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Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Via Max Keiser, Trader Daily ($$$): Hollywood Ending – Trader Daily – October 4, 2007 – by Robert LaFranco A decade ago, a Wall Street trader and an L.A. dealmaker united to remake the movie industry in the image of … Continue reading

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The simExchange on July video game sales

This is the fifth month the simExchange video game prediction market has traded contracts on console hardware and the second month, the simExchange has traded contracts on 10 software SKUs. Contracts are settled against the NPD Group’s monthly unit sales … Continue reading

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NPD June sales data reviewed

This is the fourth month the simExchange video game prediction market has traded contracts on the NPD Group’s monthly sales data. This month, the simExchange expanded its contract offerings to include 10 software SKUs. PS3 sales came in line with … Continue reading

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NPD releases May sales data, Crowd vs Expert compared

In the third month of trading hybrid futures to predict NPD’s monthly console sales data, it appears the Crowd is continuing to outperform one of the leading Wall Street analysts. This month, the traders on the simExchange were closer on … Continue reading

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Sony said its new high-definition Blu-ray disc player will cost $100 less than previously announced when it ships this week, and will be about half the price of the electronics giant’s first Blu-ray player, which launched six months ago.

Wall Street Journal — Blu-Ray Disc sales will outnumber HD-DVD disc sales in the US in 2007. This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if sales of Blu-Ray format discs outnumber sales of HD-DVD format discs in the United … Continue reading

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The Sim Exchange and Midas Oracle both made it in CNET News.

CNET News: [...] It turned out that Shiau’s predictions weren’t perfect–on average he was about 15 percent off on the sales of Nintendo’s DS and Wii, Sony’s PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. But he also wasn’t … Continue reading

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NPD releases April sales data, prediction market and analyst compared

Last month was the first month the simExchange (the free to play video game stock market game) has traded monthly hybrid futures contracts to predict NPD US video game sales data. In this trial run, trading on the simExchange appeared … Continue reading

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The Hollywood Stock Exchange blogger on Spider-Man 3

“Mac Daddy”: The anticipation of a three year wait was overwhelming. Spider-Man 3 (SPID3) broke the all-time record for biggest opening weekend with a blockbuster $151.1 million. The previous mark of $135.6 million was set just last July by Pirates … Continue reading

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Attract video game traders; Sell video game ads.

Here’s the last question of the survey I took (voluntarily) on the Sim Exchange (a play-money prediction exchange focused on the video game business): Which type of gaming system(s)/games do you use? (Please check all that apply) Gameboy and other … Continue reading

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Inkling Markets: Try Before You Buy. – REDUX

Inkling CEO Adam Siegel, here, at Midas Oracle, last month: “Try before you buy” is a long-used method of attracting people to a product and is useful for a potential customer to see what they are getting in to. Inkling … Continue reading

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