A trader watching a prediction market chart on multiple screens, illustrating how a focus_keyword phrase can be misleading when large bets do not equal better information.
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When the Biggest Bet Isn’t the Smartest One

A prediction market feels like it should be honest by construction: real money changes hands, so surely only people who actually know something would risk it. That intuition is comforting, and it is also the exact assumption a new study puts under the microscope — with results that should make any investor pause before treating “big money” as a synonym for “good information.”