This is a project I had been wanting to build for a long time, so when my school told me I could replace one of my final exams wih a coding project I saw it as a good excuse. They also required me to write a full writedown detailing how I build it which is how this document came along.
Episteme is a web application designed to accelerate the initial research process for investors and traders by summarizing and structuring investment theses from online financial communities such as subreddits and Seeking Alpha. Upon entering a stock ticker or company name, the application quickly provides a concise overview of what the company does, along with organized arguments supporting bullish (positive) or bearish (negative) perspectives. These arguments are automatically extracted from various sources and critically assessed by analyzing comments; effectively performing a peer-review process to ensure their validity and relevance. Additionally, Episteme calculates an overall mark