Saturday, June 02, 2007

BETTING ON OUR FUTURES

Imagine a service which tracks the Presidential races and lays down a betting line for the election. Click on the link above to see the history, and current betting lines, however, here is how it works. The price is how much you have to lay out to receive $100.00 if your candidate wins the National election. The change indicates if the "stock" is rising, or falling. As you can see, Intrade is calling it Hillary by quite a margin so far. personally, I think I may lay out the price on Al Gore, who seems to be quite the bargain. How's that for an "Inconvenient Truth?"
Current Market Value Per Candidate
Candidate... Party.. ..Price .....Change
Hillary Clinton ......D..... .....37.00..... -0.500
Barack Obama ......D..... .....17.30..... -1.700
Fred Thompson ....R ..........12.60..... -1.400
Rudy Giuliani ........R..... .....12.50..... .+0.000
John McCain .........R ..........10.10..... .-0.900
Mitt Romney ........R.............9.80 .......+0.100
Al Gore ..................D.............7.90 .......-0.700
John Edwards....... D ...........3.90 .......+0.100
Mark Warner ........D ...........0.50 .......+0.000

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