Independent Equity Research

Mispriced companies. Datable catalysts. Asymmetric setups.

Most equity research is opinion. Some of it is data. Very little of it is discipline.

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12–24M
Horizon
3:1
Minimum asymmetry

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Three pillars.

The discipline

01 — Contrarian

Mispricing from the collapse of attention

When coverage thins and attention moves elsewhere, price detaches from the business. The edge is the absence of competition for information, not a posture of disagreement.

02 — Catalyst-driven

A datable reason to be right

A cheap stock without a catalyst is a value trap. Every thesis identifies a specific event, with a stated horizon, capable of forcing the market to re-price.

03 — Asymmetry

The only acceptable shape of a position

A written, bounded downside; an upside of at least three times the downside on the stated horizon. Positions that do not clear this bar are not written about.

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