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Economists Urge Scotland to Vote No......

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    The bet for me, if the count works in favour of it, is to wait until before Glasgow and Edinburgh declare late on and lump a bet on Yes as they should be doing badly in the count.

    The when they do declare you close your position before Aberdeen declares, hopefully at a decent profit. In doing that you trade the volatility rather than predicting a result.
  • tomterm8
    tomterm8 Posts: 5,892 Forumite
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    My internet just isn't reliable enough for that.
    “The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    Final opinion poll by YouGov, polled today, puts the vote at 54% against independence, with 46% voting for.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    tomterm8 wrote: »
    My internet just isn't reliable enough for that.

    Shame, you can make a few bob trading volatility like that.

    Test matches are very good for it. I suspect that golf and baseball would be too.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    The bet for me, if the count works in favour of it, is to wait until before Glasgow and Edinburgh declare late on and lump a bet on Yes as they should be doing badly in the count.

    The when they do declare you close your position before Aberdeen declares, hopefully at a decent profit. In doing that you trade the volatility rather than predicting a result.

    Your best bet would have been to lay heavily at 6/1 about half an hour ago and cash out now as Yes is currently trading 13.5/14.
  • globalds
    globalds Posts: 9,431 Forumite
    you could lay now?.

    need a hefty float
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    Your best bet would have been to lay heavily at 6/1 about half an hour ago and cash out now as Yes is currently trading 13.5/14.

    Huge money has gone on. There was ~£2,500,000 matched last time I looked. Now its $26,000,000! Someone thinks that they have the inside track.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
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    Amazing that they're still relying on people to count pieces of paper. Whatever happened to the zombie robot apocalypse of ballot papers, boxes and counters.
  • globalds
    globalds Posts: 9,431 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Huge money has gone on. There was ~£2,500,000 matched last time I looked. Now its $26,000,000! Someone thinks that they have the inside track.

    yeah ..decided to use my hefty float :D
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Final opinion poll by YouGov, polled today, puts the vote at 54% against independence, with 46% voting for.

    The Yougov poll was people they'd already spoken to earlier after they'd voted.

    The Yougov representative on Newsnight said he was now 99% sure of a No win.
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