The Latest from the Presidential Futures Markets

The biggest surge this week came from the Huckabee contracts. They are currently trading at 8.1, up substantially from last week’s price of 3.9. The Obama contracts are also up considerably this week, now at 16.2 vs 10.2 a week ago. The rest of the leading contracts showed a decline, with the Clinton contracts trading at 40.9 vs 48.0 on 30-Nov, the Giuliani contracts at 17.6, and Romney falling to 7.2 versus 9.1 last week. The rest of the candidate contracts were little changed on the week, with McCain at 2.6, Paul 2.5, Edwards 2.1, Gore 1.5, Thompson 1.3, and Bloomberg 0.5. In the primaries contracts, Giuliani is still favored to win the Republican nomination at 42.0, with Huckabee surging to 20.0 vs 12.5 a week ago. Romney is trading at 21.2 vs 25.2 last week. Clinton is favored to win the Democratic nomination, last trading at 64.1, but Obama made up some ground this week, his numbers are now at 28.5 versus 20.0 on 30-Nov.

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