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Tag Archives: US CFTC
Legality of real-money prediction markets in America — [LINKS]
#1. CFTC’s Bart Chilton says ‘no’. – #2. DOJ says ‘yes’, other than for sports and horse racing.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged America, bets, Betting, betting markets, CFTC, derivatives, DOJ, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures, events, futures, Gambling, gaming, laws, prediction markets, Regulations, United States Of America, US CFTC, US DOJ
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U.S. futures regulators issued draft proposals to curb speculative trading in commodities, despite concerns that the regulators lack enough market data.
“The CFTC voted 4-1 Thursday to propose the trading curbs in more than two dozen commodities including oil, corn, soybeans and coffee.”
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, futures, laws, Regulations, US CFTC
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Why does the CFTC allow the Cantor Exchange and not InTrade?
Joe Weisenthal has a small opinion piece on why the CFTC allows real-money prediction markets on movie business, and bans those on politics or sports. The problem in the piece is that Joe is 100% wrong. Joe says that there … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchanges & Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Politics, Regulations
Tagged Cantor Exchange, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hedging, hedging risk, hedging risks, hedging your political ads, InTrade, laws, Regulations, risk, risk hedging, risks, US CFTC, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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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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