Disclaimer

INTRODUCTION

This page will discuss various legal policies associated with GreatCreditContraction.com which is operated by Premier Ark, LLC including but not limited to advertisements, disclaimer, commenting guidelines, privacy, email, Seeking Alpha, copyright, disclaimer, position disclosure, conflicts of interest, etc.  There are plenty of more interesting pages to read than this one. This site is not free to operate nor is the content free to generate.  There are three ways to fund this site:  (1) Premier Ark, LLC general funds, (2) advertisements or (3) user funded through subscription or donation.  I have chosen to fund the site through advertisement and currently have no intention of a fee-based subscription.

ADVERTISEMENTS & DISCLAIMER

The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice.  All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy or as an endorsement or recommendation of any good(s) or services(s).  If any endorsements or recommendations of specific product(s) or service(s) are made, such as GoldMoney or Earth Class Mail, then the recommendation or endorsement  will be clear and unequivocal.  If you have a negative experience with any good(s) or service(s) that is unequivocally endorsed or recommend then please contact us. This site does derive income from affiliate marketing which is where a commission is paid by the merchant to the referrer. Many different affiliate programs are participated in and the major ones include Earth Class Mail, GoldMoney, BullionVault, Amazon, etc. This means that you can help support the cost of the site by clicking on the links and purchasing from these service providers. To the best of my knowledge the affiliate relationships do not increase your cost and sometimes the affiliate coded links will contain specials for you such as with GoldMoney where 6 months of storage fees are waived. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s). The author may or may not have a position in any company or advertiser referenced above. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility. Consult your investment adviser before making any investment decisions.

COMMENTING GUIDELINES

Comments should be relevant, brief, clear and constructive to the issues discussed.  I am a staunch advocate of the freedom of speech because of the advantage of allowing all ideas access to the marketplace.  However, I also am a protector of private property.  We encourage engaging, thoughtful, diverse and meaningful commentary.  Comments that reveal intellectual impotence or include ad hominem, personal, racial, religious or ethnic attacks are not permitted.  We continuously review and remove any inappropriate comments.  If any have sneaked by then please contact us so we can remove them.  The intent is to have reasoned analytical discourse and even as Mish phrases it ‘violent disagreement’ but devolving into an incestuous cesspool of chatter void of beneficial ideas will not be tolerated.  I fully support your right to start your own website for that.

PRIVACY & EMAIL

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SEEKING ALPHA

Trace Mayer has been invited to and will join the prestigious Seeking Alpha website as a Gold Standard Contributor and in exchange will be ‘Seeking Alpha Certified’.  The symbiotic process is intended to provided creditability to the content creator and content to Seeking Alpha or related partner sites such as Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch, etc.  While the relationship may be terminated at anytime and relies on voluntary compliance we think it is an important way to ‘vet’ authors.  As such Trace Mayer intends to comply with the conditions of their program.

COPYRIGHT

This website and all content is copyright © Premier Ark, LLC.  The content presented on this website is done so under the original work or in good faith of fair use.  The website, content and feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator then the site you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact us immediately so so we can determine whether to enforce our rights.  Due to the relationship with Seeking Alpha content may appear on SeekingAlpha.com, Yahoo! Finance or MarketWatch.

If you feel any content, images, etc. presented on this website violates your copyright protection in anyway then please contact us immediately so we can resolve the issue.  A form is available at the end of this page.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

As mentioned earlier regarding affiliate marketing, there are links on this website to product(s) or service(s) that may provide monetary benefit to Premier Ark LLC or individual contributor(s).  To the best of our knowledge these links do not affect the price charged for the product(s) or service(s) and in some cases result in a discount.  Additionally, all email addresses and other information will be treated with respect and not sold or rented to spammers or other unacceptable third-parties.  I do try to write sincerely and with the best interest of you, the readers, in mind. Nevertheless, I suppose you can treat our writings the way we treat politicians.  We always ask the question:  How does it benefit them if we believe what they are telling us?  We are all big kids, Caveat Emptor.