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Notes from the lab.

Portfolio structure, risk dimensions, and the patterns we see in institutional books.

  1. by Tom PickelEssay

    Investing with an AI agent is one step, not the foundation

    An AI agent like ChatGPT is one step of investing, and it is the chaotic one. It cannot tell true from imagined. The foundation underneath it has to be deterministic.

    • ai
    • research
    • process
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  2. by Tom PickelEssay

    Souppe Studio: your portfolio is not a spreadsheet

    Most investing tools trap your portfolio in a grid of numbers. Souppe Studio puts the full Souppe engine behind a living picture you build by hand and watch respond in real time.

    • studio
    • product
    • launch
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  3. by Tom PickelEssay

    How Souppe turns portfolio risk into the next decision

    Souppe shows you where your portfolio is fragile and gives you targeted enhancements. Choose which security suggestion you believe in, and watch how it reshapes the portfolio's risk. Here are the five Souppe steps investors repeat, while keeping their investment judgment.

    • use-cases
    • product
    • overview
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  4. by Tom PickelEssay

    The S&P 500 is more fragile than it looks

    Owning the S&P 500 feels like safety, but a market-cap index quietly concentrates into a few names that move together and protects no one when they fall. Here is why the index is fragile, and what 26 years of Souppe testing shows about building for the next crash.

    • thesis
    • market-risk
    • drawdowns
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  5. by Tom PickelQuarterly synthesis

    What 500 institutional portfolios told us this quarter

    We ran Souppe across 500 sole-managed institutional portfolios for Q4 2025. Its first suggestion lifted the structure score for 88% of them and raised downside protection for 91%.

    • research
    • institutional
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  6. by Tom PickelCase study

    Inside the portfolio: Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., Q4 2025

    Souppe looked through Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.'s Q4 2025 disclosed long-equity book and found a clear structure: strong growth capture, high liquidity, concentrated downside protection.

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  7. by Tom PickelEssay

    Portfolio structure matters more than picks

    Stock selection wins headlines. Structure wins drawdowns. The case for why every equity portfolio needs a deliberate shape.

    • intro
    • thesis
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