Via Mike Giberson, Hollywood tries to block the Cantor Exchange.
Opponents of real-money prediction markets are strong and powerful.
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Twitter is more predictive than the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). – [RESEARCH]
You could turnA Bernardo Huberman‘-s study around and say that the HSX traders are not yet using Twitter as a source to the full extent possible.
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) comes out as fiercely against movie business futures.
Cantor Exchange in the New York Times
Richard Jaycobs uses the adjective “-tremendous”-. But here’-s what the journalo says:
But buyers beware: if “Avatar” is any indication, the public isn’t always so wise about Hollywood fortunes. Most users of HSX.com predicted a flop, and if those users had placed real money on the Cantor exchange, they would have taken a serious hit.
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. -> September 24, 2010
Wall Street 2 @ HSX –-> Quite high flying.
The first trailer is hilarious:
About Wall Street 2:
Wall Street 1:
Frank Sinatra, “-Fly Me To The Moon”-:
Oscars 2010 Post-Mortem – InTrade Prediction Markets
HSX-founder Max Keiser on the Cantor Exchange – [VIDEO]
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Jason Ruspini tells me that CNBC reports that the CFTC “-lifted its stay”- on the Cantor Exchange application yesterday. CNBC is going to interview Rich Jaycobs, today.
PS: You can play for free at:
James Camerons Avatar: The Movie Trailer – (New Extended HD Trailer)
James Cameron’-s Avatar: The Movie Trailer –- (New Extended HD Trailer)
How to download James Cameron’-s AVATAR
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AVATAR @ Hollywood Stock Exchange
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Libertarians will love this movie. – Pirate Radio
Pirate Radio
Lights! Camera! Futures trading! Cantor Exchange!
“-Technically, you can trade anything, because wherever there is a financial interest, there can be a market,”- said Andre Julian, chief financial officer of Option Investments Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based independent broker for futures and options traders.
“-People love stats, and movies are something people understand, which is why it could bring some regular people into the futures markets for the first time,”- he said. “-Of course, it might be more difficult if it was launched in the middle of a bull market, when there would be no reason to look beyond stocks.”-
With a $50 trading minimum, the movie futures exchange clearly is hoping to attract a segment of retail-class investors and movie junkies, but once developed, the exchange could also become a vehicle to allow movie moguls to hedge their investments.
“-If it costs a studio $200 million to make a movie, that studio could use this exchange to protect its investment by going short the same amount, and then if they’-re losing money on the open market, they could make it back on the short side,”- Mr. Julian said. “-It all comes down to money, and there’-s always somebody on the opposite side willing to make a trade.”-
Best wishes to Richard Jaycobs.