Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX).
Via Max Keiser
Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX).
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Cantor Fitzgerald becomes a bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Liberal politicians (sucking up to the Hollywood lobby) have managed to destroy one promising financial innovation applied to the movie business.
CFTC: 3-2 in favor of approval of movie contracts -SO FAR.
Hollywood clashed with Wall Street on Wednesday at a government hearing about the potential sale of futures contracts linked to box office receipts of major motion pictures.
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.
Every investment in film is gambling.
A Case for Movie Futures –- by Buzz Potamkin, former studio executive and producer, in the biz for 40+ years, now a consultant
Felix Salmons hastily written NYT Op-Ed about the Cantor Exchange and MDEX
Watch the US House video instead. You will have more facts and more arguments.
Max Keiser: Cantor Exchange and Media Derivatives Exchange would be an insiders/traderss paradise.
Max Keiser –- 12:00 into (17,000 views already):
I disagree with Max that a prediction market quote can change perceptions that much.
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]
House Committee Agriculture @ US House Of Representatives:
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–-> Prof Schuyler Moore mentions InTrade 1:35 into.