A Finance Professor's blog. I am a Professor of Finance in the Poole College of Management at NC State University. My website: https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/warr Opinions are my own.
Showing posts with label election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Presidential Elections and Stock Returns.
Want to know how the market does in an election year. Here's your answer
Friday, September 12, 2008
Prediction markets
Not getting enough of politics on TV, in the news and everywhere else? Well you can play the prediction market as well..here.
You can bet on either McCain or Obama winning the election. Or you can take a hedge position to offset your post election misery. Your choice.
Finance and Econ researchers have written on these markets. Here are a couple of links. 1. 2.
HT: Freakonomics.
You can bet on either McCain or Obama winning the election. Or you can take a hedge position to offset your post election misery. Your choice.
Finance and Econ researchers have written on these markets. Here are a couple of links. 1. 2.
HT: Freakonomics.
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