Tag Archives: United States

The One Percent — [VIDEO]

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Business, Films - Movies, Finance, The Global Economy | Tagged heirs, heritage, inheritance, Jamie Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, Milton Friedman, Money, poors, riches, the riches, United States, United States Of America, value, wealth | Leave a comment

I watched part of the U.S. Health Care Reform bill passage on Sunday, March 21, 2010. Combined with the political commentary, it was pretty clear that there is a lot of misinformation. A particularly extreme right-wing viewpoint (along with moronic … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Economics, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged Politics, United States, US politics | 1 Comment

The United States and the European governments will default on their debt, eventually — dixit Marc Faber. [PREDICTIONS]

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Singapore is the safest. 2:15 into Download this post to watch the video —if your feed reader does not show it to you. Via Joe Weisenthal

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Predictions - Forecasts, The Global Economy | Tagged debt, E.U., economic forecasts, economic predictions, economy, European Union, Finance, Financial Markets, forecasts, governments, Marc Faber, Predictions, public debt, United States, United States Of America, US economy, US government, USA | Leave a comment

HR 2267 = a bill that would legalize Internet gambling in the United States

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Will happen in 2010. Bye bye UIGEA.

Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged America, Betting, betting laws, Gambling, gambling laws, HR 2267, Internet betting, Internet betting and gambling, Internet gambling, Jon Kyl, laws, Regulations, UIGEA, United States, United States Of America, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 | Leave a comment

Enterprise Prediction Markets = The wisdom of crowds comes to the enterprise.

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Here are short excerpts of the Forrester report on enterprise prediction markets and companies that provide software for enterprise prediction markets. – The Forrester executive summary: The “wisdom of crowds” is capturing the attention of corporate strategists across the globe, … Continue reading →

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Barney Frank’s Payment System Protection Act (HR6870)

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

… is a shitty bill… since it excludes sports betting. RELATED: A news article (in French) implies, between the lines, that BetFair (who always respected the US laws) should be later granted a license to operate in the US, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulations | Tagged Barney Frank, Betting, Gambling, iMEGA, Internet betting and gambling, laws, Payment System Protection Act, Payment System Protection Act (HR6870), Regulations, UIGEA, United States, United States Of America, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, USA | Leave a comment

Hubdub Election Map Released (Including Dynamic Widget)

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Nigel Eccles

We’ve just released our 2008 Presidential Election Map. The map is based on markets for all 50 states. In addition to the page there is a map widget (displayed above). The widget goes into feed readers and also dynamically updates … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchanges & Markets, Market Charting System, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presdiential elections, Barack Obama, charting systems, charts, dynamic charts, HubDub, John McCain, Politics, prediction markets, United States, United States presidential election 2008, US elections, US politics, US presidential elections | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations | Tagged accuracy, bet exchanges, betting exchanges, betting markets, derivative exchanges, derivative markets, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Finance, Gary Becker, IEM, Iowa Electronic Markets, laws, legality, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Richard Posner, social utility, speculation, United States, United States Of America, US, USA | Leave a comment

InTrade’s US Recession 2008

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

= USA two Consecutive Quarters of Negative Final (but Unrevised) GDP Felix Salmon’s rebuttal. -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements | Tagged Felix Salmon, InTrade, prediction markets, United States, US recession | 1 Comment

Regulated U.S. election markets might not be so hard.

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Jason Ruspini

Based on the arguments Hedgestreet presented in its response to the CFTC on event markets, the exchange has a fairly strong justification to self-certify and begin trading election futures, soon. While most event markets trade as binary options, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged America, CFTC, Chicago Mercantile Echange, CME Group, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Federal Reserve System, HedgeStreet, law preemption, laws, political prediction markets, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, South Carolina, United States, United States Of America, USA | 18 Comments