ClarityX Research Institute

Research Institute

Institutional investment reasoning,
built into a system.

ClarityX Research Institute publishes analysis powered by MARY — an investment reasoning architecture that evaluates macro regimes, constructs portfolios, and analyzes companies using the same frameworks applied at the institutional level. Built by a practitioner with 20+ years of investment experience across global markets.


The System

MARY reasons the way a CIO thinks.

Most AI tools summarize information. MARY reasons through it — classifying macro regimes from 21 FRED leading indicators, running Black-Litterman portfolio optimization with J.P. Morgan capital market assumptions, scoring companies across quality, value, growth, and momentum frameworks, and backtesting strategies with real friction costs.

Four specialized agents work in parallel. Each produces data-grounded analysis. When a question crosses domains — macro, portfolio, fundamental, quantitative — MARY synthesizes across all four, surfacing where they agree, where they diverge, and why it matters.

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Trading Ideas

The War Premium Nobody Is Pricing

March 28, 2026

Markets are pricing a contained Iran conflict. History says that's exactly when they're most wrong. A 3-scenario analysis with backtested transmission mechanics, live regime data, and one high-conviction positioning trade.

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Research

What We Study

Our research examines how institutional investment decisions are actually made — and where they break down. Market regimes and structural cycles. Portfolio construction as a systematic discipline. The limits of forecasting under uncertainty. The intersection of long-term capital with fiduciary responsibility.

MARY operationalizes these frameworks. The research explains the reasoning behind the system.

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Publications

Essays & White Papers

Long-form thinking on AI in institutional finance, portfolio construction frameworks, macro regime methodology, and the future of investment decision-making.

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