Terms of Service

Welcome to InvestorPlace Blogs. By using the services offered by or accessing the InvestorPlace Blogs Site at http://blogs.investorplace.com, and all linked pages owned and operated by InvestorPlace Blogs ("Site"), you hereby affirm, represent, warrant and covenant that at all times you are bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms").

InvestorPlace Blogs reserves the right to change these Terms at any time.

Registration and Security

In order to use or access the Services, you must register with InvestorPlace Blogs and select a user name and password. In registering, you agree to provide the Site with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account. You may not enter, select or use a false name or an email address owned or controlled by another person with the intent to impersonate that person. The Site reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a user name at its discretion. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your user name and password. Any user name and password provided to you for your access to the Service shall be for your personal use only. You agree to (a) immediately notify the Site of any unauthorized use of your user name or password, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.

User Responsibility and Conduct

You are solely responsible for any content you publish or display on the Site or transmit to other members and/or other website users. You agree that you will only post content that you believe to be true and you will not purposely provide false or misleading information.

You affirm that all Blog Postings will be appropriate and professional in content and tone and remain consistent both with the purpose and stated mission of the Site, as well as with the overall financial theme of the Site.

You affirm that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to use and authorize the Site to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in any and all Blog Postings to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms.

Further, you will not submit material for publication in the Blog Postings that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner or other lawful right to post the material and to grant the Site all of the rights granted herein.

You will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws including those applicable to investment advisers and those relating to insider trading, tipping, scalping, touting and fraud.

You will obtain written consent, release and/or permission of each identifiable individual person whose consent is required to use the name or likeness of such identifiable individual person in Blog Postings, to enable inclusion and use of such Blog Postings in the manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms.

You will not submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate.

You grant the Site the right to edit, syndicate and/or repurpose any portion of any Blog Posting to meet the Site’s editorial and/or marketing needs as the Site may determine in its sole discretion, both during and subsequent to these Terms.

You agree that the Site shall be permitted to post on the Blog Postings website advertising, disclaimers, and links to other websites hosted by the Site as the Site may determine in its sole discretion.

You are solely responsible for your use of the Site and Services. Because the Site merely serves as a repository of information, user-posted content does not represent the advice, views, opinions or beliefs of the Site, and the Site makes no claim of accuracy of any user-posted material.

You agree to not take any action that imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or Services or disrupts or damages the functioning of the Site’s systems or services.

The inclusion of a link on the Site or Services does not imply any endorsement by or any affiliation with the Site or Services. In accessing the Site and Services or following links to third-party websites, you may be exposed to content that you consider offensive or inappropriate. You agree that your only recourse is to stop using the Site and Services.

Disclaimer

The information on the Site and Services is provided ’as is’. Quotes and calculated performances are delayed. The Services provides stock quotes and calculated performances of each user solely for informational purposes and does not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.

The Site and Services are not responsible for the posts, discussions, and recommendations of the users on the Site. The Site and Services do not provide investment advice. You understand and agree that use of the Site and Services is at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damages that arise from such use. Any investment decision that you make or investment strategy that you utilize is done so at your sole discretion and at your own risk. You further acknowledge that while you may be able to access certain investment information through the Site and Services, the availability of such information does not constitute a recommendation by the Site and Services to invest in any stock or utilize any investment strategy discussed therein.

The Site, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to remove any postings, or deny access by any individuals, that violate its applicable rules.