Date Issued: July 1, 2007

StraightStocks.com is an investment news and information service that has been built on the premise of assisting individual investors in learning about, researching, and analyzing securities traded worldwide. Though stocks and other securities of U.S. exchanges are thoroughly covered, the primary focus of StraightStocks.com is the growing international financial marketplace where, we believe, lie the best opportunities for informed investors. Beyond that focus, our goal as publisher of financial information for individual investors is to be as independent as possible, and to put the interests of our readers above all else.

We strive to provide independent stock reporting and analysis for our readers. As such, we issue a formal disclosure policy. We have published(below) strict restrictions and disclosure policies in order to put the interests of our readers first and foremost.

Below you will find the details of this policy.

Disclosure

Our full disclosure policy is designed to keep you fully aware of any stocks that are owned by employees of StraightStocks.com and authorized third party authors and other contributors who write articles for StraightStocks.com.

In every article published on StraightStocks.com, at the end of that article we seek to disclose any direct share ownership in an account controlled by the author of an article or the editor(s) of StraightStocks.com.

Trading Restrictions

In addition to full disclosure, we have also developed trading restrictions which apply to all employees of StraightStocks.com. Employees and contributors are restricted from trading on any non-public material information.

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About Jim Musselwhite (http://www.straightstocks.com) Jim Musselwhite is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of StraightStocks.com A long time investor himself, Jim set out to build a truly global resource for investors. His philosophy reflects the belief that, to be a successful investor, one must start by recognizing that Wall Street no longer represents the typical investor's interests. Successful investors must identify hidden investment opportunities in foreign stock markets. That means going beyond traditional tools like ADR's and emerging market funds to find truly spectacular investing opportunities for the long run. StraightStocks.com makes it a point to locate content contributors who are experts at identifying and analyzing hidden foreign markets and investment sectors. Jim has served in a variety of sales and marketing management positions over the last 25+ years with such Fortune 500 firms as Texas Instruments, NCR, AT&T, and more recently as Marketing/Alliance manager with a financial services firm specializing in tax compliance. Jim is currently an independent online publisher. In addition to StraightStocks.com, he owns a number of authoritative website properties. Educated at the University of Virginia (BA) and the University of Tennessee (MBA), Jim and his family now reside in Atlanta, Georgia.