Alan Gula is the Lead Analyst for Stansberry's Investment Advisory, Stansberry Research's flagship newsletter. He is also a member of the Stansberry Portfolio Solutions Investment Committee.

Alan bought his first stock at age 14 in a joint-custody account. He was immediately hooked and knew he wanted to pursue a career in finance. After graduating from Villanova University, Alan joined Goldman Sachs. He was a financial database expert in the investment banking division. There, Alan witnessed a mergers-and-acquisitions boom. Later, at Barclays Investment Bank, he had a front-row seat to the financial crisis on various trading desks. Alan was also a statistical arbitrage trader at an independent proprietary trading firm.

In 2014, Alan entered the financial publishing industry. He joined Stansberry Research in 2016. Alan has been a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder since 2011. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree with a specialization in quantitative finance from the New York University Stern School of Business.