Market snapshot, not real-time
S&P 500 (SPY) $748.62 +0.88% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $708.90 +1.85% Dow (DIA) $522.55 +0.89% Russell 2000 (IWM) $295.82 +1.20% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $93.32 −0.23% Crude Oil (USO) $128.37 +2.28% Gold (GLD) $373.85 +1.70% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.45 +0.23% Volatility (VXX) $21.29 −3.77% Semiconductors (SMH) $583.24 +4.37% Silver (SLV) $53.36 +4.67% Emerging Markets (EEM) $65.45 +2.97% Bitcoin (BTC) $66,470.13 +1.90% Ethereum (ETH) $1,922.88 +1.00% S&P 500 (SPY) $748.62 +0.88% Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) $708.90 +1.85% Dow (DIA) $522.55 +0.89% Russell 2000 (IWM) $295.82 +1.20% 10-Year Treasury (IEF) $93.32 −0.23% Crude Oil (USO) $128.37 +2.28% Gold (GLD) $373.85 +1.70% US Dollar Index (UUP) $28.45 +0.23% Volatility (VXX) $21.29 −3.77% Semiconductors (SMH) $583.24 +4.37% Silver (SLV) $53.36 +4.67% Emerging Markets (EEM) $65.45 +2.97% Bitcoin (BTC) $66,470.13 +1.90% Ethereum (ETH) $1,922.88 +1.00%
AEACapital Research

Independent student research — not an investment firm or financial advice

Reference

Resources

This site publishes more than the main nine tabs cover — live verification pages that check the portfolio against its own rules, and standalone reports meant to be read or downloaded on their own. They don't need their own top-level tab, but they shouldn't be hard to find either. Everything below is real and current, not placeholder.

Live Verification

Updates with Holdings
This Week

Weekly Digest

Every letter, news writeup, opinion piece, and earnings report published this week, gathered in one place and regenerated automatically — also available as its own RSS item.

Auto-regenerated weeklyOpen →
Governance

Compliance Ledger

Every cap in the Investment Policy Statement, checked live against today's actual portfolio — including breaches, and how each one actually got resolved.

Live scoreboardOpen →
 Track Record

Performance Tracker

Real, daily-logged cumulative return of the portfolio against SPY, QQQ, and IWM — indexed to 100, toggleable benchmarks, honest about when tracking actually started.

Live chartOpen →
 Concentration

Thematic Exposure

How much of the book depends on a single underlying theme — AI infrastructure, compute, and power — computed live from Holdings weights, not asserted once in a letter.

Live calculationOpen →
 Sourcing

Sources & Research Log

Where every number on this site actually comes from, aggregated across every position, earnings, and watchlist page — the sourcing hierarchy and citation counts behind the research.

Live indexOpen →

Reports & Documents

Printable · downloadable
Head to Head

Comparisons

26 real head-to-head writeups across 60 tickers, benchmarking held positions against competitors and watchlist names on real fundamentals. Searchable by ticker.

26 comparisonsOpen →
 Coverage

Coverage Book

Consistent initiating-coverage one-pagers — business description, thesis, bull/base/bear cases, key risks, catalysts, and valuation — filterable by IPS bucket.

Page + .docxOpen →
 Summary

Tear Sheet

A one-page, printable summary of AEA Capital Research: real portfolio numbers, the compliance record, and where to verify every claim.

PrintableOpen →
 Briefing

Q3 2026 Strategy Briefing

A five-page strategy briefing: macro positioning, the semiconductor/AI-infrastructure thesis, portfolio positioning, personal Q3 outlook, and risk disclosures.

5-page briefingOpen →

About This Project

Context
Methodology

Learning in Practice

How academic habits become specific, checkable practices in the research process.

ReferenceOpen →

Where else to look

The main nine tabs — Holdings, Watchlist, Earnings, Letters, Research, News, and Opinion — cover the day-to-day work. Glossary, Disclosures, and Privacy are in the footer of every page. This page exists so nothing else gets orphaned.