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What is The S&A Resource Report?
How does The S&A Resource Report work?
What will I receive when I sign up?
What does it cost to sign up?
How do you conduct your research? Are you a licensed advisor?
Do you invest in any of the companies you mention?
What are the Risks?
How do I contact an S&A staff member with any questions?

What is The S&A Resource Report?

The S&A Resource Report, written by expert geologist Matt Badiali, is a monthly investment advisory that focuses on the best natural resource investments today.

Matt joined Stansberry & Associates in 2005 and has gone to great lengths to find the best energy and commodity-related investment ideas for his subscribers. His work has taken him to Papua New Guinea, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Texas, the Canadian Yukon, Haiti, Turkey, Nevada, Switzerland, and Kurdistan.

Every month, Matt uses this "boots on the ground" expertise and industry connections to recommend the most promising small oil and mineral explorers, drilling service providers, power companies, and the best gold and metals companies in the world.

Matt's approach has paid off big... In recent years, readers that took advantage of his research have seen gains of 335% in Silver Wheaton... 332% in Northern Dynasty Minerals... 269% on Silvercorp Metals... and 184% in ConocoPhillips, just to name a few.

That's probably why so many mining and energy industry veterans read the S&A Resource Report. As Gerald Wilson, director of an NYSE-listed exploration and production company told us, "Your letter, in many instances, has confirmed good ideas under consideration and at other times introduced new ideas, which have proven to be very profitable! I look forward to your report each month and find it extremely valuable."

As government money printing continues around the world, the energy and metals investment ideas Matt recommends in the S&A Resource Report, published on the first Wednesday each month, are some of the best places to make a lot of money in the next several years.

How The S&A Resource Report Works:

Every weekday you will receive The S&A Digest, a daily email from our firm's founder, Porter Stansberry, and the rest of the S&A team. This daily report details the most important financial events of the day... and what our team of more than a dozen analysts are currently investigating. This is for paid subscribers only, and comes free with your subscription. As one reader recently wrote, 'The S&A Digest is the only financial publication I read every day.'

The S&A Digest is also where we answer subscriber questions and feedback. The S&A analysts read every letter you send in, and personally reply to as many as possible in The Digest every day.

On the first Thursday of every month you will receive The S&A Resource Report.

Every month, we'll keep you up to date on exactly what's going on not only in the gold markets, but in the oil, energy, and other precious metals markets as well.

We've recently reported on incredible opportunities to profit from the shale boom in Texas' Eagle Ford, for example. And I recently returned from Kurdistan, a relatively safe and stable province in northern Iraq, where international companies are about to make an absolute fortune extracting oil.

Matt offers an unconditional 100%-money-back guarantee to new members, who can try it out for four months, without risking a penny.

What will I receive when I sign up?

As an S&A Resource Report subscriber, you'll receive:

• The S&A Resource Report (12 issues in total over the next year), which will be sent to you on the first Thursday of each month by email.
  


• Mr. Badiali's three (3) most important Research Reports, including:
  


• Research Report #1: Five Stocks You Absolutely Must Own to Participate in The Tight Oil Boom Over the Next Decade.
  
• Research Report #2: The $580 Billion Loophole.
  
• Research Report #3: How the A.O.P. Will Help Pay for Your Retirement
  


• PLUS: Subscribers-only access to dozens of great financial research reports... and Stansberry's subscriber's-only daily email, called the S&A Digest.
  

What does it cost to sign up?

The regular price of S&A Resource Report is $99 for an entire year

How do you conduct your research? Are you a licensed advisor?

Stansberry & Associates editors and analysts have diverse backgrounds in the financial industry. They have worked as stockbrokers, mutual fund vice presidents, accountants, hedge fund managers, and equity analysts at some of the biggest money management firms in the world.

Their work is quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and the Washington Post, among many other leading publications. Our editors and analysts have also shared their opinions on financial networks such as CNBC, Fox Business News, and CNN Radio.

However, the company does not provide personal investment advice, brokerage services or manage money. You should contact your broker or investment advisor before making any financial decision based on the information provided to all subscribers.

Do you invest in any of the companies you mention?

Stansberry & Associates Investment Research expressly forbids its writers from having a financial interest in any security they recommend to our subscribers. And all Stansberry & Associates Investment Research (and affiliated companies), employees, and agents must wait 24 hours after an initial trade recommendation is published on the Internet, or 72 hours after a direct mail publication is sent, before acting on that recommendation.

What are the Risks?

Any investment decision contains an element of risk. This work is based on SEC filings, current events, interviews, corporate press releases, and what we've learned as financial journalists. It may contain errors and you shouldn't make any investment decision based solely on what you read here. It's your money and your responsibility.

How do I contact a S&A staff member with any questions?

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