Tag Archives: ThanksGiving

John Stossel: Socialism Almost Ruined Thanksgiving – [VIDEO]

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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BLACK FRIDAY IS FOR SUCKERS.

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

DON’T BUY ANYTHING.

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Wednesday Addams teaches us the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Thanksgiving”, as seen in one of the “Addams Family” movies (watch till the end):

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Giving Thanks

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – Thanks to my readers. – Thanks to InTrade, BetFair, NewsFutures, HubDub, etc. – Thanks to Robin Hanson, David Pennock, Lance Fortnow, Jason Ruspini, Mike Giberson, David Perry, Adam Siegel, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Nigel Eccles, Chris Hibbert, Panagiotis Ipeirotis, George … Continue reading →

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BetFair’s Global Warming Prediction Markets

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

As you have seen, Niall O’Connor posted about BetFair’s Global Warming prediction markets, yesterday, Wednesday. I searched the Web and couldn’t find their announcement. So I e-mailed Robin Marks (the Head of the Media Department at BetFair), and he was … Continue reading →

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Happy ThanksGiving To You.

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse
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Gartman’s Rules of Trading

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Steve Roman

My favourite Thanksgiving tradition, from trading God Dennis Gartman 1. Never, Ever, Ever, Under Any Circumstance, Add To A Losing Position… not ever, not never! Adding to losing positions is trading’s carginogen; It is trading’s driving-while intoxicated. It will lead … Continue reading →

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A 1990 Corporate Prediction Market

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson at Overcoming Bias: Betting markets have been around for a long time, and as far as I know, until recently they were all created to help traders achieve goals such as hedging, gambling, proving themselves, and so on. … Continue reading →

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Professor Robin Hanson’s draft definitions are validated by professor Eric Zitzewitz.

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

You can see the strange alliance forming in the comment area of Robin Hanson’s first blog post here, at Midas Oracle. (Eric Zitzewitz seems ecstatic; we’ve never seen him like that. Like a dog finding a black truffle. Or like … Continue reading →

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Is HSX the “longest continuously operating prediction market”??? – REDUX

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

This is a copy of the story that I ran on the sidebar blog, in mid-October: =============== From the HSX site feed: Hollywood Stock Exchange is an integrated marketing, research and technology company driven by its patented entertainment stock market, … Continue reading →

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