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The Prompt to Run Before You Read a 10-K

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BEFORE YOU READ A 10-K
run this prompt first.

Not: "summarize this filing."
A summary tells you what it says.
It hides what changed.

Ask for three lists instead:
-> What CHANGED vs last year
-> What MATTERS to the thesis
-> What needs VERIFICATION

AI sorts the pages.
You make the call.

Save this. Run it on your next filing.

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Most people open a 10-K and ask AI to summarize it. A summary is the one output that hides the thing you actually came for.

A filing is hundreds of pages. The job is not to compress them. It is to find the few that changed.

The common mistake: "Summarize this 10-K." The failure mode: you get a tidy paragraph that reads like every other year, and you miss the one sentence management reworded. The disciplined version: ask AI to sort, not to summarize.

Run this before you read a single page:

-> What CHANGED: list every item that differs from last year's filing. New language, dropped language, restated numbers. Page cited on each. -> What MATTERS: of those changes, which touch revenue, margins, debt, or guidance. Rank them. -> What needs VERIFICATION: every figure that lacks a source, a page, and a date goes on a separate list before you trust it.

Three lists. Then you open the filing and read only what earned your attention.

What AI is not doing here: deciding if the changes are good, what they are worth, or whether you act. That is your judgment, not its output.

AI sorts the pages. You own the thesis.

Save this and run it on your next filing.

Educational content only. Not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. Wall Street Prompt. Always verify against the primary source filing.

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Single 4:5 portrait tile. Top third: two-line title block, heavy condensed caps ("BEFORE YOU READ A 10-K" / "run this prompt first."). Middle: a short three-line concede block (the "Not: summarize" reframe) set smaller, in muted gray. Lower-middle: the three-item arrow list as the visual centerpiece, each label (CHANGED / MATTERS / VERIFICATION) in green caps with the rest of the line in white, generous line spacing. Footer band: the two-line resolve ("AI sorts the pages. / You make the call.") plus the @wallstreetprompt handle bottom-left and a small "Save" bookmark glyph bottom-right.

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Near-black background (#0B0E0C). One accent only: WSP green (#16C172) reserved for the three list labels and the bookmark glyph. Body copy in off-white (#F2F4F1), concede block in muted gray (#8A938C). Headline in a heavy condensed sans (Anton or Druk-style) set tight; body in a clean grotesk (Inter/Söhne). Arrows are simple ASCII -> in green, never decorative. Keep one clear focal hierarchy: headline, then the three labels. Wide margins, no boxes, no gradients. High contrast, screenshot-legible at thumbnail size.

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Save this and run it on your next filing.

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