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Every page answers one specific question. Each has a one-sentence takeaway you can cite, share, and use immediately.
Each page answers one specific question in plain language.
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Use this when you need a clean, fast read of a company without a 200-page marathon.
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Most investors start with the income statement. Professionals start with cash flow and the footnotes.
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Use this template to read NVDA cash flow and separate real cash generation from accounting noise.
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In NVDA-like businesses, cash conversion and stock-based comp explain more than a single quarter of margin.
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Revenue can look great while the business gets weaker. This page shows how to spot that early.
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Revenue can rise while cash conversion collapses; the market cares about the latter.
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When the story and the numbers disagree, this is how professionals resolve it.
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A thesis must be falsifiable by financial data, or it is just a narrative.
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Free cash flow is a quality-of-earnings test, not a shortcut to profit.
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Free cash flow is about earnings quality, not just subtracting capex.
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Use this template when you need a simple, repeatable financial statement analysis.
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You can explain a company with three statements and three sentences.
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Bank-style analysis starts with the decision and works backward to data.
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Bankers structure analysis around the decision, not the data.
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Professionals read statements as a system, not as separate documents.
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Statements are a story: profit engine, cash conversion, and balance sheet risk.
When you need a decision-ready memo fast.
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When the deadline is tomorrow, you need a minimum viable analysis and a clean memo structure.
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Under time pressure, you need a decision-ready memo, not a perfect model.
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Overnight analysis is about scope control and decision framing, not perfection.
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A one-night analysis is about a clear decision, not perfect coverage.
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If you have two hours, focus on the decision snapshot, not the model.
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If you have two hours, you need a decision snapshot, not a model.
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Speed comes from templates, clarity, and a ruthless focus on the deliverable.
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Speed comes from templates and the right clarifying question.
How analysts and interns structure their output.
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This is the workflow behind the request: deliver a clean memo, not a perfect model.
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The first job is to frame the question; the model only answers it.
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A fast note is a structured argument with a clear trigger, not a data dump.
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A fast note is a structured argument with a clear trigger.
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A memo is a decision document, not a data warehouse.
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A memo is a decision document, not a data dump.
For people who must deliver without formal training.
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You do not need to be an accountant. You need a story that ties the three statements together.
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You do not need accounting fluency; you need a narrative that connects profit, cash, and balance sheet risk.
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You do not read a 10-K cover to cover. You read it to answer one question.
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You read a 10-K to answer a question, not to finish every page.
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A usable analysis is a one-page decision summary, not a full model.
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A usable analysis is a one-page decision summary, not a full model.
Method and judgment beat shiny tools.
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Models matter, but professionals win with sharper questions and tighter decision logic.
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Professionals do not win with fancier models; they win with sharper questions.
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Tools help with data, but professionals need decision logic and accountability.
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Professionals buy decisions, not dashboards.
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Charts show behavior, but a thesis explains why it should persist.
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A chart is a symptom; a thesis explains the cause.
These notes focus on how professionals think and structure analysis. They are not investment advice.