In my opinion this would be an awesome stock to do, not only to trade on but to find out what people think. /forum/read.php?12,528,528#msg-528 Wed, 10 May 2017 04:38:17 +0000 Phorum 5.2.20 /forum/read.php?12,528,678#msg-678 /forum/read.php?12,528,678#msg-678 admin New Stock Ideas Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:00:46 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,654#msg-654 /forum/read.php?12,528,654#msg-654 bkd New Stock Ideas Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:20:53 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,652#msg-652 /forum/read.php?12,528,652#msg-652 admin New Stock Ideas Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:14:17 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,589#msg-589 /forum/read.php?12,528,589#msg-589
I will ask our lawyer since the possibility of running contracts court cases might be interesting to legal schools around the country (we have a research objective) and a prediction market can certainly give insights into evidence coming out of the trial that does or does not matter.

But I strongly suspect this will cross boundaries that could get us shut down, as Master notes. We'll see.]]> admin New Stock Ideas Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:25:43 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,572#msg-572 /forum/read.php?12,528,572#msg-572 ltgorman New Stock Ideas Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:00:37 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,571#msg-571 /forum/read.php?12,528,571#msg-571
Don't become a lawyer then ;) ...]]> rocketman101 New Stock Ideas Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:51:32 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,557#msg-557 /forum/read.php?12,528,557#msg-557
More palatable options, if the market simply must have a Bain stock, could include the length of the trial - could run overtime or finish early; whether there will be a hung jury; length of jury deliberations...

Actually, they're all starting to sound a bit macabre. Might be best to steer clear of it completely!]]> gr New Stock Ideas Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:15:08 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,548#msg-548 /forum/read.php?12,528,548#msg-548 ORACLE New Stock Ideas Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:47:43 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,547#msg-547 /forum/read.php?12,528,547#msg-547
But on deeper reflection, I don't see any reason to tie the pleasures of entertainment, personal gain, and analytical/knowledge harboring systems to a murder trial.]]> ltgorman New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:27:55 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,543#msg-543 /forum/read.php?12,528,543#msg-543
Could even be bundled:

• BAIN.09.NOTGUILTY - initially 70c?
• BAIN.09.GUILTY - 25c
• BAIN.09.OTHER (to handle a hung jury, mis-trial, etc.) - 5c

Note that I put the .09. distinguisher in, for later trials...]]> the_master New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:02:01 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,542#msg-542 /forum/read.php?12,528,542#msg-542
I agree they should be careful, but feel it should be ok. They should be able to get legal advice on this no problem.]]> rocketman101 New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:50:29 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,540#msg-540 /forum/read.php?12,528,540#msg-540
;)

EDITED TO ADD: It would be a very interesting stock. I think it would be like the global warming ones where fervent supporters would drive the price up beyond what was reasonable.]]> the_master New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:11:02 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,537#msg-537 /forum/read.php?12,528,537#msg-537
It is at essence a social issue.

Don't see how it is any different from things like the original Peters stock (which bounced wildly as his hearing draged on).

The only thing you would have to be careful of is discussion on the forum, but it is unlikely anything supressed will end up on here.

Unless there is a law that specifically prohibits any kind of "betting" on court cases, but I have studied law and I never heard of one.]]> rocketman101 New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:06:50 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,534#msg-534 /forum/read.php?12,528,534#msg-534
Interesting stock nonetheless, maybe some offices could run a sweep.]]> the_master New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:51:01 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,531#msg-531 /forum/read.php?12,528,531#msg-531 carrots98 New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:05:29 +0000 /forum/read.php?12,528,528#msg-528 /forum/read.php?12,528,528#msg-528 rocketman101 New Stock Ideas Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:53:27 +0000