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This page is designed to answer any questions you might have about Investorville.
Registering, Reading and Posting Messages
Registering
Choosing Name/Password
Moving Around The Site
Who Should Post?
First time Posting
Reading Messages
What are the most popular topics right now?
Lingo
Starting A New Topic
Posting Responsibilities
Continued Use
How Can I Get an Investorville EMail Account?

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Help Related Message Boards
Ask Any Question
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Where Would I Find...?
Investing Term Definitions
Stock Research, Quotes, Charts, and News
General Investing Research
IPO and Earnings Information
InvestorGuide Newsletter
The Investorville Post
Investment Calendars
Newly Created Topics
User E-mail Addresses
The Portfolio Tool
My Profile/Others' Profiles

About Us
Letter From The Mayor
Mission Statement
Advertising Inquiries
Writing Opportunities
Contact Information

Registering, Reading and Posting Messages
Registering
Registering is free and easy and can be done from any page on Investorville. Simply click on the register link at the top of the page. You do not need to register to read what others have posted, but you do if you want to post messages of your own. Also, by registering you will receive additional benefits, including a free subscription to The Investorville Post, our email newsletter.


Choosing Name/Password
You get to choose the user name you will use. Since your real name does not appear when you post messages, other citizens of Investorville will know you by this user name. This is why it makes sense to choose it carefully. The password should also be something that you can easily remember. However, if you forget your password, there is an easy way for you to retrieve it.


Moving Around the Site
In order to read and post messages, it may be necessary (especially for people new to communities) to learn how to navigate the site.  Tool bars at the top and bottom of every page provide the necessary links to move around Investorville as well as our other two sites, InvestorWords and InvestorGuide.  The message boards themselves are organized hierarchically. There are five sections, all of which can be reached from the home page:

1. Investing: Discussion of dozens of investing topics, a question of the month, and a board where you can ask any question you want. We have recently added a board to discuss our Preview Version of the new InvestorGuide.com.
2. Stocks: Discussion of hundreds of specific stocks, organized into folders based on the first letter of the company's name.
3. User-created topics: If you donut see a topic that you'd like to discuss, start your own board here.
4. Feedback: Tell us what you think of the site, and how we could improve it.

Simply click on underlined text to go to the corresponding folder or message board.  Once you're inside the hierarchy, you can see where you are at any time by looking at the top right corner of the screen. It will show you the folders above the page you're currently on. You can immediately click on any of them to go directly to it. Also, you can select any other part of the site by using the ‘hop to’ list box at the bottom right corner of the screen.


Who Should Post?
We here at Investorville want to encourage everyone who visits to post messages.  Every registered member has the right to post, but please make sure to re-read the terms of use for regulations regarding posting.


First Time Posting
First time posting can be intimidating for many people, especially new investors, but it really shouldn't be. Beginners and seasoned veterans are equally welcome in all boards. Citizens of Investorville respect each other's opinions greatly and welcome the chance continuously to hear from new users. And if you're just getting started, don't be afraid to ask a few silly questions - we're all here to learn. We want to hear your opinion from the beginning on whatever you are interested in, so please, jump right in and begin posting!

Tips on posting messages:
1. Be sure to post the message on the appropriate message board. Avoid straying from the topic of the board.
2. Be concise. This is always good advice, but its even more so on Investorville, since many messages appear on a single screen, and other readers will be tempted to skim inordinately long messages. As they say, brevity is… wit.
3. When you see an article or other web page that others might be interested in, we recommend that you include a short summary of the article along with the link in your note (the FAQ explains how to add links to URLs in your messages). Donut
include the whole text of the article, because it might be infringing on a copyright.
4. Donut type your message in ALL CAPS, that's considered shouting.
5. If you're responding to a comment other than the most recent one, start your message by addressing the appropriate username so it's clear to everyone which comment you're responding to.
6. Read what others have posted in a group before posting, so you donut repeat what others have already said or ask a question that's already been answered.
7. You may from time to time disagree with what others have to say. This is healthy, and indeed the whole purpose of the discussion is the sharing of different ideas, so we certainly want spirited debate and differences of opinion. But when this happens, please keep in mind that its safer, more polite, and more persuasive to take issue with a personas comments than to attack them personally. We want to foster expressive freedom, but with civility.
8. Remember that words you post in a burst of inspired passion or indignant anger will be there for you and everyone else to read long after those intense feelings are gone. We donut want to discourage spontaneity, but merely to remind you of the long-term existence and effects of what you post.
9. Try to help out whenever possible. If you know the answer to a question someone is asking, or if you have something meaningful to contribute to an ongoing discussion, by all means answer the question or post your comments. By fostering a community spirit, you'll be increasing the likelihood that future questions of yours will get answered.


