Jason Jones

HighStep Capital

Jason is the founder of HighStep Capital, an innovative long/short equity hedge fund that combines fundamental research with advanced data mining technology to trade technology stocks. He previously worked at J. Goldman & Co and Goldman Sachs, where he covered the Internet sector. Jason holds and MBA from Cornell University and BS from Babson College.

Sessions

2:30pm - 3:00pm Thursday, 02/07/2008

Predicting the Future of Prediction Markets

Location: Starlight Roof

Jason Jones (HighStep Capital), Craig Kaplan (PredictWallStreet, Inc. ), Adam Siegel (Inkling Markets), Justin Wolfers (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania), Alex Forshaw (The Tradesports Political Maven)

There is no denying the appeal of web-based prediction markets. They are the Web 2.0 notion of wisdom of crowds in action, with a knack for out-predicting experts on elections and sporting events. But can they ever outperform the biggest and most liquid prediction market of them all, the stock market? Read more.

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