Independent Research

Understanding how companies actually make money — and what that's worth.

Deep-dive research on companies and industries, built from primary filings and a full financial model behind every thesis — written in plain language, for curious people, not just professional analysts.

Each paper starts with the numbers that matter — SEC filings, earnings calls, primary sources — and ends with a real financial model, not just a narrative: income statement, DCF, scenarios, the works. But the goal is always the same: explain how a business actually works, so you can form your own view. No paywalls. No jargon-first writing. No institutional gatekeeping.

The Papers

Paper №01

Alphabet: The Best Company Ever?

Why Alphabet's real story might not be Search or ads at all — a deep look at Waymo, Isomorphic Labs, and the moonshots hiding in plain sight, backed by a full DCF built from Alphabet's own filings.

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