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Stansberry Research
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1999; 26 years ago (1999) (as Stansberry & Associates Investment Research)
FounderPorter Stansberry
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Brett Aitken (publisher)
  • Whitney Tilson (Editor, Whitney Tilson's Daily, Stansberry’s Investment Advisory)
Websitestansberryresearch.com

Stansberry Research is a privately owned American publishing company that focuses on investment related publications. Its publisher is Brett Aitken.[1] The company is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices in Florida, Oregon, and California.[2]

The company specializes in investment research with an information services product line consisting primarily of monthly and bi-monthly advisory newsletters written by a variety of financial editors.[2] Topics include natural resource, power, oil, and mining company investments, as well as health care and biotechnology.[2] Value investing, corporate bond, and alternative investing are also featured. The company says its newsletter has subscribers in over 100 countries.[2]

History

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Stansberry Research (previously Stansberry & Associates Investment Research) was founded in 1999 by Frank Porter Stansberry as an independent investment research firm.[2] Its publisher is Brett Aitken.[1]

In 2014, Snopes.com investigated the firm's claim that United States currency will "collapse", and found the claim to be false.[3]

Analysts

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Steve Sjuggerud is the founder and editor of the Stansberry Research publication True Wealth, launched in 2001.[4]

Former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson joined in 2019 and is the lead analyst and editor of flagship newsletter Stansberry Investment Advisory.[5] David Eifrig is the editor of Retirement Millionaire and is a regular contributor to the Stansberry Research publication Daily Wealth.[6]

Matt Badiali is the editor of S&A Resource Report, which focuses on natural resources, metals, energy, and investments. He joined Stansberry Research in 2005 and has a BS in Earth Sciences from Penn State University and a Masters in Geology from Florida Atlantic University.[7]

Dan Ferris has been the editor of Extreme Value, a newsletter that concentrates on safe stocks, good businesses, and steep discounts, since 2002. Stansberry Research published Ferris’ book World Dominating Dividend Growers: Income Streams that Never Go Down in 2014.[8]

2007 fraud conviction

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In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Stansberry of fraud committed while he edited various newsletters published under the umbrella of Agora, Inc. and Agora subsidiary, Pirate Investors LLC.[9][10] In 2007, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland found Stansberry guilty.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stansberry Research"
  2. ^ a b c d e "Company Overview of Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, LLC". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Mikkelson, Barbara (April 14, 2014). "Currency Collpse". Snopes. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  4. ^ "Gold News". Bullion Vault. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "Whitney Tilson - Stansberry Conferences". Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Articles from Dr. David Eifrig, Daily Wealth". Top Stock Analysts. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  7. ^ "About Matt Badiali". Mainzincome. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  8. ^ Ferris, Dan (2014). World Dominating Dividend Growers: Income Streams that Never Go Down. ISBN 978-0991513055.
  9. ^ "Securities and Exchange Commission v. AGORA, INC., PIRATE INVESTOR, LLC and FRANK PORTER STANSBERRY". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. November 14, 2003. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  10. ^ Adam Liptak (August 3, 2003). "E-Mail Stock Tip Tests Limits of Securities Laws". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  11. ^ Brian Deer (October 11, 2007). "Porter Stansberry scam nailed in SEC investment fraud lawsuit". BrianDeer.com. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  12. ^ Tricia Bishop (August 10, 2007). "$1.5 million payback ordered in SEC suit". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 1, 2012.