Research

The research side of Pickel Fintech keeps the thinking public. It covers portfolio management, valuation, alternative investments, data, neural networks and the practical questions between them. Read it 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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Investment Desk

A live record of how market ideas become portfolio decisions: investment views, performance and Souppe's portfolio risk analysis working together.

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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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