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Chart of the Week: Intrade and the Midterm Elections

Three months ago in Chart of the Week: Intrade and Control of the House of Representatives, I used an Intrade.com contract as the chart of the week to illustrate how the markets were assigning probabilities to whether the Republicans would control the ...

Chart of the Week: Intrade and Control of the House of Representatives

With everyone else thinking about double dip recessions, European bank stress tests and the like, my thoughts have wandered to the next U.S. elections, which are barely three months away. While there are a number of key questions that will be strongly...

Brave Punt

Tip of the hat to Heidi Moore for this one.  A contract just posted on Intrade:A very brave punt, that. Although if sir or madam is in a betting mood…