如何交易總統職位

愛荷華電子市場允許任何擁有網際網路連線和 5 美元的人,甚至是在達卡或新西伯利亞的交易員,購買和出售選舉中的證券。 此處的示例以簡化的形式描述了 2004 年總統選舉期間市場的運作方式。

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愛荷華電子市場允許任何擁有網際網路連線和 5 美元的人,甚至是在達卡或新西伯利亞的交易員,購買和出售選舉中的證券。 此處的示例以簡化的形式描述了 2004 年總統選舉期間市場的運作方式。 交易員最初以 1 美元購買投資組合,從而獲得布什和克里的各一份合約。

選舉結束後,收益將根據每位候選人獲得的選票份額確定。 儘管交易的金額很小,但選舉前的市場價格已被證明在預測競選結果方面出奇地準確。

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Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大眾科學, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as 大眾科學's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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