Tag Archives: United Arab Emirates

The Dubai economy was just a mirage.

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Dubai = an over-sized hedge fund that got out of control

Posted in Business, Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Dubai World, global economy, United Arab Emirates, US economy, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Jim Rogers on Dubai fears

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Dubai World, global economy, Jim Rogers, United Arab Emirates, US economy, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Don’t worry too much about the Dubai World default.

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged Abu Dhabi, bankruptcies, bankruptcy, Ben Bernanke, buildings, China, Chris Dodd, credit, creditors, debt, dollar, Dubai, Dubai World, Federal Reserve, Finance, Financial Markets, housing boom, housing market, international housing market, investing, investments, morgages, office buildings, Peter Schiff, property prices, public debt, real estate, real estate prices, Ron Paul, skyscrapers, United Arab Emirates, US currency, US dollar, US economy, US housing market, US monetary policy, Washington Post | Leave a comment

McKinsey: The Promise Of Enterprise Prediction Markets

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

McKinsey: The Promise Of Prediction Markets With Bo Cowgill (Google) and James Surowiecki (The Wisdom Of Crowds). Registration needed. This is the transcript of the roundtable of the recent McKinsey conference at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I’ll excerpt this document, … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Cases, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Best Buy, Bo Cowgill, corporate prediction markets, Dubai, Enterprise Prediction, enterprise prediction markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, internal prediction markets, James Surowiecki, McKinsey, prediction markets, private prediction markets, The Wisdom Of Crowds, United Arab Emirates | Leave a comment

Horse racing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Portfolio: Betting is not allowed at the Nad al-Sheba racetrack in Dubai. Gambling is illegal in the United Arab Emirates [...] In most other countries, the horse race betting industry supports the thoroughbred industry, I believe.

Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged Dubai, Nad al-Sheba racetrack, United Arab Emirates | Leave a comment

Midas Oracle: Prediction Market Elevation

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Burj al-Arab = The Tower of the Arabs — Dubai, United Arab Emirates by _Nomad_ Burj al-Arab website Burj al-Arab @ Wikipedia

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