How to read an investment model's paperwork
Validation memos, version logs and drift reports are the only window into how an investment model is really run. Here is how to read them without a statistics degree — and what their absence says.
The reading list
Free checklists on the AI that reaches your money
Three working articles, each built from public disclosure and each ending in a checklist you can actually use. No account, no paywall, no tracking — the pieces load in one visit and stay read.
How to tell a rubber stamp from a real oversight chain
Every AI governance policy promises that humans stay in charge. Five links separate genuine oversight from theatre — and a 2012 trading disaster shows what happens when one link is missing.
Five questions to ask before an AI touches your portfolio
The shortest honest check the desk knows: five questions for any firm that lets a model near allocation decisions, with the shape of a good answer and the smell of a bad one.
Next on the wavelength
Requests open the next pieces
The queue follows the inquiries that arrive — a pattern worth a checklist, a disclosure worth a slow read, a claim worth slowing down on.