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Tag Archives: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Sports Risk Index would allow you to hedge risks on sport prediction markets.
The patent. The latest developments. (audio) I am skeptical, since the US Congress has just outlawed movie prediction markets, but I wish good luck to Chris Rabelais et al. Maybe the political scene will be different next year, who knows. … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Exchange & Market Management, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Hedging & Insurance
Tagged betting markets, CFTC, Chris Rabalais, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Crystal World Holdings, Crystal World Markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Sports, Sports Risk Index, SportsRiskIndex, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Don’t let the best leaves the boat.
Jeffrey Harris, the chief economist at the CFTC who last year said he could find no direct link between speculation and high energy prices, is leaving the agency.
Ayn Rand’s influence on Alan Greenspan is responsible for the 2008 financial crisis.
Or so is PBS’s thesis in “The Warming”. Pretty convincing. ADDENDUM Wikipedia: Brooksley E. Born is an American attorney and former public official who, from August 26, 1996 to June 1, 1999, was chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Finance, Financial Markets, Individual Intelligence - Anti Consensus, Politics, Regulations
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Ayn Rand, Brooksley Born, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, deregulation, derivatives, Finance, financial deregulation, Financial Markets, Lawrence Summers, laws, OTC, OTC derivatives, over the counter derivatives, PBS, Politics, Regulations, Robert Rubin, The Warming, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, US CFTC, US politics
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CFTC to Consider Setting Position Limits for Energy Trading
- Wall Street Journal – New York Times