Field Guide to Corporate Intelligence

Field Guide to Corporate Intelligence

A Complete System for Auditing Any Public Company Through the Form 10-K

Most people don’t struggle with investing because they lack information.
They struggle because they lack a system.

Field Guide to Corporate Intelligence is a practical, repeatable framework for understanding public companies by navigating the one document that actually matters: the Form 10-K.

This is not a book of stock tips.
It is a professional audit system.

Using a 16-section structure applied consistently across every company, the guide teaches you how to move through a 10-K with confidence, clarity, and discipline. Each section directs you to a specific location in the filing, asks a precise question, and translates formal financial language into plain meaning.

What This Guide Helps You Do

• Understand what truly drives a business and why customers return

• Identify whether reported profits translate into real cash

• Evaluate leadership incentives, insider behavior, and executive pay

• Recognize legal, geographic, and structural risks before they surface in price

• Decide when a company deserves deeper attention or should be avoided

The framework is illustrated using real-world reference systems including Apple, Costco, and ExxonMobil, giving you exposure to technology, retail, and industrial business models.

This guide is designed to be used repeatedly.
It becomes faster and more intuitive with each company you audit.

If you can navigate a 10-K, you no longer rely on headlines, opinions, or market noise.
You form your own conclusions from audited, legally required disclosures.

The Form 10-K is not a document to read.
It is a system to navigate.

This guide gives you the map.