[FRIAM] Prediction Markets

2012-11-05 Thread Steve Smith
Doug - I'm going to be so glad when tomorrow is over. Either totally disgusted and glad, or just normal cynical disgusted and glad. But really glad. And me, I'm just getting wound up! Getting a little (morbidly?) fascinated by the prediction markets.

Re: [FRIAM] Prediction Markets

2012-11-05 Thread Douglas Roberts
Steve, this is a comprehensive resource. It is somewhat reassuring that the general shapes and inflection points of the curves roughly match the WTA market graph. And disappointing as well, in its predictions that very nearly exactly half of our fine fellow American citizens are apparently

Re: [FRIAM] Prediction Markets

2012-11-05 Thread Owen Densmore
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com wrote: I'm curious what this group thinks about these prediction markets? 1. Are they useful? They are based on the correctness of the 4 Wisdom of Crowds criteria. In this case not all are met.

[FRIAM] Prediction markets

2007-06-19 Thread J T Johnson
Slate is Aggregating Prediction Markets for 2008 US Presidential racehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/oreilly/radar/atom/%7E3/125889130/slate_is_aggreg.html Posted: 18 Jun 2007 04:01 PM CDT By Brady Forrest [image: democrat candidates] Slate http://specials.slate.com/futures/2008/ is