Craig Walters is the managing editor of Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, and also serves as the senior analyst of the firm's new monthly newsletter, The 12% Letter.  

Before joining Stansberry & Associates, Craig Walters was an equity analyst for Ferris, Baker Watts, a full-service investment banking firm headquartered in Washington, DC.  Walters covered a wide range of companies that fell under the heading of Industrial Technology investments.  Those companies included industrial laser manufacturers Excel Technology and Rofin-Sinar Technologies, specialty automotive manufacturer Spartan Motors, biotech testing company BioReliance, and medical device manufacturer Meridian Medical Technologies. Before that, Walters was involved in the equity analysis of communications technology investments and foodservice distribution companies. Prior to joining the research team at Ferris, Baker Watts, he was Systems Director for the firm's Westheimer Group - a money management team focused on high net worth investors.

Craig Walters graduated with Bachelors and Masters degrees in finance from Loyola College's Sellinger School of Business.

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