Obama Stocks Win In Predictions Market
from National Public RadioNovember 5, 2008
If you had invested money in Barack Obama, you would have made a profit. Stocks in Obama and John McCain — or, rather, their chances of winning — have been trading on a political futures market called Intrade. Millions of dollars have poured in to this prediction market. Investors are already placing bids for the U.S. presidential race in 2012.
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