Posted on 10/16/2004 7:03:23 PM PDT by BCrago66
This guy might have a point if more than 0.25% of the voting population actually followed TradeSports.
While the polls show momentum on Bush's side, Tradesports.com has him steadily declining? I don't think real investors are causing this.
so you know how they will distort this .. so make some money on them...... really .... is easy to do.... is fun to screw them with their own money.....
Very true. Though it is interesting that there's somebody out there stupid enough to throw away money just to influence some obscure online betting site.
The problem is this: Such speculation does nothing to change the actual outcome.
So while it is good to know the speculators are doing this, there is no sense in wasting money defeating it... if it is 'underpriced' buy it and make some money off Soros or whomever is doing this.
Anyway Ladbrookes of London has Bush at about 64% chance for victory FYI.
The Iowa market only allows $500 accounts so this would be much harder to do there.
Larry Kudlow and others have been commenting on the Iowa markets and the Tradesports. It is increasing in following. I am not sure what Soros would achieve. Does he think this demoralizes Bush's followers?
IEM, Tradesports, and other markets are more reliable than polls. So they are an attractive target for manipulation.
Pray that God will take Soros out before Soros does damage to our economy. The man's hatred of Bush is unbelievable!
The mob would deal with this in a simple manner. No not whack him, but destroy his wealth. Hope some of those Republicans do a back room think tank on Soros wealth.
I think it's actually fairly likely.
Not many people watch Tradesport directly, but commentators like Kudlow report these figures as part of their Bush-bashing. And web sites like FR also regularly report on these sorts of things. So there's a multiplier effect, and word quickly gets out--especially of the Mass Media wants the word to get out.
We can assume that Soros is coordinating his various attacks with the usual suspects at the DNC and in the editorial rooms of the major news organizations.
Best everyone be aware that futures markets are not a great deal different from the world of parimutuel betting.
And only 30% of all horse race favorites win.
the same thing is happening with oil futures. wish some folks could finger Soros on oil and link him to RATS.
Maybe Soros will die soon.
He thinks everyone but him are stupid.
Well, I guess it could be worth chump change to make sure the odds didn't get too favorable for Bush and become an item.
Soros made most of his mony as a currency thief. His record as a passive investor is horrible!
Kudlow has been a consistently supportive of President Bush. You are misinformed.
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