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.
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”-:
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.
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.