User Agreement
ticker offers networking services and a platform to connect investment and financial professionals, individual investors, financial products providers and others subject to the following terms of services that may be updated from time to time without notice to you.
If you do not agree with the terms and conditions, please do not access or otherwise use the site or any information contained on ticker.
By creating a profile page and accessing the services provided by ticker, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms of services that are described in the following paragraphs.
The terms of services constitutes the entire agreement between you and ticker and governs your use of ticker, the network of investment professionals, individual investors and financial products and services providers and tools of communication and a marketplace and all the content that you add on the site. ticker offers networking services and a platform to connect investment and financial professionals, individual investors, financial products providers and others subject to the following terms of services that may be updated from time to time without notice to you.
If you do not agree with the terms and conditions, please do not access or otherwise use the site or any information contained on ticker.
By creating a profile page and accessing the services provided by ticker, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms of services that are described in the following paragraphs.
The terms of services constitutes the entire agreement between you and ticker and governs your use of ticker, the network of investment professionals, individual investors and financial products and services providers and tools of communication and a marketplace and all the content that you add on the site.
ticker provides users and members access to a network of contacts, profiles, articles, and opinions and communication tools, forums, search services and other Internet enabled tools that may be accessed through different devices and media.
You also understand and agree that ticker may include advertisements and sponsorships and custom messages that are necessary for ticker to provide the network services.
You understand and agree that ticker is provided "AS-IS" and that ticker assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.
You represent that you are of legal age of at least 18 and higher to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from accessing ticker under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.
You also agree to: provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by ticker registration form and maintain and promptly update the personal data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or ticker has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, ticker has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the ticker network.
ticker is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children, individual investors and retirees.
You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into these terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in the terms of use, and to abide by and comply with the terms of services. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 18, as ticker services and network are not intended for persons under 18.
You understand that through your use of the ticker you consent to the collection and use (as in the applicable privacy policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by ticker and its partners or affiliates.
You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the ticker's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to immediately notify ticker of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.
You understand that all information, data, written text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, animation, catalogues, messages, tags, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated.
This means that you, and not ticker, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the ticker. ticker does not control the Content posted via the ticker and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the ticker, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
Under no circumstances will ticker be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the ticker.
You agree to not use the ticker to:
a. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable and harm minors in any way;
b. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a ticker official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
c. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the ticker;
d. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
e. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
f. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
g. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
h. interfere with or disrupt the ticker servers, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the ticker, including using any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers;
i. provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
j. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; and/or
k. collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs (a) through (k) above.
You acknowledge that ticker may or may not pre-screen Content, but that ticker and its designees shall have the right but not the obligation in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is available via the ticker. Without limiting the foregoing, ticker and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the terms of services or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content.
If you promote a contest, sweepstakes or giveaway on ticker without our express, advanced approval, you do so at your risk and you assume all risk and liability; you further agree to hold ticker harmless from any claim, demand or damages.
We maintain a policy of cooperation with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing ticker to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. We have the right, but not an obligation, to strictly enforce the terms of use through self-help, moderation, active investigation, litigation and prosecution.
ticker does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the ticker. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the ticker, you grant ticker the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of ticker, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the ticker solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific ticker to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the ticker and will terminate at the time you remove or ticker removes such Content.
With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the ticker, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the ticker solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available.
With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the ticker, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.
"Publicly accessible" areas of the ticker are those areas of ticker of properties that are intended by ticker to be available to the general public.
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, opinions, and/or proposals ("Contributions") to ticker through its suggestion or feedback forums or posts, you acknowledge and agree that:
(a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information;
(b) ticker is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions;
(c) ticker shall be entitled to use or disclose or choose not to use or disclose such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide;
(d) ticker may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development;
(e) your Contributions automatically become the property of ticker without any obligation of ticker to you; and
(f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from ticker under any circumstances.
(g) ticker has the right in its sole discretion and without further notice to you, to monitor, censor, edit, move, delete, and/or remove any and all Contributions posted on ticker or any Contributions transmitted to or from your ticker email account at any time and for any reason.
