Tired of stocks, futures, options and currency pairs?
I present to your attention a new tool – .
The largest American financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald announced that, that in a month she plans to launch a futures exchange, which will allow investors to bet on, какую кассу соберет movie за первые четыре недели проката. The essence of this process will be as follows: before the release of the film, a forecast is formed regarding the rental fees. After that you can buy a share (равную 1/1000000 the amount of the forecast). If the actual fees turn out to be higher — You've earned, if lower — you lose (if a, certainly, you didn't sell shares «в короткую»).
Website works now, however, so far only accepts virtual money.
The company hopes, that such contracts will be popular among a wide variety of investors, from ordinary moviegoers to serious hedge funds.
See, what will it all turn into.
Personally, I am extremely skeptical about this..
