and innovation: Peter Diamandis: ACCEPTING RISK: Finally I’d like to address the issue of risk. In contrast to individuals who speak about reducing exposure to risk, I want to speak in favor of accepting more risk. … Continue reading →

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Why does the CFTC allow the Cantor Exchange and not InTrade?

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Joe Weisenthal has a small opinion piece on why the CFTC allows real-money prediction markets on movie business, and bans those on politics or sports. The problem in the piece is that Joe is 100% wrong. Joe says that there … Continue reading →

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Rejection of the patent claims involving a method of hedging risks in commodities trading

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Wikipedia: The applicants (Bernard L. Bilski and Rand Warsaw) filed a patent application (on 10 April 1997) for a method of hedging risks in commodities trading. Such patent claims are often termed business method claims. [...] Bilski’s method claim was … Continue reading →

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How Paul Volcker will save the world

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Paul Volcker: The specific points at issue are ownership or sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds, and proprietary trading — that is, placing bank capital at risk in the search of speculative profit rather than in response to … Continue reading →

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