Student-managed fund · Fall 2026 earnings season

Two students. One earnings season.

Programs want students on one platform, not two. So here's the test: give one analyst QuantLink's EDGAR API and the other Akem, and follow them through the same earnings season. Which one can answer the questions a student fund actually asks?

–of 20 questions answered directly in Akem
–answered directly by the EDGAR API
–more that the API covers only if the student writes the code
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Jordan

Junior · Student fund analyst

The data builder.

Starts with
Python and an API key: standardized SEC filings data for every US filer, going back years.
Strongest question
“What does the filing record say, across every company and every year?”
Builds the skill of
Working with raw financial data, financial statement analysis at scale, ownership and insider research.
Powered by Akem

Riley

Junior · Student fund analyst

The earnings analyst.

Starts with
A name reporting soon, with what the market expects and the one number that decides the print.
Strongest question
“What happens on earnings night, what would change my call, and was I right for the right reason?”
Builds the skill of
Reading a print, testing management's claims against the filings, forecasting that gets graded, watching a thesis.

01 · The assignment

Both students get the same memo.

The fund's investment committee wants a recommendation on a semiconductor holding before it reports. Then it wants a follow-up after the print, and a view on whether to keep the position through the semester.

To: Coverage analystsFrom: Investment committee

Northwind Semiconductor (NWSC) reports in 9 days.

We hold a 3% position. Before the print, bring us:

  • A call: add, hold, or trim. Tell us what would change it.
  • What the market already expects, and what's priced in.
  • After the print: did it confirm or break the thesis?
  • By midterms: does NWSC still belong in the portfolio?
Illustrative company

02 · The season at a glance

Akem carries the whole season.

Twenty questions a student fund actually asks, grouped by when in the season they come up. The API's edge is narrow: two phases, and only for students who write code. Each dot is one question. Hover or tap a dot to jump to it.

QuantLink is scored on its EDGAR API, from its public API documentation, and Akem on its shipped features, as of October 1, 2026. “Data's there, student codes it” means the API provides the data and the student writes the analysis.

03 · The questions

What each student can ask, and what comes back.

The outputs are illustrative mockups for a fictional company. They show the kind of answer each one returns, not real figures. For the API, that means the result of the student's own code.

04 · Committee day

Same questions. Different answers.

The night before the print, the committee asks each student five questions. Jordan can tell them about the past. Riley can tell them what happens next, and that's the decision in front of the committee.

05 · The one-tool test

What a program needs from its one tool.

If students get a single platform, it has to work for every student in the fund, through the whole season. Here's how each option holds up.

06 · The verdict

If students get one tool, make it Akem.

Akem reads the same SEC filings, then adds what the API leaves out: market expectations, options and trade data, earnings-call transcripts, thesis monitoring and forecasts graded against what actually happened. Every student in the fund can use it from day one, without writing code.

Before the printPreviewExpectations, implied move, the number that decides the night
Print nightReadoutManagement's claims tested against the filing and call, cited
Weeks afterMonitorAlerts tied to the thesis, plus knock-on effects across peers
End of seasonGradeEvery call scored, so students learn from the outcome
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