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The 2010 Global Warming Exchange has been closed.

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Caveat Bettor

Here. 2010 was a warm year, despite record snow and ice in highly populated areas. Here is the message I provided on the expiry: The NASA GISS GLOBAL Land-Ocean Temperature Index for 2010 averaged out to 0.6325 Celsius above baseline. … Continue reading →

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“Cool it” – Bjorn Lomborg on climate change (global warming?) – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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You can’t have accumulator bets on the weather of neighboring regions…

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

… because “if it snows in one city, it’s likely to snow in another city.” In other words, these weren’t independent events. Via Barry Ritholtz (author of Bailout Nation)

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Did the CFTC relax its ECPs requirement for eBOTs?

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Contra Chris Masse (who blogged cockily that that would never happened), WeatherBill is now available to any weather-sensitive business, large or small. No $1m net worth required, anymore. Developing… Waiting for a P.R. release from them today [tomorrow, on another … Continue reading →

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Sean Park didn’t bribe me to post this web link.

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

WeatherBill – New user interface – Check it out. And, of course, they blog. UPDATE: Sunshine Guaranteed or Your Money Back – pdf

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WeatherBill C.E.O. David Friedberg hopes to persuade [!?] the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (C.F.T.C.) to change the requirement that currently limits weather derivative traders to accredited investors with a minimum net worth of $1 million.

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Hummmmmmmmm… Quite a bold ambition. I’m very surprised by his statement. Is he naive? Via our chief economist Michael Giberson. UPDATE: Did the CFTC relax its ECPs requirement for eBOTs?

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Keyword Of The Day — Wednesday Edition

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Embedded Event Derivatives Excellent. -

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Storms vs. Hurricanes

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

There will be more than 14 named Atlantic storms in 2008. © NewsFutures – There will be more than 9 named Atlantic Hurricanes in 2008. © NewsFutures – NewsFutures’ chart widgets are the world’s most usable —from the standpoint of … Continue reading →

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Land-Ocean year-to-date temperatures 0.35 Celsius over baseline

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Caveat Bettor

according to GISS. Assuming the Intrade “Top 5″ global warming contract expires according to the Land Ocean Index, May – Dec 2008 temperatures will need to average 0.65 Celsius over baseline. The record was set back in 2005, 0.62 Celsius … Continue reading →

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