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the memos.

Research and mechanics, written the same way the memos are — every claim traced back to the audited numbers.

A notebook titled 'A plan to solve the U.S. debt crisis' in front of the Capitol dome

If We Ran Congress for a Day: A Plan to Get the Debt Under Control, Step by Step

Interest on the national debt now costs more than the Pentagon, the deficit is $2.1 trillion, and the bond market has started to name its price. We wrote the plan Congress would have to pass — every step explained, every number shown — and found the one variable that decides whether it works.

September 7, 2026 Read the article
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., under a blue sky

A Bank Made of Glass: The Business Development Company Masterclass

A bank will not show you its loan book. A business development company shows you everything. Reading three funds’ 10-Qs from a single quarter, we walk the whole machine — SOFR, fees, PIK, non-accruals, dividend architecture — and meet a pristine lender whose 37 percent discount is fully deserved, and a BDC that earned $2.51 a share and paid its holders seven cents.

August 8, 2026 Read the article
A slice being lifted out of a golden apple pie

How the Pie Gets Cut: What Really Happens When a Company Goes Public

On a single morning, new investors supplied 48 percent of every dollar ever put into SpaceX — and received 4.2 percent of the company. Starting from a pizza shop with one hundred shares, we walk the whole machine: dilution, lock-ups, underwriter economics, and the stock compensation still to come.

July 30, 2026 Read the article
Covered-call ETF illustration

Now You See It, Now You Don’t: The Magic Behind Triple-Digit ETF Yields

Some ETFs advertise yields of fifty, eighty, even one hundred percent. Using the funds’ own audited financial statements, we take the generosity apart — and show why much of it is your own money handed back to you, with a fee deducted on the way out.

July 8, 2026 Read the article

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