Methodology
PoliWealth is congressional money intelligence, not a trading system. These formulas and labels are designed to make public records easier to verify without overstating what they prove.
Records vs signals vs takes
Records are disclosed facts from filings or indexed rows. Signals are derived context such as delay, nearby same-ticker activity, committee-sector context, lobbying/contract overlap, or market movement. Takes are clearly labeled interpretations bounded by those records. A take is never proof of motive, wrongdoing, legality, or investment merit.
Source status categories
Official filing linked means a direct source URL or filing identifier is attached. Indexed disclosure means a public disclosure row is indexed but the official link may still be pending. Source pending means a row needs source backfill or review. Derived signal and adjacent context are supporting labels, not standalone proof.
Disclosure lag
Disclosure lag is the difference between the transaction date and the filing/receipt date we have. Negative, future, placeholder, and extreme values are filtered or marked needs review. Late-filing modules describe apparent timing rows, not adjudicated violations.
Disclosed amount ranges
Congressional filings usually report ranges, not exact trade values or profit. PoliWealth displays the public range and may use midpoint estimates for aggregate analytics. Midpoints are estimates, not exact dollars.
Paper return vs SPY
Paper return context compares post-trade or post-filing price movement to SPY when market data is available. It is retrospective context, not a trading recommendation, and cannot determine intent or private reasoning.
Committee-sector overlap
Overlap flags compare member committee context with ticker sectors and related public-record data. They are research flags for review, not conflicts proven by PoliWealth and not accusations.
Lobbying and contract proximity
Lobbying and federal contract context is attached when public-record rows mention related companies, tickers, sectors, or recipients. These are adjacent context records and should be reviewed alongside source filings.
Evidence Level in Ask AI
Evidence Level scores how strongly an Ask AI Analyst Take is grounded in public-record rows: supporting row count, official-source coverage, direct trade records, ticker context, and openable source paths. It is not a probability of guilt, legality, corruption, intent, or investment merit.
Corrections
If a source link, date, ticker, member, or label appears wrong, use the correction form on the receipt. Reports enter an internal review queue and are resolved against public records.