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Work from the filing, not the headline. Figures quoted to their issuer, their period and their basis.

A price move is the output. The question worth an analyst’s time is the structure underneath it: what a company committed to in the 10-K versus what the release claimed, how an instrument is actually built, who pays and who is paid when a deal clears. This is research that starts from what was filed, states the basis of every figure, and reports the market’s own price as one prior among several.

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What came back
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Real finance research from the public library, shown as it was published. The stamps and the sources are the product.

Who comes here

The questions finance research is built to answer.

Each one is a question a specialist actually brings, and each is answered by a scan this domain carries — not a generic report with the name swapped in.

Equity analyst

What did the 10-K commit the company to, versus what the earnings release claimed?

Answered byCompany Profile
Credit and structured-products researcher

How is this instrument actually built, and who holds the loss when it unwinds?

Answered byInstrument
Financial journalist

Where did the money originate and where did it settle when the deal cleared?

Answered byFollow the Money
Strategist

What is moving this market right now — positioning, rates, or a change in how the number is counted?

How it holds up

What a finance scan rests on.

Every judgment carries a grade for how it is actually known, every figure carries who reported it, and the structured record below is read on every scan before the model writes a word.

What grounds itSEC EDGAR filings and XBRL financial facts on every company subject; FRED macro series (key registered) — the policy rate, the curve, credit spreads, the dollar, the VIX and the S&P 500 level — on every finance run; BIS policy rates for thirty-eight economies, CFTC positioning, FDIC bank records, Treasury fiscal data, World Bank indicators and UN Comtrade for anything outside the US, none of which needs a key — plus the filings and the financial press through live search, tiered toward the regulators and the rating agencies.
Price as a reference, never a forecastWhere a real-money market prices an outcome, the research is handed that price and instructed to report it as a labeled prior beside its own reasoning, never to adopt it as a conclusion. A consensus figure is graded against the evidence, not repeated.
What it will not doAnalysis, not advice. No recommendation to buy, sell or hold; no price target presented as the product’s own; no figure quoted without who reported it and for what period.
Every claim comes back stamped
VERIFIED GROUNDED PARTIAL CONTESTED GAP
Live search is steered toward
bloomberg.comft.comwsj.comreuters.comcnbc.commarketwatch.comeconomist.combarrons.cominvestopedia.combrookings.edubis.orgimf.org

36 first-tier sources for finance, and 21 blocked outright. Search results are one input; every figure is graded on where it came from, not on being found. How the grades work →

How FLOW reads it

Sized for finance, in finance’s own terms.

Scale here is market weight — the capital, the counterparties and the authority a connection commands — and Complexity is how uncertain the right read is once the structure is on the table.

ARoutine Monitoring

Small market impact, easy to understand. Standard dynamics explain the connection.

BMarket Relevant

Meaningful market weight and the implications are clear. Existing investment frameworks apply.

CMarket Uncertainty

Meaningful stakes with real uncertainty. Multiple asset classes may be affected, timing is unclear, or the market implications could go several directions.

DMarket Priority

Very high stakes at a systemic level. The sheer market magnitude makes this one of the most important connections, regardless of complexity.

SMarket Regime Change

No precedent. A fundamental shift in market structure that existing models may not fully explain.

Rule 1 · FLOW C cannot exist at systemic scale

When market weight grows to systemic scale, FLOW C reclassifies to FLOW D immediately. The priority shifts from 'analyze carefully' to 'mobilize response.'

Rule 2 · Scale alone drives FLOW D

Systemic market weight means FLOW D regardless of complexity. A straightforward rate decision with trillion-dollar portfolio implications is FLOW D, not FLOW A.

Rule 3 · When debating D vs S — use D

FLOW S requires conditions that fall entirely outside existing market models — max 1-2 per analysis. The test: do existing valuation frameworks and risk models apply at all?

One vocabulary across every domain — a FLOW D here reads at the same weight as a FLOW D in any other — so the classification travels, and so does your judgment. The framework in full →

The catalog · Finance

73 scans, grouped by the move you’re making.

7 ways in, then the rest of the catalog organised as the Finance workbench organises it — establish the background, map the argument, work the record, analyse the connections, decide what to do. Every one comes back graded, sourced and exportable.

