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Tag Archives: San Mateo
Is the CFTC imposing absurd rules on HedgeStreet?
Srinivasan Venkataraghavan (writing a HedgeSteet explainer for dummies): [...] Based in San Mateo, California, [HedgeStreet] is subject to regulatory oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Membership is only open to people residing in the United States. Member funds are … Continue reading
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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HedgeStreet vs. Economic Derivatives
HedgeStreet: The HedgeStreet Exchange has launched binary contracts that allow traders to take positions on the U.S. Department of Labor’s seasonally adjusted Initial Jobless Claims report, announced weekly. The Initial Jobless Claim binaries are listed for trading each week from … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Market Contract Statements
Tagged California, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Delaware, Department of Labor, Goldman Sachs, HedgeStreet Exchange, Justin Wolfers, prediction markets, Russell Andersson, San Mateo, U.S. Department of Labor, United States, Vice President of Instrument Origination
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ALL our real-money prediction exchanges (betting exchanges) have a play-money ground.
BetFair – (Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom, E.U.) BetFair Play For Fun Only English Soccer TradeSports – (The Netherlands Antilles) Play-Money TradeSports — PredictionX — Launched in February 2006. InTrade – (Dublin, Ireland, E.U.) FT Predict — (play-money InTrade with … Continue reading
HedgeStreet, of San Mateo, California, has fewer than 10,000 users so far.
Says Russell Andersson —so that’s a number between 2 and 9,999, if I can compute.