World Cup Prediction
Paul the Octopus became the oracle of football because of its prescient behavior during the 2010 World Cup. As trading volume drops depending on the scheduled times of the games, analysts are playing their models to know who would win Russia 2018 World Cup
Japan’s Nomura does not think Japan has a chance: the team recently fired its coach and “historical analysis suggests that teams that do, go on to perform poorly."
UBS has Germany most likely to win (with a 24% chance); it gave England 4th highest odds (at 8.5%).
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Goldman thinks it is Brazil, the samba nation with Neymar leading the dance. If they do, that would be the 6th. Goldman thinks its AI machines which computed millions of models and variations have the edge!
Do not worry- if Ronaldo performs as he did yesterday against Spain, Portugal may thrill the world. Egypt lost it at the end (89th minute). Morocco lost it at the end (95th minute). Africa needs to watch injury time. Go Super Eagles!
Who wins? Good games.
