Online investment company Wealthsimple is launching a new prediction market platform in Canada by partnering with Kalshi.

Predictions are ubiquitous; they are water to a fish, swimming completely unaware of the troubling ripples all around. The art of prediction has been with us throughout history, even back to ancient ...

The prediction market phenomenon is creeping north to Canada. Toronto-based Wealthsimple announced its new “Wealthsimple Predict” platform Thursday, which will allow for the trading of event contracts ...

Prediction markets give people a way to respond to future events through market prices. Instead of only reading forecasts or ...

Three books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying ...

Recently, Prediction markets are a cool way to figure out what is going to happen in the world. These platforms collect real-world events by getting collective information from the users and share ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Prediction markets are having a moment. But what are they actually good for? Economist Robin Hanson has been thinking about this for decades. Long before betting markets went mainstream, he argued ...