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The Expert Magnet
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) recently announced that they’re creating a prediction market to forecast future events of interest to the scientists, such as who will make the first breakthrough with real “artificially intelligent” machines or which […]
Enterprise Prediction Markets (EPM’s) vs. Public Prediction Markets (PPM’s)
Clients interested in using a prediction market for market research often ask us whether they should setup their market using internal employees or external consumers as traders. Since this is such a common question, I figured it deserves a blog […]
Hedge Fund “Fund of Funds” Expect Increased Competition
Rothstein Kass, a premier public accounting and advisory services firm, commissioned Infosurv to conduct research for their industry report “Call to Action”; a report on key trends impacting the fund of funds sector. Infosurv deployed a hybrid online/telephone methodology to […]
Blindfolded Monkeys & Wisdom of the Stock Market
In the investing community, it’s common knowledge that most professionally managed mutual funds underperform the stock market overall. From an article in the Time magazine blog: Standard & Poor’s released its latest Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard today, and […]
How Prediction Markets Can Save Lives
I’m a TED Talk junkie. In case you’re not familiar with TED, it’s an annual event composed of 5-15 minute “talks” by some of the world’s leading thinkers. Notable past TED speakers include Bill Clinton, Malcolm Gladwell, Billy Graham, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Bill Gates. I […]
Wisdom of Crowds vs. Egos of Bosses
In his ground-breaking book The Wisdom of Crowds, author James Surowiecki cites some pretty compelling evidence that crowds are usually wiser than individuals. Even the smartest individuals amongst us. He gives many examples of when crowds have out-performed experts when […]
Webinar: Tapping the Wisdom of Crowds To Predict the Future
Please join us at 1:00pm EST on May 6th for our presentation of Tapping the Wisdom of Crowds To Predict the Future. Registration is limited to the first 150 attendees so act now to secure your seat. Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2009 […]
Will Prediction Markets Be the Next Big PR Research Thing?
We recently hooked up with our friends at PR News to discuss the advantages of using prediction markets for PR research. Here’s what they had to say after the interview: The usual practice in the market research world is to target an […]
David’s Bridal wants to know “What’s On Brides’ Minds?”
The fourth annual “What’s on Brides’ Minds” survey by David’s Bridal reveals that more than two-thirds (68%) of brides say they plan to spend less on their wedding in light of the current economic climate. While the economy is still […]