Hello, and welcome to ValueForum.com, the lastest discussion community from the creators of BankInvestor.com and BDCInvestor.com, the premier discussion sites for Bank and BDC investors. The goal of ValueForum.com is to create an active online community with a more broad focus on value and income, for value-oriented investors to participate in discussion of dividend/income instruments including REITs, BDCs, preferred stocks, high-yield bonds, and closed-end funds, special value situations, and general investment topics.

We aim to create a premier destination for a community of like minded investors, where discussion is monitored to prevent abuse and the Terms of Use are strictly enforced. The creators of ValueForum.com have all attempted at one time or another to participate in some of the larger public discussion forums out there, and were discouraged to find an environment where multiple aliases are abused, and individuals both long and short use the forums solely to further their own position and opinion. In this type of environment, discussion between individuals who seriously want to talk and learn is difficult. We hope ValueForum.com will grow to become a safe and trusting community of investors where discussion is not stifled, people don't have to wonder whether they are talking to one person or various aliases, the environment is respectful, and nobody is attacked for expressing their point of view.

ValueForum.com will be supported by income from "passes" (we prefer to use these versus "subscriptions" where members are automatically charged). A 3-Month pass currently costs $99.99, a 6-Month pass currently costs $169.99, a 12-Month pass currently costs $299.99, and a 24-Hour pass (for "trial" purposes) currently costs $5.99. When a "pass" expires, the member may elect to purchase a new one.

Official representatives of ValueForum.com post under the monikers "sysop" (short for system operator) and "adam" when we want to get a message out to the group. You can private post to sysop or adam, or email info@valueforum.com if you would like to send a message to any of us. ValueForum.com is owned by the operators of the site ("sysop" and "adam" included) through a privately held company called BNK Invest Inc (note: this is the name that will appear on your credit card statement). ValueForum.com is powered in part by Ticker Technologies Contact us. For more information about TTI, visit http://www.tickertech.com/

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