Markets in everything: marital odds

The betting odds that Jennifer Lopez will divorce Marc Anthony before the end of the year: 3 to 1

The odds that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher will marry before the end of the year: 1 to 2

The odds that Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz will marry before the end of the year: 5 to 1

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles? 8 to 1

The odds that David and Victoria Beckham will divorce have gone from 50 to 1 to 2 to 1 to 8 to 1 within the year.

Here is the full story (NYT, registration required). Here is one market site.

Addended Query: Would it help your marriage to have the odds publicly posted?

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