(h) no personal attacks or profanity or vulgarity and no inappropriate, unethical or misleading behavior is permitted on ticker
(i) no direct or veiled threat against any person or group of people.
You also agree to publishing guidelines of ticker that are inclusive of the following items but not limited to:
1. We strongly encourage all participants to disclose any direct or indirect positions held in securities or investment instruments that are discussed in their posts or articles or blogs or white papers.
2. ticker blogs, Content and Contributions are intended to serve as a discussion center for thoughtful users who make their own investment decisions, with or without the help of a broker. They are not the place for stock touters, cheerleaders or boiler room operators, penny stock pushers or other scam artists. All such activities will be released and reported to regulatory and law enforcement agencies without any reservation and without any notification to the perpetrators.
3. ticker editorial guidelines are designed to maintain the civil, thoughtful, intelligent and informative dialogue and discussion among its members and any submission that violates the spirit of the site or the editorial prudence will be removed from the site without any notice.
4. If an author has a business relationship with a company named in an article that he or she has authored, that relationship must be fully and accurately disclosed.
5. Users who choose to use aliases, pseudonyms or other screen names are informed that the true identity of the person's name and email address will be contained in the records of ticker and if deemed necessary the site may reveal the true identity to the regulatory and law enforcement agencies.
6. When a user submits an article, white paper or any other written text, Content or Contribution on ticker he or she agrees to keep the tone and the content accurate, high quality and only for the information exchange purpose only. Any Content or Contribution or pattern of submissions that are deemed to influence or manipulate thinly traded stocks or knowingly mislead general public or promote a stock for personal benefit will be removed and reported to regulatory agencies.
7. At the time of submission on ticker you also agree to disclose at the time of writing a long and or short position in any stock or security or personal stake in any investment strategy and add a full disclosure at the bottom of the submission.
8. You must disclose your current holdings in a stock, sector, region or securities or investment strategies or if you intend to add or reduce your exposure in the next seven days from the time of writing a submission on ticker.
9. If you have any conflict of interest at the time of writing or posting for example but not limited to your nature of employment with the company or any other relationship with the organization that you are discussing or highlighting. If you are a paid promoter, advertiser, paid consultant or paid for any reason to discuss a stock or an investment YOU MUST DISCLOSE the nature of your relationship.
10. In general follow the principle: WHEN IN DOUBT ALWAYS DISCLOSE.
11. You agree and understand that all Content and Contribution on the site are true, accurate, complete and current and are only published for the discussion and only that purpose.
You agree to indemnify and hold ticker and its partners, officers, agents, employees and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through ticker, your use of the ticker, your connection to the ticker, your violation of the terms of services, or your violation of any rights of another.
All content published, gathered, linked or represented on the site constitutes a recommendation, advice and selection and guidance at any time.
Any discussion about stocks, bonds, derivatives, REITs, ETFs or ETNs, mutual funds, funds, real estate, commodities or alternative investments of all kinds including land, energy sources or any instrument covered under the securities laws is strictly for the information purpose or expressed as an opinion. None of the writers, product sellers, bloggers or information providers or their affiliates are advising you personally concerning the nature, suitability of any particular instrument, portfolio of securities, transaction or investment strategy or other issues.
When financial advisors and planners or any other financial professionals are discussing investment options or evaluating merits of different financial instruments they are strictly discussing this various products or scenarios or strategies in abstract or impersonal manners and never directed to any individual.
ticker strongly urges individual investors to discuss their personal situation with personal tax, investment or financial advisor before making any decision about the suitability of any financial product or investment strategy.
You understand that an investment in any security is subject to a number of risks, and that any discussion on ticker of any security will not contain a list or description of all risk factors that are relevant to you individual status.
Securities that are traded on public markets are inherently volatile and highly risky and any investment can lead to loss of all principal. In addition, small and micro cap companies suffer from low liquidity in public stock markets and may have insufficient public float and subject to higher volatility, more risks and may not have enough information in the public domain.
Any blogs, or articles and references to these smaller companies may lead to higher than average volatility and may lead to loss of all principal.
ticker is a platform for financial professionals to express their opinions and at times there may be conflicting, opposing and diverging information and opinions on the site. The marketplace of ideas and opinions should not be construed in any way a recommendation to going long or going short on any investment instrument.
You understand and agree that ticker demands and requires every blogger, financial professional, information provider and financial product manager and vendor to disclose every personal or institutional interest they may have in any discussed strategy or securities and they may have a direct or indirect position and they may trade in their own account and that may or may not be subject to a disclosure policy.
You understand that performance data is supplied by sources believed to be reliable, that the calculations herein are made using such data, and that such calculations are not guaranteed to be accurate by these sources, the information providers, or any other person or entity, and may not be complete.
Financial products vendors are using performance methods that are suitable to their needs and you agree and understand that you have to carry out your personal analysis to evaluate the veracity, reliability, accuracy, applicability or suitability to your needs.
All content on ticker is presented only as of the date published or indicated, and may be superseded by subsequent market events or for other reasons. In addition, you are responsible for setting the cache settings on your browser to ensure you are receiving the most recent data.
From time to time, reference may be made on ticker to prior articles and opinions we have published. These references may be selective, may reference only a portion of an article or opinion, and are likely not to be current. As markets change continuously and constantly, previously published information and data may not be current and should not be relied upon.
ticker is not intended to provide financial, investment, tax, legal, insurance or personal advice, and nothing on ticker should be construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any security by ticker or any third party.
You alone are solely responsible for determining whether any investment, security or strategy, or any other product or service, is appropriate or suitable for you based on your investment objectives and personal and financial situation.
You should consult your personal financial professional, attorney or tax professional regarding your specific legal or tax situation.
You agree to indemnify and hold ticker and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through the ticker, your use of the ticker, your connection to ticker, your violation of the terms of services, or your violation of any rights of another.
You acknowledge that ticker may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the ticker, including without limitation the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by ticker, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the ticker, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on ticker, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on ticker servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times and the maximum duration for which you may access ticker in a given period of time.
You agree that ticker has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by ticker. You acknowledge that ticker reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that ticker reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.
If there is any claim or dispute about or involving ticker, you agree that the claim or dispute will be governed by the laws of Republic of India, without regard to conflict of law provisions.
You agree to and hereby submit to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in Mumbai, India with respect to any such matters and you agree to waive any and all objections to jurisdiction and to venue.
The ticker services are controlled and offered in India and we make no representation that materials associated with ticker are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from jurisdictions where the content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to use or access ticker from other jurisdictions do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
You may terminate your ticker account, any associated email address and access to the ticker by submitting such termination request to ticker.
You agree that ticker may, without prior notice, immediately terminate, limit your access to or suspend your ticker account, any associated email address. Cause for such termination, limitation of access or suspension shall include, but not be limited to,
(a) breaches or violations of the terms of services or other incorporated agreements or guidelines,
(b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies,
(c) discontinuance or material modification to the ticker or any part thereof,
(d) unexpected technical or security issues or problems,
(e) extended periods of inactivity or for more than sixty days,
(f) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or
(g) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with ticker.
Further, you agree that all terminations, limitations of access and suspensions for cause shall be made in ticker's sole discretion and that ticker shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the ticker.
Termination of your ticker account includes any or all of the following:
(a) removal of access to all or part of the offerings within ticker,
(b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account or any part thereof, and
(c) barring of further use of all or part of ticker.
You acknowledge and agree that ticker and any necessary software used in connection with the ticker and network of contacts ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in advertisements or information presented to you through ticker or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by ticker or the applicable licensor (such as an advertiser), you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform or create derivative works based on the ticker, such Content or the Software, in whole or in part.
ticker grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software.
You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form and not to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the ticker. You agree not to access the ticker by any means other than through the interface that is provided by ticker.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
a. YOUR USE OF THE ticker SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE ticker AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. ticker AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
b. ticker AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT
(i) THE ticker OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS;
(ii) THE ticker OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE;
(iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE ticker OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE;
(iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE ticker OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND
(v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
c. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF ticker OR SOFTWARE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
d. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM ticker OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICES
You agree that all of ticker's trademarks, trade names, service marks and other ticker logos and brand features, and product and service names are trademarks and the property of ticker and without ticker's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the ticker brand features and logos.
ticker may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide ticker the following information:
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.