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You do not make much money trading triple-A-rated US government debt, the spreads are very tight, and there is not much money to be made. — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Chris F. Masse
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Conspicacy theory (involving credit cards) about coffee futures — [VIDEO]

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Chris F. Masse
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Speculating and hedging on BetFair’s sports prediction markets

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

The Galileo Fund will be doing just that. Jason Ruspini is next, I predict.

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Bankers’ bonuses have less to do with rational incentive mechanisms than with the fact that bankers have power.

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“It’s a form of legal extortion.”

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American Civics Exchange = CFTC-regulated Exempt Board of Trade

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

American Civics Exchange is enabling what InTrade (circa 2006, when they applied for the eBOT status) couldn’t… —getting the CFTC stamp of approval, and running a real-money prediction exchange from within the US territory (as opposed to offshore). The ACE … Continue reading →

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Lights! Camera! Futures trading! Cantor Exchange!

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Investment News: “Technically, you can trade anything, because wherever there is a financial interest, there can be a market,” said Andre Julian, chief financial officer of Option Investments Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based independent broker for futures and options traders. “People … Continue reading →

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Nobel laureate Gary Becker and judge Richard Posner both wish that, one day, real-money prediction markets will be legal, without restrictions, in the United States of America.

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via David Pennock of Odd Head fame – Gary Becker: [...] I believe that online political prediction markets, and other online prediction markets as well, should be legal in the United States and elsewhere, even if the amounts bet were … Continue reading →

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A little lady (who was featured in the ABC 20/20 story about InTrade) claims that she speculated on the McCain and Obama prediction markets and got a R.O.I. of 1,000% in less than a year.

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

And she is out with a Press release. Via Fabian John (Financial Services Consultant) – ABC 20/20 featuring InTrade – (May 9, 2008) Foretelling The Future: Online Prediction Markets — (4 pages in all) ABC video YouTube video -

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Speculating on event derivative markets is not “investing”.

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Ultra pertinent remark from the Club For Growth blogger: [The New York Post video] is an informative video, but I want to quibble about two things. I view the term “investing” as the act of buying an asset with the … Continue reading →

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