Stansberry Research is a privately owned American

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company that focuses on investment related publications. Its publisher is Brett Aitken."Stansberry Research" The company is headquartered in

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, with additional offices in

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, and

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. The company specializes in

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research with an information services product line consisting primarily of monthly and bi-monthly advisory newsletters written by a variety of financial editors. Topics include

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, and mining company investments, as well as

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and

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. Value investing,

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, and alternative investing are also featured. The company says its newsletter has subscribers in over 100 countries.

History

Stansberry Research (previously Stansberry & Associates Investment Research) was founded in 1999 by Frank Porter Stansberry as an independent investment research firm. Its publisher is Brett Aitken. In 2014,

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investigated the firm's claim that

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will "collapse", and found the claim to be false.

Analysts

Steve Sjuggerud is the founder and editor of the Stansberry Research publication ''True Wealth'', launched in 2001. Former

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manager

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joined in 2019 and is the lead analyst and editor of flagship newsletter ''Stansberry Investment Advisory''. David Eifrig is the editor of ''Retirement Millionaire'' and is a regular contributor to the Stansberry Research publication ''Daily Wealth''. 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

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and a Masters in Geology from

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. 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.

2007 fraud conviction

In 2003, the

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accused Stansberry of fraud committed while he edited various newsletters published under the umbrella of

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and Agora subsidiary, Pirate Investors LLC. In 2007, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland found Stansberry guilty.

References

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