Research

Exploring investing in the Intelligence Age through research and writing at pickel.io.

December 2025

Shorts

Five-paragraph posts discussing current events. A format for fast, high-signal thinking that moves from premise to insight with minimal filler and clear logic.

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September 2025

Investment Desk

Market analysis and investment ideas. Short market notes with tickers, dates, drivers and direction. Since February 2026, this section also uses Souppe's risk and recommendation algorithms.

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October 2024

Decentralized Assets

A structured exploration of decentralized assets, ownership, value transfer and financial autonomy.

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April 2024

Portfolio Management

A deep dive into the theory and practice of portfolio management. Thinking, psychology and the frameworks that shape how portfolios are constructed.

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January 2024

Asset Valuation

An in-depth exploration of the methodologies and insights that drive asset valuation, as learned over a career in finance and consultancy.

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September 2023

Alternative Investments

A direct link to societies and economies. Encompassing lessons learned over a career in alternative investments and the CAIA charter.

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January 2023

Web Scraping

Lessons from building real-estate and car classifieds scrapers in Python, among other projects, from data collection to cleaning and use.

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December 2022

Neural Networks

An overview of neural networks through a model built from scratch for stock trading. Theory, architecture and practical implementation.

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