The Tools I Pay For
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Godel Terminal
what I use mostBloomberg-style research terminal in a browser
$996/yr against Bloomberg's roughly $27,000
A browser-based research terminal with a Bloomberg-style command interface: DES, FOCUS, TAS, HDS. Real-time quotes, filings, financials, ownership and news, at $996 a year against Bloomberg's roughly $27,000.
I use it for the filing and ownership work behind the deep dives, the part that used to mean six browser tabs and a spreadsheet. It handles research and analysis; order execution and dealer chat are not in it, so it sits alongside a broker rather than replacing one. There is a 14-day trial, so the cheapest way to judge it is to run it against whatever you use now.
- Good for
- Primary research. Filings, ownership, transcripts and real-time data in one command-driven window.
- Not for
- A broker. No order execution, no dealer chat.
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Simply Wall St
Visual company reports, one stock at a time
free tier, paid plans from about $10/mo billed yearly
Company reports built around a single visual summary of value, future, past, health and dividend, with the reasoning written out underneath. The free tier covers five company reports a month, which is enough to check a name the screener surfaces.
It answers a different question than a terminal does. Godel gives me the raw filing; Simply Wall St gives me a fast second read on whether a name is worth the afternoon. The valuation work is model-driven and the growth inputs come from analyst consensus, so I treat the output as a starting position rather than a conclusion. On the names in the deep dives I have disagreed with it more than once.
- Good for
- A quick, readable second opinion on a single ticker.
- Not for
- A source of truth. Consensus-driven, and it does not replace the filing.
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