Disclaimer

First, here's our promise:

Our employees and contractors, and their immediate family, will not buy within 5 trading days of a NEW pick, and will wait 2 trading days AFTER a new pick or change in recommendation before we buy or sell. In some cases we may already own a stock prior to adding it as a new pick (which we’ll disclose). This does not apply to financings and private placement opportunities.

In other words, you always get first crack with any new movement in our paid newsletters (excluding financings and private placement opportunities). A few days rarely makes a big difference, but either way you’ll always get a head start.

Second, who pays us and who doesn’t:

Investment websites can generate revenue one of two ways: charge investors or charge companies.

Gold Advisor and Silver Advisor companies support the site financially, as this allows us to produce free content for investors. We’re happy to share our knowledge, analysis, and personal holdings, and feel this is a great way to serve the gold and silver community. Keep in mind an invitation from us is still merit-based and they must pass all our criteria before they are invited—we turn away many requests from companies to be a sponsor.
Companies in Paydirt Prospector and Silver Stock Investor are selected based solely on merit and do not pay a fee.

Last

This is the point where there’s typically lots of legalese that makes attorneys dreamy but the rest of us sleepy. So, here’s our disclaimer in straight talk:

You can lose all your money from an investment on this site. Or from all of them.
We’re not licensed financial advisors, so nothing we say can be considered personal advice for you. We can’t possibly know what’s good advice for you anyway.
You are solely responsible for your own investing decisions. We’re not telling you what to do—we’re simply sharing what we are doing. It is your decision whether to follow our lead or not.
You should first check with a financial planner or investment advisor—we know they’re sometimes negative or ignorant about this specialized sector and even gold in general, but they have information and guidance that might be useful to you that is outside the scope of this letter.
While we believe our commentary to be true, it is always dependent on the reliability of sources. You are strongly encouraged to confirm facts on your own before making a financial commitment. It’s part of due diligence.
While we normally own all the stocks in the portfolio, there may be times where we may not own shares (e.g., insufficient funds) or must sell for reasons unrelated to a company (e.g., medical need).
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