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Iowa Electronic Markets pick Clinton, Romney

Iowa Electronic Markets pick Clinton, RomneyHow could there Possibly be any sign of Ron Paul?When he isn't included in market? Ron Paul isn't listed on either the intrade or the IEM boards. A "field" listing isn't the same thing, as it doesn't differentiate between Paul and Hunter (for...

Tags: Iowa, Iowa Electronic, Iowa Electronic Markets, Romney

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

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Web 2.0 again: Prediction markets

I just ran across an article in the Wikipedia on prediction markets, of which I've long been a fan. Prediction markets' basic idea is to turn predictions ("Obama will win" and "McCain will win," for example) into stocks, then have participants buy and sell the two stocks on an exchange....

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Stock, Prediction Market, Investment, Finance, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-10-16

Iowa Electronic Markets pick Clinton, Romney

If Barack Obama lands a No. 1 finish in the Iowa caucuses tonight, it will be a stunning political upset, but the odds are almost 3-1 that the Democratic nominee will be Hillary Clinton. An even greater upset would be Iowans' selection of Mike Huckabee as the candidate. But ...

Tags: Candidate, Romney, IEM 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Markets, Investment, Spam, Finance, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-03

Prediction: Predictive markets will be a next big thing

Prediction markets may be the next big thing. Maybe. At an evening “confab” at Yahoo a number of experts in the prediction market field talked about the value to corporations of tapping into collective intelligence . The author of popular book, The Wisdom of the Crowds, James Surowiecki moderated...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2006-12-14

How to monetise open source

Some time ago I got asked, by a guy who introduced himself as head of a hedge fund, how to monetise open source. He didn't really care, he said, about which companies or technologies won or lost, what he wanted was a way to be bet on such outcomes. ...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-07-14