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Think you can tell which upcoming motion pictures will be blockbusters and which will be bombs? If so, you may get the chance to put your money where your mouth is.
For years, Wall Street investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald has been operating a so-called Hollywood Stock Exchange, which allows players to trade faux stocks in upcoming films; specifically, "investing" in box office futures. Cantor Fitzgerald is now seeking permission from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow players to invest for real.
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Hollywood Stock Exchange: Betting on the Box Office originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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