Private company

Prediction Company

Logo: predict.com4

American financial forecasting company

Prediction Company was founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in March 1991 by J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard, and James McGill. The company used forecasting techniques to build black-box trading systems for financial markets, mainly employing statistical learning theory.2 It ceased to exist in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • HeadquartersSanta Fe1
  • Websitewww.predict.com
  • Legal formLimited Liability Company3
  • LEI2549000OJQLL9RBYVD053
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O Corporation Service Company, 19808 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 52584243

Prediction Company was founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in March 1991 by J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard, and James McGill. The company used forecasting techniques to build black-box trading systems for financial markets, mainly employing statistical learning theory.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Former owners and parents

  • UBS 2005 to 2013

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2018Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2005Acquired Acquired by UBS1
  3. 1991Founded Founded1

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