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Four research tracks.
One long-term decision system.
Core Beta, Core Growth, Core Value and Alpha Research answer four different questions. Quality is an evidence standard across tracks; Defense is a portfolio layer—not another stock-picking label.
FOUR RESEARCH TRACKS
Choose the question before the ticker.
A company can carry several research tags, but every public conclusion must state which track it belongs to and what evidence could change the view.
Core Market
Low-cost broad exposure captures market returns, limits benchmark drift and anchors active research.
References: SPY · QQQ · SOXXOpen Core Beta ↗02CORE GROWTHCore Growth
Companies with durable competitive advantages and expanding revenue, earnings and free cash flow.
References: MSFT · GOOG · META · VRTOpen Core Growth ↗03CORE VALUECore Value
Cash flow, capital returns and fundamental repair must support re-rating—not merely a low multiple.
References: AIA · STAN · MFC · MDTOpen Core Value ↗04ALPHA RESEARCHLow-consensus Opportunities
After confirming industry direction, test expectations, fundamentals, valuation, catalysts and failure conditions.
A research pool, not a recommendation listOpen Alpha Research ↗Portfolio protection and opportunity cash
Drawdown control, liquidity and rebalancing belong here. They protect the portfolio but do not replace Core Value research.
LATEST INVESTMENT INTELLIGENCE
Recent cross-track research
Weekly scans, research memos and event-driven special research can compare tracks, while every conclusion keeps a clear role.
Amazon Q3 Review: AWS Grows 39.3%, but Cash Returns Face the CapEx Peak
AWS profit improves, but capital purchases constrain cash returns. A separate frozen-forecast review.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.30Amazon Forecast Archive: AWS Growth Must Pass the Capital-Efficiency Test
Preserved source forecasts; market references remain distinct from hypotheses and reported results.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.29Google and Microsoft Forecast Archive: Cloud Growth Must Pass the Cash-Return Test
A historical baseline compiled after the event; unchanged ranges, no backdating and no actual results.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.24The AI Buildout Enters a Capital-Efficiency Test: Energy, Credit, Earnings and Four Market Scenarios
Separate energy channels, test AI contract-to-cash conversion and follow Bull, Base, Bear and Tail evidence.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.23China Insurers and the Low-Valuation Trap: What Remains After a 50bp Rate Shock?
A low price-to-embedded-value ratio is not sufficient evidence of a margin of safety. Shock definitions, valuation denominators, capital and dividends must be checked before comparing insurers.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.23Meta Earnings: Advertising Grows 26%, but Is AI Capex Consuming Cash Flow?
Capital investment exceeded quarterly operating cash flow. That is a consolidated result, not an AI-only attribution. Advertising strength and shareholder cash returns require separate tests.
Read the report ↗SPECIAL RESEARCH · 2026.10.20Tesla × SpaceX: Merger Fairness, AI Capital Allocation and Minority Shareholder Value
No transaction has been announced. The review tests exchange fairness, per-share value, AI capital returns and minority protections.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.16STAR 50: Can Industry Growth Become Shareholder Returns?
An 18.3% drawdown is not the same as cheapness; orders, earnings, cash flow and valuation determine re-entry eligibility.
Read the report ↗ISSUE 008 · 2026.10.16AI Infrastructure Is Down About 40%: Valuation Reset or Capital-Cycle Turn?
VRT, CRDO, ALAB and CIEN all trigger Priority Review. Funding is Orange system-wide and Red for leveraged neoclouds, with no new formal candidate.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH MEMO · 2026.10.16China Core Assets: Broad Beta, Quality and Dividend Low Volatility
Compares 510300, 563960 and 515300 while separating index backtests from live ETF evidence.
Read the report ↗ISSUE 007 · 2026.10.06Higher Rates Do Not Kill Growth — They Raise the Quality Bar
Cisco enters the Quality Compounder pool; Fiserv triggers the Value Trap filter as growth, margin and cash flow deteriorate.
Read the report ↗ISSUE 006 · 2026.10.02AI Demand Strengthens as the Capital Hurdle Rises: AIA Enters Trial, ETN Stays at the Valuation Gate
Separates prior state, current state and this-week change, with a QQQ Core Beta capital-efficiency overlay.
Read the report ↗ISSUE 005 · 2026.09.29Higher Rates Raise the Cash-Flow Bar: AIA Gains Relative Appeal, Eaton Enters the Grid Watch
A joint Core Growth and Core Value scan separating tailwinds, execution and price.
Read the report ↗ISSUE 004 · 2026.09.22HPE Has the Broadest Operating Proof; Adobe Still Needs AI Monetization Evidence
Growth delivery and value repair are compared without forcing every candidate into Alpha.
Read the report ↗RESEARCH FLOW
Research changes first. Positions change last.
- 01WeeklyWhat changed this week
- 02Research MemoWhat changed our view
- 03Track & EvidenceWhich track and evidence stage
- 04PortfolioWhether it enters a position review
Quality describes business and cash-flow strength across Growth and Value. Alpha describes a temporary expectations gap supported by evidence. Defense describes a portfolio job. These terms are no longer presented as interchangeable product categories.