What are you working on?

Start from the question on your desk. Each route is a different tool, built for a different job. See the full lineup on Solutions.

"My portfolio feels diversified, but I don't know where it breaks."

Souppe · Investment Compass

Scores your portfolio's risk and suggests the next security to add.

Get your suggestions

"I want to see what institutional investors are actually doing."

The 13F · Institutional Intelligence

Turns SEC filings into readable institutional positioning and capital flows.

Follow the capital

"Our comment section is collapsing into spam and toxicity."

SentiSift · Comment Intelligence

Moderates comments in real time and surfaces what readers are saying.

Improve the discussion

"I can't keep up with the events that actually move my holdings."

Cuebit · Event Intelligence

Emails a sharp brief the moment a tracked event breaks.

Get the brief

"I want to know when members of Congress trade stocks."

Capitol Gains · Congressional Trade Alerts

Emails every newly reported congressional stock trade, free.

Track the trades

"I'm facing a specific investment or data decision and want a clear answer."

Advisory · Direct Work

Scoped engagements that end in one concrete deliverable.

Bring the decision

One practice behind everything

The products, the advisory and the research come from the same hands and the same standards.

Pickel Fintech is run by Tom Pickel, CAIA: 12+ years analyzing alternative investments for institutional investors and 7+ years building in Python and data (FDP). The thinking behind the work is published in the research.

How a conversation starts

The starting point is usually a question, not a finished scope.

1

Say hello

Send a short note describing the question, the portfolio, the market issue or the product you want to use.

2

Clarify the problem

We define what would make the work useful and decide whether the right fit is product access, advisory or a smaller next step.

3

Deliver the answer

The result is concrete: product access, a report, a model, a data pipeline or a clear decision about what to do next.

Good work starts with people

Getting to know new people is often the best part.

I take time to understand what a founder, investor or business owner is working on. Then I help where my experience fits, whether the topic is alternative investments, markets or data. Some of these conversations lead to projects. Others become lasting relationships, and I value those just as much. If you are working on something interesting, I would like to hear about it. You can say hello any time.

Tom Pickel CAIA, FDP

Working through a portfolio, a market question or a data problem?

Send a short note. You will get a clear next step: product access, an advisory project or a focused recommendation.

Start a conversation

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