Full Taxonomy
Complete reference for every lens, signal, and methodology concept in our analysis framework.
Equity Lenses
13 specialized perspectives for company-level analysis
Fugazi Filter
Are the reported numbers trustworthy?
Gravy Gauge
Is this revenue durable, or does it depend on conditions that could change?
Roadkill Radar
Can this distressed company survive and recover?
Prospectus Probe
Is this a real business or a liquidity exit?
Revenue Revealer
Is revenue structurally sound or dependent on fragile conditions?
Moat Mapper
Is the competitive advantage real and durable?
Regulatory Reader
Is the company exposed to material regulatory risk?
Myth Meter
Is market sentiment detached from operational reality?
Insider Investigator
What are insiders signaling through their actions?
Stress Scanner
What breaks first under plausible stress?
Consolidation Calibrator
Is this acquisition strategy creating or destroying value?
Atomic Auditor
Are the unit economics proven, improving, and repeatable?
Black Swan Beacon
What could go catastrophically wrong that nobody is watching?
Macro Lenses
11 specialized lenses for macroeconomic analysis
Rate Transmission
How are rate changes propagating to the real economy?
Inflation Regime
What is driving current inflation — demand, supply, or expectations?
Financial Conditions
Are financial conditions tightening or easing beyond what policy rates suggest?
Labor Dynamics
What is the labor market signaling about inflation pressure and growth sustainability?
Fiscal Interaction
Is fiscal policy reinforcing or counteracting monetary policy?
Global Spillover
How are international dynamics feeding back into US monetary conditions?
Monetary Divergence
How is the policy rate divergence between major central banks reshaping cross-border monetary transmission?
Trade Transmission
How are trade barriers transmitting through supply chains and prices to the real economy?
Carry Trade Regime
How are BOJ rate normalization and yen appreciation affecting the global carry trade, and at what point does unwinding become self-reinforcing?
Stimulus Composition
Is China pivoting from supply-side to demand-side stimulus?
Commodity Transmission
How does China's stimulus type drive commodity prices and EM resource currencies?
Sector Lenses
6 specialized lenses for industry-level analysis
Competitive Chessboard
Who is winning, who is losing, and why?
Consolidation Compass
Is M&A reshaping this sector, and who acquires vs. gets acquired?
Capital Cycle Gauge
Is the sector over-investing or under-investing relative to demand?
Value Chain Mapper
Where does value accrue in this sector's stack?
Disruption Vector Scanner
What forces could structurally reshape this sector within 3 years?
Sector Regime Identifier
2nd orderWhat regime is this sector operating in, and is it about to shift?
Core Signals
11 standardized signals produced by our analysis lenses
Accounting Integrity
Can we trust the reported numbers to reflect economic reality?
Governance Alignment
Are incentives aligned and oversight adequate?
Funding Fragility
Can the company survive financial stress and access capital when needed?
Revenue Durability
Is revenue structurally sound or dependent on conditions that could change?
Competitive Position
Can the company defend or grow its market position?
Operational Execution
Is management delivering on stated plans and commitments?
Regulatory Exposure
Are there material legal, regulatory, or policy risks?
Narrative-Reality Gap
Is there divergence between market narrative and operational reality?
Capital Deployment
Does management allocate capital effectively?
Unit Economics
Are per-unit economics proven and improving?
Expectations Priced
What must be true for current price to be rational?
Derived Signals
Additional signals that emerge from analysis based on company-specific findings
Pattern Coherence
Do findings form a coherent manipulation pattern or isolated concerns?
Securitization Dependency
How reliant is the business on capital markets access?
Mitigation Credibility
Are stated risk mitigations genuine or illusory?
Constraint Timeline
If the constraint triggers, how fast does revenue disappear?
Customer Concentration
Is revenue dependent on a small number of customers?
Litigation Risk
Are there material pending legal proceedings?
Methodology
Meta-thinking about our approach