Reading Messages
Obviously there will be times when citizens only have time to read messages.  Reading in itself is an art form, especially on the internet.  As we explain in our terms of use, you should always be careful about believing what you read on Investorville (or anywhere on the internet, for that matter). These messages are posted by other people, about whom we know nothing. Although most of them are investors just like you, a few will have ulterior motives. They may be insiders, stock brokers, former employees with grudges, or others who may profit from presenting a biased view. We have tried to mitigate this problem by avoiding very small companies, which are most prone to manipulation, but we cannot offer any assurances, since we do not actively monitor the message boards and since members can create new boards. Please take everything you read with a grain of salt, double-check the facts before investing, and donut treat the message boards as a substitute for your own research.


Hot Boards and Overheard
We have set up a page with our Top 15 Boards of the Week, based on a combination of two factors: new posts for the week, and total times a page was accessed for the week. We also provide a 'Spotlight Board' of the week, to encourage discussion on whatever is topical or cutting edge in the world of investing.  Another page we've created, the Overheard page, displays the most intelligent and thought-provoking Investorville posts from the past week. Make sure to check if you've been one of the chosen features for the week!


Lingo
The internet has developed its own shorthand, and this is especially true of message boards. This lingo can be daunting and confusing, especially for the new user, so we've provided a list of some of the more common terms and acronyms to help you out. You can find it by clicking here.


Starting a New Topic
At some point you may have an earth-shattering comment you want to share with the community, but aren't able to find an existing board focused on that topic. Some forums on Investorville enable you to create a new board in such a situation, including: Investing, Ask Any Question; the Stock forums (be sure to put it in the folder with the first letter of that company), and User-Created Topics.  Please take a little time to gauge the proper placing of your topic in the correct forum; for example, try to place specific stocks in the correct 'A-Z' Forum, and general investing topics in the 'Investing' Forum.

The message boards that we create will have ‘Mayor of Investorville’ in the Originator column. Please be aware that in the ‘Stocks’ area, we only create boards for stocks traded on NYSE and NASDAQ/AMEX. Although there is no guarantee that these are good or safe stocks, they are less prone to price manipulation by ‘touts’ than stocks traded elsewhere . Some boards created by members are for micro-cap stocks, often listed on NASDAQ’s OTC bulletin board system. Since these stocks have small market caps and small float, some unscrupulous people will post misleading or false information in an effort to move the stocks price. Rule of thumb: if the stocks board was created by ‘Mayor of Investorville’, take all messages on it with a grain of salt; if the stocks board was created by someone else, take all messages on it with a pound of salt.


Posting Responsibilities
For official rules regarding posting procedures, please refer to the terms of use. We at Investorville believe that in order to earn the respect of your peers, you must demonstrate that you respect the posts and differing opinions of others.  This does not mean you have to agree with what everyone else says; on the contrary, we like to encourage constructive debate among our users. Speak your mind and respect those of others. If you see others violating our terms of use (e.g. posting ads, obscenities, etc.), please report them to us so we can deal with it and make the boards better for everyone.


Continued Use
Once you get over that 'first post hump,' we are confident that your use of the message boards will continue far in to the future.  And please, if you find this to be a rewarding experience (which we fully believe you will), feel free to encourage your friends and colleagues to join our community. If you find a topic particularly interesting, e-mail that page link to someone else by clicking on the link at the top of the page.


