American Idol -- revisited

Our previous pseudo-scientific poll did pretty well until Sibhon's surprising ouster... Up until that point, our list predicted the bottom three correctly. Here is an updated list as of May 10, 2010.

1. Crystal Bowersox
2. Lee Dewyze
3. Big Mike
4. Casey James

Pseudo-Scientific Prediction for American Idol

In the past, we've taken a poll from some friends and have done well at predicting the winners of shows like American Idol or dancing shows. Here are our rankings for American Idol as of 4/12/10.

1. Bowersox

2. Siobhan

3. Casey James

4. Lee Dewyze

T5. Aaron Kelly

T5. Michael Lynche

7. Katie

8. Andrew Garcia

9. Tim Urban

Sports Investing Book # 1

This interesting book "Sports Investing" -- applies concepts of contrarian investing to the sports marketplace. The book has been holding the # 1 spot in its Amazon "Sports" category.

The academic viewpoint will interest everyone from the casual sports bettor trying to improve results - to the professional sports gambler looking for additional angles - to the Wall Street trader researching additional markets to trade.

Public sentiment and betting activity cause the sports marketplace to act irrationally, in a way which can be measured and exploited. The massive flow of public wagers force betting lines to fluctuate like an inefficient market. Point spreads, betting line movement, public betting percentages, money management, statistical analysis, and other important topics are studied. The implementation of contrarian investing – and theories such as "Betting against the Public" and "Smart Money" are developed.