Futures contracts that trade on speculation of an specific outcome for a political event, such as the election of one individual over another for President of the United States. The contracts trade between 0 and 100 and their price is based on the probability at any given time of a successful outcome. When the event actually occurs, winning contracts are worth 100 points and losing contracts are worth 0.
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- Intrade - Home
THE Leading Prediction Market. Trade political futures and tap into the wisdom of crowds.
- IEM - Iowa Electronic Markets - The University of Iowa
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- Iowa Electronic Markets - Henry B. Tippie College of Business ...
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- Political Futures | Gather
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- Iowa Electronic Markets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM) are a group of real-money prediction markets/ futures markets operated by the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.
- Political Futures Definition | Investopedia
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- Traders Sell Off Obama Shares In Political Futures Markets
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