Opening a free Investorville EMail account
To gain a free Investorville email address, simply visit http://mail.investorville.com/, and follow the quick and easy steps for registration. You will be asked to choose a user name as well as a password. All addresses are given out as follows: USERNAME@investorville.com.  Each and every address is completely secure, and since Investorville Mail is web-based, it can be accessed from anywhere in the world, as long as you have a connection to the Internet.

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Where Would I Find...?
Investing Term Definitions
You may sometimes encounter words in posted messages that you're not familiar with. When this happens, visit our other site,  InvestorWords. With over 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms, InvestorWords is the most comprehensive financial glossary you'll find anywhere. Don't let an unfamiliar term prevent you from posting what's on your mind.
 

Stock Research, Quotes, Charts, and News
It is quite beneficial to have easy access to company information and market research when reading or posting investing topics. Investorville, in connection with our sister site InvestorGuide.com, is providing our citizens with the tools necessary to make well thought out investing decisions. Our Research tool is a virtual one-stop shop for researching every aspect of a stock, including such areas as historical information, analysis, recommendations, and company profiles. Over forty useful links can be utilized through this tool.  The quoting and charting tools provide Investorville citizens with accurate stock details on a twenty minute delay from the stock exchanges. Finally, our news resources aggregate the recent news for your stock from newspapers, news portals, and press releases from around the web.


General Investing Research
In addition to the stock research tool, our InvestorGuide site provides users with a variety of investing and personal finance information and resources. It's a great site to help you find whatever investment-related information you're looking for.


IPOs and Earnings Information
At the top of each page, we have provided links to IPO and Earnings Calendars. Since these are popular topics of discussion, we thought we'd make it easy for you to see what companies are about to go public or report earnings. Each calendar, updated on a weekly basis, provides links to the corresponding message boards.


InvestorGuide Weekly
The InvestorGuide Weekly is an e-mailed newsletter that provides useful, recent, and topical articles relating to the finance and investing world. Lifetime subscriptions are free and take only ten seconds to sign up for.


The Investorville Post
The Investorville Post is a monthly e-mailed newsletter which highlights hot boards, new boards, thoughtful quotes and posts from topics throughout the site, as well as general information regarding the community. When you join Investorville you can choose to receive a free subscription.


User E-mail Address Masking
During registration, new users can choose whether or not to have their e-mail addresses attached to posted messages.  Investorville will not divulge any e-mail addresses of users who prefer their information to be kept confidential to anyone, internal or external.


The Portfolio Tool
This free tool, used for educational and entertainment purposes only, is useful for not only tracking a number of different stocks, but also for learning how to manage and read a portfolio. It is especially useful for beginning investors, or investors who would like to track a company's performance in the market short-term in order to make the best decisions possible.  And it is a perfect way to  incorporate all of the research and data gained from our research and charting tools with actual stock tracking. Registration for the portfolio is separate from Investorville, though choosing the same user name and password used for Investorville might make things easier for you.  Registration for The InvestorGuide Weekly automatically registers you for the portfolio.


My Profile/Others' Profiles
Your profile can be viewed through the Profile link on each page.  It is also possible to change your profile through this same link.  In order to view the profiles of other Investorville citizens, simply click on the (face=?) image in the corresponding message.  Some users also allow other people access to their e-mail addresses.  To access these addresses, click on the corresponding (envelope) image on the message.

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About Us
Letter From The Mayor
Click here to read a Welcome Message from Tom Murcko, the Mayor of Investorville.


Mission Statement
Our mission is simple: To build the best investment community on the web.


Advertising Inquiries
Please visit the Sponsorship Page on InvestorGuide for information on advertising opportunities on one or more of our sites.


Writing Opportunities
If you have an interest in writing articles for Investorville, please feel free to contact us.


Contact Information
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email us. We promise we will attempt to respond to you as quickly as we can.

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