Finance Articles Worthy of Eph Multidisciplinary Minds – For Finance Professionals and Enthusiasts

Continuing with the sports theme  - here’s another finance-related article that talks about a novel market in options on Final Four and Super Bowl tickets.  There are interesting implications including a “prediction” that Giants would win over Patriots.  (We all know that was just luck!)

http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/17/alpha-in-final-four-tickets/

(For the uninitiated, these options, for a proportionately small fee, give the holder a right to purchase tickets at a certain price in the future.  That certain price would of course be set much lower than the price of the ticket at game time.)