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What Is an Economic Moat? Five Types and How to Spot Them
moat
competitive advantage
research
methodology
June 4, 2026Jacek Janczura

An economic moat is the structural advantage that keeps competitors out. Here are the five types, how to spot a real one, and when a wide moat won't save you.

Excel Won't Save You From a Bad Industry
research
methodology
industry
May 27, 2026Jacek Janczura

A flawless DCF on a dying industry is just a precise way to lose money. How the industry life cycle and a few sector questions keep you out of value traps.

How to Read a Balance Sheet (Without an Accounting Degree)
fundamentals
financial-statements
research
May 27, 2026Jacek Janczura

How to read a balance sheet without an accounting degree: assets, liabilities, equity, the one equation that ties them together, and when not to trust it.

What Is an Earnings Call? How to Read Between the Lines
research
methodology
earnings
May 27, 2026Jacek Janczura

What is an earnings call, and how do you read between the lines? Spot the red flags - dodged numbers, blame-shifting, tone shifts - before the market does.

What Are Primary Sources in Stock Research?
research
fundamentals
sources
May 27, 2026Jacek Janczura

Primary sources - SEC filings, earnings transcripts, proxy statements - are the documents real stock research points back to. What they are and why it matters.

The 25 questions you must ask before buying any stock
research
methodology
scorecard
May 6, 2026Jacek Janczura

Stop relying on P/E ratios alone. The 25 qualitative and quantitative questions to answer before buying any stock - the scorecard our AI agents use.

The Model Council: cross-checking AI to cut unsupported claims
research
methodology
model-council
May 6, 2026Jacek Janczura

Behind the scenes of the Model Council - Taufolio's multi-agent pipeline that runs several frontier models against the same filings to cut unsupported claims.

Noise vs. Signal: Why reading the financial news is ruining your portfolio
research
methodology
sources
May 5, 2026Jacek Janczura

Financial news is informational fast food; the SEC filings are the vegetables. Why every step from the primary source adds noise - and how to hear the signal.

What does the name Taufolio actually mean?
product
methodology
brand
May 5, 2026Jacek Janczura

Why we named an AI equity research platform after a Greek letter and a binder - and what Tau has to do with evidence, agreement, speed, and the full view.

How to Analyze a Company Before You Invest
research
methodology
fundamentals
April 26, 2026Jacek Janczura

A research methodology for studying public companies: what to read in the financials, how to read management, and how to map the competitive landscape.

Short Recap vs Deep Research
product
reports
research
April 26, 2026Jacek Janczura

Two Taufolio report formats for two different jobs: Short Recap keeps you current on the last month of company events, while Deep Research helps you understand the business from the ground up.

What Is an Equity Research Report?
research
definitions
fundamentals
April 26, 2026Jacek Janczura

A practical definition of an equity research report - what it includes, what it is not, and why source discipline separates research from commentary.

Why Citations Matter in AI Equity Research
research
citations
trust
April 26, 2026Jacek Janczura

A claim without a citation is a guess in the clothes of an answer. Why cited findings are the antidote to AI hallucination - and the investor's verification edge.

Why Not Just Ask ChatGPT to Analyze a Stock?
research
llms
fundamentals
April 26, 2026Jacek Janczura

General-purpose chatbots are great at language and unreliable at investing. Here's why - and what source-grounded equity research does differently to earn trust.

Getting Started with Taufolio
tutorial
getting-started
April 25, 2026Jacek Janczura

Run your first Taufolio investor report in minutes: sign up, paste a ticker, and get a fully sourced company report or a monthly company-events recap.

Understanding the Credit System
billing
credits
pricing
April 25, 2026Jacek Janczura

How Taufolio credits work: what a Short Recap and a full report cost, what your 250 free credits get you, and how to plan usage across the subscription tiers.

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