Intrade Traders Believe That Obama Has Big Advantage Over Romney
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Intrade.com, which bills itself as the "world's leading prediction market", allows people to bet real money on the outcome of certain events.
Each "event" is valued with a contract that trades between $0 and $10. If an event has absolutely no chance of happening, the contract will have a value of $0. If the event has a 50% chance of happening, the contract will trade at a value of $5.
If you buy a contract at $5 and the event ends up happening, the contract will then be worth $10. If the event ends up not happening, the contract will be worthless.
The "Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012" currently has a value of $6.65, while the "Mitt Romney to be elected President in 2012" contract currently has a value of $3.41. The current pricing of the Mitt Romney contract means that Intrade.com traders believe that he has a 34.1% chance of winning in November.
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The Barack Obama contract is currently trading close to its all-time high of around $7.00. The contract spiked to just under $7 following the death of Osama Bin Laden last year.
The lowest that the Barack Obama contract traded was in the $4.70-$4.80 range - it hit these levels in the fall of 2011.
The Mitt Romney contract, on the other hand, hit an all-time high of about $4.40 less than a month ago. Its all-time low was around $0.50, long before Mitt Romney was named as the Republican nominee for President.
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According to Gallup.com, President Obama currently enjoys a three point advantage over Mitt Romney (48%-45%).
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