Banking...PFFT! I have bigger news...

Well, this year has begun with a tremendous WHOOMP! No banks; that was just the beginning...

I have just hit on this article and i just can't keep my speculation button in check (possibly as I just read about 40 pages of "To grief or not to grief" and...well, I'm for the face punchers. Kick the geeks!) Anyway, sidetracked...I would like to point out one very, very, interesting line in this article, which can be found in-full here, "...Want to build your own social gaming platform that resides on your own Web site but leverages the power of users' Facebook relationships? Now you can!"

Anyone else putting 2&2 together here?
Is the WSE; 'now' poised to come back?...and with a vengence?!? I guess time will tell...

(I know, patience is a virtue...but HOT DAMN! I'm getting antsy!! I want my market back!!!)

Sincerely,

Logansan Oh
- CEO, Chairman

...Side note

Funny little side note I stumbled upon...

Jeez, the things we get up to when we are bored...BRING BACK THE MARKET!

Finally...Midas comes to the party!

Big news today as Midas Commons released the Midas Bank depositors list to the WSE.

More later...

Sincerely,
Logansan Oh
- CEO, Chairman

** NEWS FLASH ** - WSE Halted for upgrade. (EDIT)

I spoke too soon today (that will show me for not hitting the floor in-world first!) as I just missed the late breaking news from the WSE.
It seems the final upgrades to WSE 4.0 are to take place now (a little earlier than first expected) and there has been a market-wide halt while the upgrades are completed.

Casper Trebuchet (Lemur House of derivatives - LEM, LFB, LWI and LHH) was the first cab off the rank to explain to investors what this meant from a company stand point. It's speculation at this point to say that the trade halt will last the entire 30 days (though in the post from WSE, it states 45!), as this will definitely hurt a few companies...

We will endeavor to contact a representative of the WSE for further comments and get back to you as soon as we hear further. (...and I already paid verysmart)

Sincerely,
Logansan Oh
- CEO, Chairman

** EDIT **
After spending some time last night and this morning (AEST) speaking with investors, CEO's and LukeConnell Vandeverre, it seems evident that the announcement was not previously known by the market. Obviously, recent announcements and even dating back to the original WSE 4.0 changes, have stated that something "big" was coming.

Could this be the promotion to the 'greater' internet that has been mentioned on many occasions? Will we see the mass influx of investors that us first-movers have been waiting for?

It does seem the 30-45 day is a contingency for development work and bug fixing (having experience in Software Testing myself, this may even be optimistic!) Luke has stated a best-case-scenario of a week. Fingers crossed!!

Daily Round-Up - January 4

Hi all, my name is VerySmart Sella, I have been following the World Stock Exchange for several months and am currently a junior trader for an Australian stock broker in RL.

I will be providing a daily analysis for the coming week or so. I also have access to the archived data, so I will be trawling through and giving an update on how things went over the Christmas and New Years holiday season. (This may take a day or two!!)
Finally, I will also be collating some information on the current IPO applications on the WSE. This should help provide further details on up-coming listings and may help both CEO's and Investors alike.

Here is how today looked:

• Action Mortgage and Investment (AMI) has had many trades over the last few days and seems to be a popular one with the investors lately and even more popular with the traders! It gained yesterday but lost this and more today to fall 23.3% to $L0.23
  
• Blumont Capital (BMC) followed AMI and lost it's gains and more from yesterday falling similarly, 21.7% to $L0.18
  
• Four Deuces Entertainment (FDE) not surprisingly it's still suffering after announcing details which remind me of the THI days (all talk and promises...didn't we just have an election? "Fool me once..." anyway, i digress) Falling a huge 90% to a number more suited to a failing company at $L0.04
  
• Sienkiewicz Investment Management (SIM) rallied 11.1% today to $L1.20
• Apez Corp (APZ) Has had some pretty steady numbers heading north for some time and this was evident throughout the day today. A late fall and rise ended with the stock hitting a solid 85.1% gain to $L2.61. On the way back?
  
• Burning Embers BDSM community (BEX) has fallen steadily since the rumours of a bailout began last week. Vyktor Oh selling off stock and not being in control doesn't exactly instill investor confidence...the stock fell sharply today, losing 42.9% to $L0.24
  

Now, I have access to similar information as Splinkrot and Logansan, but investing is a very personal and individual thing. I don't have time to explain exactly my position on the market and how I make decisions just yet, so I will give to a few 'tips' of my opinion and hope that the recommendations are taken seriously:

• (FDE) historically, a fall like this means the old casino boffins will jump in for a sports-bet they can't resist. It will either recover (possibly slowly or spectacularly...), become a penny trader; moving 1-3 cents every few days or just fall into the World Traders Fund... definitely keep your eye on it
  
• (AMI) one of my personal favourites for easy money. Just when you think all the chips look down, it returns in a blaze of glory. Won't last long at this price of $L0.23
• (CAR) always has been a strong buy, plenty of people making $Lindens on dividends and on the trade price movements. Until the market works out what this is meant to be priced at, I would put it down as one of the few LONG's around.
  
• (BEX) I have to throw this out here, in the true tradition of SPECULATION, a record low price, plenty of bad news doing the rounds, positive outlooks announced from the 'acting' CEO...could it all just be bad press? If so - money to be made!
  

Ok, if you have any problems, suggestions or opinions yourself, please let me know.

Happy New Year!!

We are still here!
I hope you all enjoyed the festive season and for those of you still enjoying the R&R (like me) I hope the head isn't hurting too much.

There has been a steady flow of information from CEO's since our last update, though the market is relatively slow. We expect things to start to heat up now as people return to the helms and traders return from their profit spending breaks.

On the news front;

• (WSE) Two more IPO applications were declined, failing to satisfy WSE's new minimum revenue requirements. The affected companies - (BMI), (SLT)
• (WSE) announced a problem while upgrading the WIC exchange. Traders have been urged to cease using the currency until the problem is rectified
• (DDE) returned from vacation announcing a 'double-dividend' of $L0.04. Welcome back!
• (BEX) has suffered since the handover from the CEO. Rumours the CEO was dropping to run haven't been squashed and the announcement the 'community' wanted Burning Embers to stick around didn't instill the strongest investor focus

Splinkrot Writer is still pre-occupied with the new family editions, but as we have developed our reporting standard and fine-tuned our tools, I now feel our newest analyst VerySmart Sella will be able to bring you the news and analysis of the days trading.
He will also be starting to perform further analysis on the IPO's in application. Thank you to those who voted on our poll.

Please help me welcome VerySmart on-board and if you have any suggestions to improve the site, as-always, post a comment, send us an email or contact one of us in-world.

Sincerely,
Logansan Oh
- CEO, Chairman