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The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations | Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, House Committee Agriculture, HSX, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Trend Exchange, U.S. House of Representatives | Leave a comment

What the Cantor Exchange (HSX) and the Media Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) really said to the US Congress about movie futures (a.k.a. box-office derivatives) – [VIDEO]

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

House Committee Agriculture @ US House Of Representatives: Download this post to watch the video if your feed reader does not show it to you. –> Prof Schuyler Moore mentions InTrade 1:35 into. Via Paul Bleier on FaceBook. Previously.

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Inventions & Innovations, Regulations | Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, House Committee Agriculture, HSX, InTrade, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Schuyler Moore, Trend Exchange, U.S. House of Representatives | Leave a comment

Cantor Exchange and Trend Exchange defend the usefulness of movie hedging.

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Lions Gate vice chairman Michael Burns said the markets â€œwould allow a diverse group of motion picture industry participants, including studios, film distributors, theater owners, investors and other financial intermediaries within the motion picture industry to manage their risk and … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged betting markets, box-office derivatives, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, futures, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, House Committee Agriculture, HSX, MDEX, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie box office, movie business, movie futures, movies, prediction markets, Trend Exchange, U.S. House of Representatives | 2 Comments

A medical doctor comments on the health care reform voted in the US House Of Representatives

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Politics | Tagged doctors, health care, health care reform, Medical Doctors, U.S. House of Representatives, US government, US politics | Leave a comment

State Polls vs. Prediction Markets — 2008 US Presidential Election Prediction

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Here are the latest (and last) state polls and prediction market probabilities. I am writing this post at 10:00 am —on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. – Contents a visual roundup of the prediction market probabilities for the 2008 US electoral … Continue reading →

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2008 US electoral map prediction for the 2008 US presidential elections

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Folks, – IMPORTANT NOTE: – Till Election Day, this present blog (Midas Oracle .ORG) is going to update you once in a while about the horse race thru the lens of the prediction markets. – Additionally, the other blog (Midas … Continue reading →

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2008 US Presidential and Congressional Elections Prediction: The Sarah Palin effect has partially evaporated, but its remains point to a close race, come Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

#1. Explainer On Prediction Markets – A prediction market is a market for a contract that yields payments based on the outcome of a partially uncertain future event, such as an election. A contract pays $100 only if candidate X … Continue reading →

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2008 US Elections Prediction: John McCain is now the favorite at InTrade, while all the other prediction exchanges still have Barack Obama ahead. Is InTrade quicker to incorporate the latest polls because of the bigger liquidity of its prediction markets?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Data), Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Resources - References | Tagged 2008 electoral map prediction, 2008 US congressional elections, 2008 US elections, 2008 US elections prediction, 2008 US presidential elections, America, Barack Obama, BetFair, Democratic party, electoral college, electoral college prediction markets, electoral map, electoral map prediction, GOP, HubDub, IEM, InTrade, Iowa Electronic Markets, John McCain, NewsFutures, next US Congress, next US president, objective probabilistic predictions, play-money prediction markets, political elections dashboard, political elections forecast, political elections predictions, Politics, polls, prediction markets, prediction markets beat polls, probabilistic predictions, real-money prediction markets, Republican Party, TradeSports, U.S. House of Representatives, United States Of America, US Congress, US Congress prediction, US congressional elections, US politics, US President prediction, US presidential elections, US Senate, USA, vote predictor | 3 Comments

2008 US ELECTORAL MAP PREDICTION: The 2008 US elections thru the prism of the prediction markets — 2008 US presidential and congressional elections — US President Prediction + US Congress Prediction — Barack Obama vs. John McCain

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- #1. Explainer On Prediction Markets – A prediction market is a market for a contract that yields payments based on the outcome of a partially uncertain future event, such as an election. A contract pays $100 only if candidate … Continue reading →

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2008 US ELECTORAL MAP PREDICTION: Prediction Markets for the 2008 US Electoral College

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

ELECTORAL COLLEGE MARKETS: Probabilistic predictions for the 2008 US presidential elections based on market data from InTrade Ireland —(electoralmarkets.com). By Lance Fortnow, David Pennock, and Yiling Chen. – - #1. Explainer On Prediction Markets – A prediction market is a … Continue reading →

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