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Check a claim before you believe it
A yes or no, the company's own document, and the date, for a claim you saw somewhere. Six minutes. A headline is not a source; the filing is. Nothing here is advice.
The tool
Perplexity
Answers a question with a summary and a numbered source for every sentence, so you can check it. The free plan is enough for this.
Ask for the primary source
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Is it true that [company X cut its dividend this quarter]? Answer with the primary source (the company's own release or filing) and the date, and say plainly if you cannot find a primary source.
What good looks like
A yes or no, a link to the company's own document, and a date. If it cannot find one, that is the answer.
Go to the source
follow these in the app
Steps, not a prompt: click the source it gave. If it is a news article, look for the company's own release or SEC filing the article is based on, and open that.
What good looks like
You are reading the company's own words.
Ask what the claim leaves out
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What context would someone need to judge whether [the dividend cut] matters: the previous amount, the reason given, and what the company said about the future? Source each part.
What good looks like
Three pieces of context, each with a link. If one is missing, that is worth knowing too.
Watch out
Nothing here is advice. This is reading, done carefully.
Now with your own thing. Same steps. The one on the fridge counts.