Start here

The 7 ways in
Market AnalysisRead a market or policy event across sectors
AskGet a direct answer to any financial question
What's Driving ItWhat is actually moving a market right now
InstrumentProfile a stock, bond, ETF, or commodity
Company ProfileDeep profile of a company, fund, or market actor
Sector ResearchThe sector read a strategy is built on
Market SearchSearch financial publications and market sources

Discover

2 scans
After-Action ReviewReview an earnings call, deal fight, or market episode
Market ChatterTrader, analyst, and forum chatter

Explore

7 scans
InnovateGrounded ideas for a problem
ScenarioProject a hypothetical market scenario forward
Uncertainty MapWhat the thesis rests on — assumed vs known
Response OptionsMap response options with tradeoffs
CompareCompare two companies, sectors, or strategies
Competitive LandscapeMap a landscape around a company or sector
Market PrecedentsFind historical crises or actions that parallel

Fundamentals

14 scans
ChronologyTrace how a market story developed
Follow the MoneyTrace the capital flows and who profits
Funding MapWho funds the field — documented rounds, grants
Litigation ReadSecurities suits and enforcement, by posture
Key PlayersProfile the key players in a market
How It WorksExplain how a market or product works
Market TrajectoryA structure or practice's real adoption arc
Early SignalsPre-consensus filings, pilots, and papers
Innovation CheckNew instruments: live volume vs pilot claims
Thesis Stress-TestYour thesis, tested assumption by assumption
Falsification PlanThe cheapest tests that could kill the hypothesis
Market ConvergenceWhere two market forces actually meet
Research PulseThe research layer, graded by reception
By the NumbersKey financials, sourced and dated

Debate

5 scans
Stakeholder PositionsMap who supports or opposes a deal
Poll CheckInvestor and public sentiment polls, pollster'd
The ArgumentsThe bull and bear case on a thesis
Myths & MisconceptionsCommon market errors, corrected
Consensus CheckWhat consensus has priced in — and its cracks

Cases

6 scans
SceneReconstruct one pivotal moment, in the room
VoicesReal quotes, exactly sourced
Primary DocumentsThe filings verbatim — 10-Ks, orders, minutes
Case StudyA real market episode, worked through
PlaybookThe actionable moves, from analysis
Decision ReviewWas the deal, trade, or call right at the time?

Profiles

11 scans
Fund & InstitutionProfile a fund — strategy, holdings, people
PersonProfile an executive, fund manager, or regulator
ProfileStrengths, pros/cons, or roads/barriers for a thesis
Track RecordGuidance and pledges vs. what actually shipped
Why They Did ItWhat the board or CEO was really after
Method StudyA strategy's record, with its limits named
Literature ReviewThe factor and effect literature, graded
Options AppraisalPlatforms or funds — the record, not advice
Fact GridA facts table with vintages and filings
Read GridStrategy and exposure, read from the filings
Document BreakdownA filing, pitch or memo — claims checked

Connections

3 scans
Market MapMap supply chains, capital flows, ownership
Bilateral AnalysisBilateral relationship between two market actors
SynthesisCombine multiple analyses into one assessment

Markets

9 scans
Buyer ResearchWho the clients are and what they actually pay
Supply ChainTrace a product's plumbing, origination to custody
Trade & Freight FlowsRead freight and trade flows as an activity signal
Operator DossierThe operator behind a physical network, and what it owns
Labor MarketThe labor market read straight from the data
Regulatory MapThe rulebook around an activity, as it stands
Deal FlowThe sector's deal record, terms as filed
Pricing ReadFees and spreads as posted — sourced, dated
Partnership MapWho partners with whom — documented deals only

Act

7 scans
What You NeedWhat you need to hit an objective
Competitive VulnerabilitiesWhere a competitor is exposed
Risk AssessmentCascading risks across a portfolio or market
Action PlanBuild a structured action plan
Market WatchTrack price levels, indicators, and triggers
Catalyst CalendarDated catalysts ahead: earnings, rulings, expiries
BriefingCompile a decision-ready market briefing

Investigate

1 scan
InquiryVerified deep research on any market question

Tools

1 scan
FrameworksApply frameworks (SWOT, Porter's, etc.)

Don’t know which one you need? The Router reads a plain question and picks one; the Planner takes a goal and designs a linked sequence. Every completed scan opens onto its own follow-ups — ask it a question, re-check what has changed, red-team its judgments, or push a signal onto your watchboard.

What leaves with you
Citations · BibTeX · RIS · CSL-JSONPDF · print-grade, branded coverPublic link · read-only, revocableMarkdown · for Slack, Notion, emailAudio · to a personal podcast feedSummary deck · ready to post

And the Studio turns a set of finance scans into a planned, researched, edited report or book. Every format →

The structure under the price.

Open the finance workbench with a company, an instrument or a deal. What comes back is filed, graded and ready to cite.

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