AlphaYouAlphaYou vs. Stansberry Research: Every Pick Public vs. a Yearly Report Card
Is Stansberry Research legit? How its yearly report card grades picks, what you can check before paying, and how it compares with AlphaYou's public pick record.
Most newsletters never grade themselves in public. Stansberry does, once a year. That is more than most, and it raises the obvious next question: what if you could see every pick and every result all year, before you pay?
Direct answerStansberry Research is a long-running newsletter publisher that grades its own picks once a year in a free report card, naming some losers. Its flagship, Stansberry's Investment Advisory, got a B for 2025: 12 picks, 7 winners, averaging +33.8% a year against +24.9% for the S&P 500. AlphaYou shows every counted pick, losers included, on a free page all year round, graded after 60 days.
- Stansberry's Investment Advisory publishes on the first Friday of each month, holds 20 to 30 positions for a year or more, and is edited by Whitney Tilson. The price is not listed on its product page. If you cancel an annual plan within 30 days, you get the fee back minus one month's charge, according to its terms (checked 24 Sep 2026).
- Accountable. Every pick is locked in before its result is known and graded 60 days later against the S&P 500 over the same days. Every counted loser stays on the list.
- Stansberry wins on long-term research and a real attempt at accountability. A yearly report card that names losers puts it ahead of most newsletters.
| Criterion | AlphaYou | Stansberry Research |
|---|---|---|
| How often you see results | As each pick is graded | Once a year, in the report card |
| Losers shown | Every counted losing pick | Some, named in the report card |
| Entry price used | Next market open after publication | Close the day before publication |
| Holding period | 60 days | A year or more |
| Where picks come from | Executives buying their own company's stock | Editor research |
| Price | $29 a month or $199 a year, free plan shows 2 live picks | Not listed on its product page |
What Stansberry Gives You
Stansberry's Investment Advisory publishes on the first Friday of each month, holds 20 to 30 positions for a year or more, and is edited by Whitney Tilson. The price is not listed on its product page. If you cancel an annual plan within 30 days, you get the fee back minus one month's charge, according to its terms (checked 24 Sep 2026).
Its report card measures each pick from the close the day before publication to the close the day after a sell call, against the S&P 500 over the same holding period. It names losers, such as Applied Materials at -45% and Intel at -38%. Its 5-year win rate is 56%.
Why AlphaYou Is Built Differently
Accountable. Every pick is locked in before its result is known and graded 60 days later against the S&P 500 over the same days. Every counted loser stays on the list.
Provable, all year. You do not wait for a yearly report. Every counted pick is on alphayou.net/calls/proof as soon as it is graded, with its price at the next market open and its price 60 days later.
Built for 2026. Software reads SEC insider filings as they land and checks each stock against up to 7 groups of evidence. There is no monthly issue date. A pick goes out when the evidence lines up.
It keeps testing itself. Twice a week, a research lab re-tests our scoring against every newly graded pick, and a new rule only goes live after it beats the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100 on fresh data.
Where Each One Wins
Stansberry wins on long-term research and a real attempt at accountability. A yearly report card that names losers puts it ahead of most newsletters.
AlphaYou wins on how often and how fully you can check. Every counted pick is public all year, measured one way. Where we are weaker: a record that starts in May 2026 and a 60-day holding window instead of multi-year ideas.
FAQ
Is Stansberry Research legit?
It is a real, long-running publisher that grades its picks publicly once a year. It has faced regulators before: in 2009 a federal appeals court upheld securities-fraud findings over a 2002 stock tip (SEC v. Pirate Investor LLC). Read its report card and judge the record yourself.
How does Stansberry grade its picks?
From the close the day before a recommendation to the close the day after the sell call, compared with the S&P 500 over the same holding period.
Does Stansberry show losing picks?
Its yearly report card names some, such as Applied Materials at -45% and Intel at -38%.
How is AlphaYou different?
Every counted AlphaYou pick is public as soon as it is graded, losers included, measured 60 days from the next market open against the S&P 500.
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