It is interesting that there is a perennial hope that someone (typically someone else) will have a better idea of what the future brings than us. Well that is the central theme behind the new wave of social networks of oracles.
It takes several forms, a recent favorite being the all-business, Bizpredict, where you can predict (not so distant) future business events like iPod generation 45 or whether mySpace is going to outshine Yahoo in traffic. At Bizpredict you are playing with, well, play-money.
If you want to put your money where your mouth is then you need to go to the new casino of fortunetellers, HedgeStreet. Here you can bet (I mean hedge) on various future predictions like where the housing prices are going next week or if oil is going to dip below $55 again. All in good fun. Especially while you are ahead.
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