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Microexchanges

MicroExchanges are lightly staffed, technology-driven marketplaces that have been enabled by the Internet/WWW which bring together buyers and sellers in key niche commodity markets. The marketplaces closely resemble (but are much smaller than) conventional exchange structures. The aim of a microexchange is to reduce costs, improve returns, and facilitate trading in all sorts of physical and intangible products in financial, equity and commodity products both as underlying cash instruments or derivatives products. The term was first coined by Patrick L. Young, financial innovator and author of various books including "Capital Market Revolution!" during a book tour in 2000. Subsequently, the first "Microexchange Manifesto" was published in his 2001 book "The Promiscuous Investor" and subsequently updated in "New Capital Market Revolution" published in 2002 Many Microexchanges have been subsequently founded. Young himself co-founded the EOEX a market for Essential Oils in Australia with a public announcement in December 2003 and the initial trading commencing in March 2004. Microexchanges have also been launched for equity trading such as the Aruba Electronic Stock Exchange and Pacific OTC

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MicroExchanges are lightly staffed, technology-driven marketplaces that have been enabled by the Internet/WWW which bring together buyers and sellers in key niche commodity markets. The marketplaces closely resemble (but are much smaller than) conventional exchange structures. The aim of a microexchange is to reduce costs, improve returns, and facilitate trading in all sorts of physical and intangible products in financial, equity and commodity products both as underlying cash instruments or derivatives products. The term was first coined by Patrick L. Young, financial innovator and author of various books including "Capital Market Revolution!" during a book tour in 2000. Subsequently, the first "Microexchange Manifesto" was published in his 2001 book "The Promiscuous Investor" and subsequently updated in "New Capital Market Revolution" published in 2002 Many Microexchanges have been subsequently founded. Young himself co-founded the EOEX a market for Essential Oils in Australia with a public announcement in December 2003 and the initial trading commencing in March 2004. Microexchanges have also been launched for equity trading such as the Aruba Electronic Stock Exchange and Pacific OTC

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2001 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2003". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2001". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366332449

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.