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The Right Investments Now: Own What Matters, When it Matters for You

What the first half taught us - and how we're playing the second.
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Markets are not lacking information right now. 

If anything, investors are being hit with too many signals at once. Economic data, policy expectations, and market reactions are not all pointing in the same direction. 

That makes it harder to answer the questions: what actually matters from here, and what are the biggest risks and opportunities for my portfolio? 

In our upcoming midyear webinar, SAM's investment team will walk through how we are filtering through the noise and what we believe is worth paying attention to right now. 

📆Date: Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
⏰Time: 4 PM Eastern / 3 PM Central / 1 PM Pacific


What We’ll Cover

  • A clear breakdown of what’s actually driven markets in the first half of 2026
  • 3–5 key risks and developments investors should be paying attention to
  • Where we think consensus may be wrong or incomplete
  • What investors should be thinking about as we move into the second half of the year

Reserve your spot to gain a clearer perspective of the forces moving markets in 2026!

Presenters:
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Austin Root

Chief Investment Officer

Austin Root is the Chief Investment Officer at Stansberry Asset Management, where he oversees the development and management of investment strategies across all portfolios. He brings extensive experience from his previous roles as Director of Research at Stansberry Research and portfolio manager for Stansberry Portfolio Solutions.

Before joining SAM, Austin co-founded North Oak Capital, a New York-based hedge fund backed by Julian Robertson and Tiger Management. He also held senior investment roles at SAC Capital Advisors, D.F. Dent & Company, and began his career at the Blackstone Group. Austin holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia. Austin resides in Maryland with his wife and three kids and enjoys golf, exercise, card games, and, yes, spends even a lot of his free time learning about businesses and what makes them tick.

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Michael Joseph, CFA

Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager

Michael is a Portfolio Manager and Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Stansberry Asset Management. His duties include sourcing investment opportunities and conducting ongoing due diligence across SAM’s portfolios. Michael manages our Income and Tactical Select strategies.

Prior to joining SAM, Michael worked with high-net-worth private clients for the largest independent wealth management firm in the United States. He was also a senior analyst for one of the largest investment-grade bond managers in America. Michael joined SAM in 2017.

Michael’s investment thinking has been featured in dozens of articles published in Fortune, Kiplinger, Advisor Perspectives, and the Stansberry Digest. He is the author of “A Dollar for Fifty Cents: Proven Strategies to Outperform the Market with Closed-End Funds”. 

Michael holds an MBA from the University of California, Davis and a BA from San Francisco State University where he majored in History. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter in 2017.

Michael currently resides in Arizona with his wife and two children. He serves as a Board Member for Copper State Credit Union and is an Advisory Board Member for the Arizona Council on Economic Education.

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