Notes on building institutional intelligence.
Long-form thinking on where investment research is going. For PMs, CIOs, and the people who care how this category actually evolves.
Faster search is not the same as better investment research
Finding a source is useful. Knowing what it changes about an investment is the harder job. A research process needs to do both, and remember the answer.
Your research should survive the next quarter
The investment memo captures a view at one moment. The assumptions, sources, and unresolved questions need a life beyond that moment.
Different holdings can hide the same risk
Sector labels do not tell the whole story. Shared suppliers, customers, financing, or regulation can connect investments that look unrelated on a portfolio screen.