The Weekend Edition is pulled from the daily Stansberry Digest.

We're doing something a little different today...

I want to share a fact about Stansberry Research that might surprise you.

If you've read our stuff, you know we employ some incredibly talented folks...

The résumés of our analysts speak for themselves. They've been top Wall Street traders, professional money managers, corporate executives, "Big Four" accountants, published researchers, serial entrepreneurs, and successful private investors... just to name a few.

If you know anything about the financial-publishing industry, you know that this alone is remarkable. Our analysts don't just write about investing and finance... they've lived it.

But that's not what I want to talk about today. Instead, I want to mention something else many of these folks have in common...

Like me, they were Stansberry Research subscribers before they were Stansberry Research colleagues.

For example, DailyWealth Trader editor Ben Morris was a lifetime subscriber. As he once explained to his readers...

I was a lifetime subscriber to Stansberry Research before joining the company in 2012. I made the investment because of how much I was learning. I knew it would pay off in spades. (I was right.)

As I continued reading, Porter 's integrity – and the integrity of the company – shined through in the writing. I knew it would be a great place to work. (Again, I was right.)

Several other members of the Stansberry Research team also started as subscribers...

Stansberry Venture Value editor Bryan Beach was a longtime Stansberry reader. And managing director Brett Aitken and Stansberry's Credit Opportunities editor Mike DiBiase were both full Stansberry Alliance lifetime subscribers before joining us, too. From Mike...

Initially, I subscribed to just a single letter – our own Stansberry's Investment Advisory... and Porter's philosophy of writing "what he'd want to know if our roles were reversed" rang true. His views of the world made sense. So I always made time in my busy schedule working in corporate finance to read anything that came from Stansberry Research.

I decided to become an Alliance member not long after to get access to all of the research of Stansberry's best editors. I was equally impressed with their honesty, thoroughness, and professionalism. These were people who were giving individual investors access to the kinds of financial research that typically only large institutional investors receive.

Many folks on our research staff were subscribers before working here. And Stansberry Research even invested in one of our corporate partners – TradeStops – because its founder, Richard Smith, subscribed to our products. As Porter wrote in the April 6 Digest...

I own a small amount of Richard's company via my interests in Stansberry Research. We made an investment in TradeStops a few years ago. The amount of money in question is trivial to my net worth – far less than 1%. We didn't invest in the company because we thought we would get rich selling software to investors. (We haven't.)

We made the investment because Richard was a longtime subscriber. He was one of our first Alliance members. We knew he had a shared passion – to help people improve their investment results. We wanted the ability to help Richard build those tools so that our subscribers would benefit. And that's what's happening.

Why do I bring all of this up?

First, as I mentioned before, it's rare in the industry...

These colleagues – some of the smartest and most successful people I've ever met – thought so highly of the work we do here, they not only subscribed to our research... they ultimately came to work here, too.

This is a testament to the quality and integrity of the work we do, and it makes me incredibly proud to say that I work for Stansberry Research.

Second, it's a chance to personally urge you to take advantage of a rare opportunity...

You see, if there's one thing all of us former subscribers agree on, it's that we wish we'd subscribed sooner... and taken advantage of everything Stansberry Research had to offer. As Extreme Value research analyst Mike Barrett put it in a private e-mail...

Before I joined Stansberry in 2011, I was a subscriber for several years. I started with one publication, then added others. The mosaic of perspectives was what I found most valuable. I loved Porter's and Steve's big-picture analyses... Dan Ferris' in-depth coverage of individual stocks... and Doc Eifrig's tidbits of wisdom.

Together, they were far more valuable for one simple reason: I couldn't have covered all of those same areas as well as each one of them did – and still had a life!

Without exception, our colleagues who became full Stansberry Alliance lifetime subscribers early on consider it to be one of the best investments they've ever made. And knowing what we know now, the rest of us would have jumped at the chance to become Alliance members from day one.

We need to be clear, though...

It's expensive to join the Alliance. The price to become an Alliance "Partner" is $30,000... Many folks simply aren't in a position to make that type of financial commitment today.

But once you're in, you're in. You'll just pay modest annual dues starting next year. The small fee covers the ongoing costs of fulfillment and serving our most valued subscribers.

Plus, we should tell you that we plan to raise the cost of joining the Alliance next year...

Simply put, we've been increasing the price of admission since we launched our Alliance program – to account for the incredible number of new research services we've introduced over the years, as well as the growing costs of doing business. In the following chart, you can see how the price has steadily gone up through the years...

If you're a serious investor and you're ready to play a bigger role in our business, we want you to hear us out...

For years, the only way to become an Alliance Partner was if you received a private invitation from Porter. Then, we decided to create a one-day "open enrollment" window for all of our readers to see if the Alliance membership made sense for them.

And this year, we're doing something similar once again...

On Wednesday, December 19, at 1 p.m. Eastern time, we'll begin broadcasting from our Baltimore headquarters to walk you through everything you'll receive if you join our Alliance. In short, you'll get just about everything we publish today – every book... every report... every newsletter. Plus, you'll get everything new we publish in the future – for life.

During the event, you'll hear from Stansberry Research editors Dr. David Eifrig and Dr. Steve Sjuggerud. They'll join Porter to talk about some important changes we've made to our business this year and update you on what's coming for Stansberry Research in 2019.

But please keep in mind...

This enrollment period will last for just one day after our broadcast begins. We'll need to hear from you about joining the Alliance by Thursday, December 20, at 4 p.m. Eastern time.

If you'd like to learn more, we hope you'll check out Wednesday's broadcast. If nothing else, you owe it to yourself to hear about all the incredible benefits. Learn more here.

Regards,

Justin Brill

Editor's note: Beginning on December 19, at 1 p.m. Eastern time, we'd like to give you a chance to become something more than a regular subscriber... We want to give you the opportunity to get just about everything we publish today – every book, every report, every newsletter – plus everything new we publish in the FUTURE... for life... and without having to pay a regular subscription fee ever again.

Normally, this offer is only available to the top 1% of our subscribers – by invitation only. But for a limited time, we're opening it to all of our loyal readers. Get all the details here.