Tag Archives: The Sim Exchange

Redesign of The Sim Exchange

More usable. The Sim Exchange Best wishes to Brian Shiau. -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Mercury, Xpree, HubDub, Media Predict, The Sim Exchange, Ask Markets, iPredict New Zealand, Smarkets, Red Monitor, etc.: Will they be still with us next year?

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Entrepreneurship, The Global Economy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I’m a big believer in the market, that it is the best way of aggregating information. Due to the law of supply and demand and profit-seeking, it has a better idea of what a price should be than any other way of determining prices.

Brian Shiau (of The Sim Exchange) interviewed by Reuters. Shiau hired an analyst, Jesse Divnich, to help interpret the exchange’s data and provide commentary. Jesse Divnich’s research reports I like that. I think it should be made a rule that … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wanna infiltrate the media with exchange odds? Hire an analyst, and he/she’ll spin them.

Game Informer: 7. On each platform, what will be the biggest seller? Jesse Divnich (of The Sim Exchange): The prediction market has made that pretty clear. Wii – Mario Galaxy – 2.0 and 1.99 million units for November and December … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment