What We Expect from Our Contributors
In a word: Professionalism.
With the Mission & Purpose of Financial Sense® in mind, we are pleased to publish articles and content that can be described as or contain:
- Original/unique
- Intelligent
- Professional in tone
- Focused
- Clear
- Well-reasoned
- Well-researched
- Well-written
- Thought-provoking
- Contributing materially to financial and investment concepts (i.e. substantive)
- Properly cited and sourced
- Grammatically correct
- Correctly spelled & punctuated
- Less than 10 pages in length
- Proper disclosures about ownership positions or relationships with investments covered in the article
We reserve the right to refuse to publish, or to un-publish, contributions that do not meet these high standards.
We reserve the right to refuse to publish, or to un-publish, contributions that can be described as or contain:
- Derogatory
- Abusive
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- Repetitive
- Religious content
- Profanity
- Unprofessional
- Irrelevant to the markets/economy
- Blatantly political
- Blatantly self-promotional
- Recommendations regarding specific stocks
- Recommendations regarding specific trading strategies
We value each of our contributors, and their desire to participate in the ongoing discussion about the markets and economy on Financial Sense online; however, publishing an article on our website is not a contributor's "right"; it is a privilege. While we welcome contributors with a wide variety of perspectives on the markets and the economy—even when they differ greatly from our own—we only publish articles we believe to be appropriately professional and of interest to our visitors.
We also value our hard-working Financial Sense online staff. We expect our contributors to treat our staff with respect and courtesy.
Contributors will be held to the Financial Sense's Terms of Use, and should pay special attention to the section on "Contributors."
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