From: Second Life Blog Economic Key Metrics for October and November 2007 Quote from the site - Key takeaways: In November, we had another slight reduction in overall Logged In User Hours (our first drop was back in August) that is related to the Unplanned service outages. Overall economic metrics continue to trend slowly upward, including the Lindex exchange figures and resident-to-resident transactions.

From: Second Life Blog Financial Statements For Everyone! Quote from the site - Many Residents use Second Life in a professional capacity. As such, being able to both keep and present detailed records of financial transactions is vitally important. To help you with this, we’ve added a new page to the “Your Account” section of the website: Account Statements.

From: Second Life Herald Op/Ed: Financial Myth Busting Edition Quote from the site - When Ted Castronova wanted to study a virtual economy, he decided against using Second Life. A number of people thought that was foolish because SL already has an economy. But SL is not like other MMO economies for two reasons; the LindeX makes asset prediction impossible and residents do not make predictable economic choices.

From: The Dewey Blog Second Life Quote from the site - A recent blog entry on foreign exchange rates elicited the comment/question, “Where would you class the Linden dollar?” The answer is that the Linden dollar is classed in 332.4 Money, given its including note for “other mediums of exchange.”

From: Wayne Porter Ebay powers Second Life and Live Gamer and Twitter Blackjack Quote from the site - Mashable reports on a new service that finally gives gamers what they want- a free economy of sorts. Backed with $24 million in VC from Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Pequot Ventures, LiveGamer went live targeting MMOGs with a platform to trade virtual goods. Andrew Schneider and Mitch Davis, (ad startup Massive sold to Microsoft) Live Gamer brings a sense of respecatbility to trading virtual goods. Suddenly that +3 Vorpal Blade of Troll Slaying takes on new and potent economic meaning.

From: SL Capital Exchange SL Capital Exchange to replace SkyRanger Hammerer Quote from the site - It is with some regret that I report to you that SkyRanger Hammerer has been relieved of his duties as SL CapEx Compliance Officer and is no longer an employee of the SL Capital Exchange or its parent JT Financial.

To be very frank, the MAJORITY of companies now listed are out-of-compliance in some manner or other - either via Errors and Ommissions in the requisite monthly Financial Reports (at MINIMUM an Income Statement AND Balance Sheet) in a GAAP-compliant format submitted no later than 10 days following the last day of each month, or in the mandatory WEEKLY UPDATES CEO’s are expected to file.

From: SL Reports Press Release: Goldflake comments on WSE notecards Quote from the site - The World Stock Exchange (WSE) has been distributing a notecard to the users registered at their website. While we commend the intention to inform and educate the users, we strongly disagree with section 3 (Banks and Exchanges) in the aforementioned notecard.

First off, the WSE claim to hold a 95% market quota is a joke at the best and we refer you to this post written by an independent and unbiased observer .

From: Orient Lodge Analysis of Second Life Exchanges Quote from the site - People have questioned how this 95% market share is calculated, and I must admit, I have no idea. So, I thought I would do a little digging into data available from the different exchanges. The International Stock Exchange (ISE) appears to provide the most detailed data, which can be aggregated.

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