Barmy betsWe know it's the Silly Season in journalistic circles, but the futures industry appears to be adopting a silly season of its own. In response to the news that the Pentagon was planning to set up a futures market for speculating on terrorism, assassinations and other events in the Middle East, one enterprising outfit has now set up a contract on the future of the man behind the Pentagon plan, Dr Poindexter. TradeSports, the...