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The Washington Stock Exchange: Stock Market For Political Futures

somewhatfrank.com — In more than enough time to catch the horse race, The Washington Stock Exchange (WSX for short) has appeared online. Although still in beta, the site offers users the ability to bet on future political events; things like whether the Republicans will retain control of the Senate come November, if Senator Barack Obama will announce a Presidential R

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  • VMark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Direct link: http://thewsx.com/
    • alex.will, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is WSX working for anyone else? Not loading for me.
    • davidhperry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, the site *should* be up and running now - it's still slow though.  We're working as hard as we can to keep it up. :)

      If you can't make it in for the time being, feel free to come back later.  It's really fun to play and we're adding new political stocks all the time.  

      Cheers Digg!
  • nicheplayer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Uh, hello? What about the IEM?

    http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/
    • davidhperry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The IEM is great but it only has a handful of stocks - the interface is also very cumbersome.  The WSX has over 250 (and counting) and they cover a range of political issues.  
  • cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Analysis will be:

    1. I agree with the races I looked at, it puts (insert my politician here) above (other politician). Thus, its good!

    2. I DIS-agree with the races I looked at, it puts (insert my politician here) below (other politician). Thus, it's bull *****!
  • unpopulardude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Been there, done that. Political futures have been around for a while, including precisely the future on the wsx homepage: GOP control of congress.

    For more than a year, I've been visiting www.intrade.com for futures on GOP control, the chances that Libby will go to jail, whether Castro will take control of Cuba again, and other interesting topics.
  • nx01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this is a lot like hsx.com. I nearly worshipped that site for two years, but unless you're super active in it all day, you can lose your a$$ pretty quick.
  • phlux, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Do I hear 10, 20, 30 on Fascist Dictatorship in the US?

    Sold! to the shifty eyed gentleman from "Texas"
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