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1. Dan Wiener's The Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors is a monthly newsletter which, along with its related publications, telephone hot-line, and other services (collectively, the "Newsletter"), is edited by Daniel P. Wiener, published by ACP Phillips Investment Resources, LLC, and offered to the general public on a subscription basis. 
2. Excepting personal holdings of open ended mutual funds, newsletter subscribers will receive the benefit of Dan Wiener's disinterested commentary, analysis, opinions, advice and recommendations.  The Newsletter is impersonal and does not provide individualized advice or recommendations for any specific subscriber or portfolio.
3. Investing involves substantial risk.  Neither the Editor, the publisher, nor any of their respective affiliates make any guarantee or other promise as to any results that may be obtained from using the Newsletter.  While past performance may be analyzed in the Newsletter, past performance should not be considered indicative of future performance.  No subscriber should make any investment decision without first consulting his or her own personal financial advisor and conducting his or her own research and due diligence, including carefully reviewing the prospectus and other public filings of the issuer.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Editor, the publisher and their respective affiliates disclaim any and all liability in the event any information, commentary, analysis, opinions, advice and/or recommendations in the Newsletter prove to be inaccurate, incomplete or unreliable, or result in any investment or other losses. 
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