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To: Kevmo

Futures markets are trailing indicators, and thin markets like these are especially prone to manipulation.


168 posted on 11/13/2007 12:28:33 PM PST by Petronski (F-R-E-D! Fred! Fred! Fred!)
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To: Petronski

Futures markets are trailing indicators, and thin markets like these are especially prone to manipulation.
***Then go ahead and manipulate it. It’s been tried, by someone who was pushing down GWB’s contracts at SportsTrade. It failed.

The Efficacy Of Prediction Markets
The Liberty Papers ^ | November 8, 2007 | Brad Warbiany
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922961/posts

Posted on 11/08/2007 12:21:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum


244 posted on 11/13/2007 1:15:14 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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