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Founded in 1931 by Arnold Bernhard, Value Line, Inc. is comprised of a number of businesses dedicated to serving the needs of both the individual and professional investor. Value Line (ValueLine.com) publishes more than a dozen print and electronic products for timely information on stocks, mutual funds, special situations, options and convertibles. Value Line subsidiaries include Value Line Publishing, Inc., Value Line Securities, Inc., Value Line Distribution Center, Inc. and Vanderbilt Advertising, Inc.

The company is best known for The Value Line Investment Survey, a source of information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market, and the economy. The Value Line Investment Survey is backed by an independent research staff of more than 70 experienced independent professional security analysts, and has three parts:

• The Ratings & Reports section contains one-page reports on approximately 1,700 companies and more than 90 industries. Each company report contains, among other things, Value Line's Timeliness, Safety, and Technical ranks, financial and stock price forecasts for the coming 3 to 5 years, an analyst's written commentary, and much more.

• The Summary & Index contains an index of all stocks in the publication as well as many up-to-date statistics to keep investors informed about the latest company results. It also contains a variety of stock "screens" designed to help investors identify companies with various characteristics.

• The Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups of interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics.

Every week, Value Line's Timeliness Ranking System screens millions of data items and, using a proprietary series of calculations, ranks each of the approximately 1,700 stocks for probable performance relative to each other during the next six to 12 months. This Timeliness Ranking System provides the basis for the stock ranks in The Value Line Investment Survey.

Value Line, Inc.
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New York, NY 10017
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1-800-654-0508

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