Our Contributors
Young & Invested (“Y&I”) was formed to provide a community for like-minded business bound individuals to gather and share their techniques, experiences, and theories on wealth, business, and other related self-improvement and financial goals. We are mandated to cater individuals who are looking to stay up to date and improve in:
Your Money (Personal Finances)
Stock Markets
Real Estate
Economy
World Markets
Currency
Leadership & Mindset
Marketing & Branding
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
The well-rounded array of authors we have at Y&I not only excel in terms of opinion and analysis, but are ambitious, driven and dedicated – all evidenced through Y&I’s interesting and selective offerings. Furthermore, as certain areas of business and investing gain more attention, we’ll be sure to reach out to the top authors in those fields to deliver the best of the best to you. We strongly believe that education and analysis is key to the development of the business community, and we are certain that you will find what you are looking for daily and in the long-term.
Contributing Guidelines
Although Y&I has regular contributors that have their own unique opinions and possibly their own blogs, we also accept opinion and analysis articles from casual contributors. We strongly support contributions from young, insightful and passionate writers, but we are also open to any articles from writers who are informed and educated. For both regular and non-regular writers, Y&I required adherence to a strict set of rules – not to discourage any great writers out there, but just to ensure the delivery of top quality to our readers. As such, contributors of Y&I are encouraged to be helpful and courteous to other members. Disruptive or antisocial behaviour that is clearly counterproductive will be quickly dealt with.
1) General Rules
Authors may not post any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:
violates or infringes the rights of others including but not limited to: trademarks, copyrights, or personal information.
is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of: sexual acts, criminal activity or the intent to commit any of the above.
victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates a member on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, or age.
impersonates any member or staff by using their account to gain access to sections normally not accessible.
contains viruses or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software.
engages or promotes in Cyber Crimes. Cyber Crime is a serious offense that not only Y&I does not tolerate, but so does the International Cyber Crime Laws. It generally refers to hacking into a network, a system, someone’s account, or any attempt of unauthorized infiltration to obtain information or carried out any undesired actions that generally result in damages. Requesting for hacking services, or the act of Cyber Crime will not be tolerated at all. Violator(s) face the risk of being sued on Court as the highest punishment.
post unsolicited bulk communications (SPAM) in general articles or by Private Message (PM).
provide Independent Financial Blogger with real name and contact information, even if articles are published anonymously.
2) Professional Rules
It is vital for authors to remain objective and legal by adhering to conduct that:
discloses a business relationship (including employment, consulting work, advertising, promotion or other work) or investment (i.e. Disclosure: Long BRK.A as of time of writing) with any company named in their opinions and analyses.
will not compensate the individuals or firms of the published articles by a company for coverage of that company’s stock or business.
will maintain the good reputation of professionalism and the ability to serve readership interest.
will act with integrity, and be free of any influence or relationship which impairs the writer’s judgement or objectivity.
is accurate in all facts to the author’s best knowledge.
will uphold the courtesy between professional business colleagues and bloggers in which they would wish to be accorded by others.
3) Articling and Blogging Rules
When posting articles, authors must write in a way that:
discloses a business relationship with any company named in their opinions and analyses.
does not focus on stocks that trade below the level of $1.00.
is not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion.
is not false or misleading.
is not be over-promotional in tone or substance to a specific stock, company or ETF.
does not discuss a stock in an attempt to raise or reduce the current market price.
Y&I staff reserve the right, in sole discretion, to fine, warn, suspend, or ban access to all or part of Y&I, with or without notice, if any of these rules are breached. Furthermore, Y&I does not allow its editors to exercise personal judgment over article selection due to the company or stock analyzed or viewpoints expressed in the article. Obviously, we ensure that the staff at Y&I follow our own rules that we set out for our members as well, and that includes being independent and objective.