Stansberry Research
{{Short description|Investment research firm and publisher}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Stansberry Research
| logo = Stansberry_Research_Logo.jpg
| type = Private
| industry = Publishing
| foundation = {{start date and age|1999}} (as Stansberry & Associates Investment Research)
| founder = Porter Stansberry
| location_city = Baltimore, Maryland
| location_country = United States
| key_people = {{UBL |Brett Aitken (publisher) |Whitney Tilson (Editor, Whitney Tilson's Daily, Stansberry’s Investment Advisory) }}
| website = stansberryresearch.com
}}
Stansberry Research is a privately owned American publishing company that focuses on investment related publications. Its publisher is Brett Aitken."Stansberry Research" The company is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices in Florida, Oregon, and California.{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=108542404 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023010615/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=108542404 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |title=Company Overview of Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, LLC |work=BusinessWeek|accessdate=October 31, 2012}}
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. Topics include natural resource, power, oil, and mining company investments, as well as health care and biotechnology. Value investing, corporate bond, 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, Snopes.com investigated the firm's claim that United States currency will "collapse", and found the claim to be false.{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/hr2847.asp|work=Snopes|title=Currency Collpse|last=Mikkelson|first=Barbara|date=April 14, 2014|accessdate=August 7, 2014}}
Analysts
Steve Sjuggerud is the founder and editor of the Stansberry Research publication True Wealth, launched in 2001.{{cite web|title=Gold News|url=https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-news/users/porter-stansberry|publisher=Bullion Vault|accessdate=30 September 2014}}
Former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson joined in 2019 and is the lead analyst and editor of flagship newsletter Stansberry Investment Advisory.{{Cite web |title=Whitney Tilson - Stansberry Conferences |url=https://stansberryconferences.com/speaker/whitney-tilson/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |language=en}} David Eifrig is the editor of Retirement Millionaire and is a regular contributor to the Stansberry Research publication Daily Wealth.{{cite web|title=Articles from Dr. David Eifrig, Daily Wealth|url=http://www.topstockanalysts.com/index.php/author/dr-david-eifrig/|publisher=Top Stock Analysts|accessdate=30 September 2014}}
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.{{cite web|title=About Matt Badiali|url=http://mainzincome.com/about-matt-badiali/|publisher=Mainzincome|accessdate=30 September 2014}}
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.{{cite book|title=World Dominating Dividend Growers: Income Streams that Never Go Down|isbn = 978-0991513055|last1 = Ferris|first1 = Dan|year = 2014}}
2007 fraud conviction
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/comp18090.htm |title=Securities and Exchange Commission v. AGORA, INC., PIRATE INVESTOR, LLC and FRANK PORTER STANSBERRY |date=November 14, 2003 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/business/e-mail-stock-tip-tests-limits-of-securities-laws.html?pagewanted=all |title=E-Mail Stock Tip Tests Limits of Securities Laws |author=Adam Liptak |date=August 3, 2003 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 1, 2012}} In 2007, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland found Stansberry guilty.{{cite web |url=http://briandeer.com/vaxgen/stansberry-fraud.htm |title=Porter Stansberry scam nailed in SEC investment fraud lawsuit |author=Brian Deer |date=October 11, 2007 |publisher=BrianDeer.com|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-08-10-0708100274-story.html |title=$1.5 million payback ordered in SEC suit |author=Tricia Bishop |date=August 10, 2007 |work=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}
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