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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

NEWSPAPERS ARE DOOMED: CraigList is killing BOTH the offline Washington Post AND the online Washington Post.

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Silicon Alley Insider The Internet is dismembering everything in little bits. We’re living in a period of intense changes. -

Posted in Business, Prediction Journalism | Tagged circulation, CraigList, Journalism, newspapers, online revenues, Washington Post | Leave a comment

The Dark Side… is Dick Cheney, of course.

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

I have just watched a great documentary about the US reaction to 9/11. It’s called The Dark Side, and it’s very informative on how Dick Cheney and the neo-cons twisted the US foreign policy to the point of total absurdity. … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Dick Cheney, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, President, United States, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Prediction market infiltrations in the media – US vs. UK

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Folks, I want to tackle this important issue in this blog post. But first, I will excerpt two news articles from The Economist. The first one was written by their American correspondence, and the second one was written by their … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged ABC, America, Barack Obama, Christmas, D.C., economist, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Ladbrokes Hill, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Nottingham Trent University's Betting Research Unit, online betting markets, Prime Minister, Professor, Republican Party, Senate, The Economist, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Washington, Washington Post, White House, William Hill | Leave a comment

The OTHER 2008 political election

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— BetFair does not cover it yet. Neither does NewsFutures. Thank God we have inTrade-TradeSports. — Sergei Ivanov to win 2008 Russian Presidential Election Very few trades, as of today. — Washington Post Sergei Ivanov – Wikipedia

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Sergei Ivanov, Washington Post | Leave a comment

THE 2007-07-07 LUCKY DAY: Washington Post’s Slate.com links to Eric Zitzewitz’s piece on Midas Oracle.

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Tim Harford: The economists Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz have pointed out that Hillary Clintonâ€™s chances of becoming president, as predicted by one betting market, InTrade, started to climb dramatically mid-May, topping 40 per cent after months of fluctuating between … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Alex Forshaw, becoming president, Eric Zitzewitz, George Mason University, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Justin Wolfers, prediction markets, President, rival candidate, Robin Hanson, Ryan Oprea, Tim Harford, Washington Post, Winning Party | Leave a comment

Veteran Republican Vic Gold describes VP Dick Cheney as a MEGA-MANIACAL PARANOID whose secret empire within the government has captured the George W. Bush presidency and helped bring the Republican Party to the brink of ruin.

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Eleanor Clift: A longtime confidant of the Bush and Cheney families describes the dangerous influence of the vice president. Vic Gold’s book: Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP Washington Post’s dossier on … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics | Tagged Bush administration, Colin L. Powell, Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney Resignation, Eleanor Clift, MANIACAL PARANOID, President, Republican Party, Secretary of State, Supreme Court, Vic Gold, vice president, VP, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Harry Potter will NOT die? Don’t Bet on It.

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Michael Giberson

Prediction markets work well in some cases and less well in others. The Justin Wolfers and Andrew Leigh article appearing in The Melborne Review states the pertinent point: “attempts to set up markets on topics where there are insiders with … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Andrew Leigh, Bet, Justin Wolfers, prediction markets, reading, Super Bowl, Tony Soprano, Washington Post | Leave a comment

In November 2000, the Iowa Electronic Markets declared the AL GORE speculators as the winners of their zero-sum game.

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Iowa Electronic Markets: Release: Nov. 17, 2000 Iowa Electronic Markets name Gore winner in futures payoff IOWA CITY, Iowa — The presidential election is over, at least in the Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM). The IEM has declared Al Gore the … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry | Tagged Al Gore, associate professor, associate professor of finance and IEM co-director, cent, electoral college, Finance, Florida, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, IEM, IEM co-director, IEM Operations Manager, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Tippie College of Business, Jeanine Alcocer, New York Senate, Operations Manager, Pat Buchanan, Philadelphia Inquirer, prediction markets, President, Professor of Finance, The University of Iowa, Tom Rietz, United States, USD, Washington, Washington Post, Washington's Senate | Leave a comment

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