By Ocean on Nov 12, 2008 in Featured, Other | 0 Comments
So you’re making your mortgage payments, but you realize you have no idea where that amount you’re paying comes from, or you’re not sure the intermediate numbers make sense. Or perhaps you’re one of the lucky few who is in the market to buy a new place, but you want to know what you will [...]
By Ocean on Nov 8, 2008 in Current Events, Featured, Our Theory, Prediction Markets | 0 Comments
At 4 days past the election day, we know who the next President will be and we know the results from every state bar one. Missouri still has yet to deliver a final answer with a total of 1,442,673 votes for Obama and 1,436,814 votes for McCain. However, since this is a difference [...]
By Ocean on Nov 3, 2008 in Current Events, Featured, Prediction Markets | 2 Comments
Today being the day before the U.S. Election, we’d thought it be a great opportunity to check up on what the prediction markets have been saying about the potential outcome and prepare to compare them to the actual results. Since we at Dumbagent have been tracking the prediction markets for the US Elections [...]
By Ocean on Oct 30, 2008 in Articles of Interest, Featured | 0 Comments
As staunch advocates of free markets, we only find it fitting that, in light of the recent events, crises, and government interventions, we re-state our position that if governments use these times as an opportunity to seize more control and start nationalizing it could be a fatal mistake.
To contrast our beliefs, however, we also felt [...]
By Ocean on Oct 28, 2008 in Featured, Money Saving | 0 Comments
Gas prices are lower than they were not too long ago, but they’re still much higher than they were before. Now, should we relax and drive contently, or should we still be searching for alternatives in order to save money?
Here are some handy sites you can use to calculate how much it costs to [...]
