Bonolo Modise | Simon Brown | Adishan Naidoo
AI has arrived in investment research, and it’s more capable than most investors realise.
In this Standard Bank Power Hour, Simon Brown walks through the financial tools built into Claude Opus 4.6: equity research reports, DCF models, earnings analysis, sector overviews, and stock screening. All generated from a prompt in minutes rather than days.
But Simon doesn’t just show the wins. He’s direct about where financial AI falls short: hallucinated data, incorrect outputs, and the gaps you need to know before you trust the results. He also covers practical techniques to reduce errors and get more reliable outputs.
The takeaway isn’t that AI replaces your investment process. It’s that it can dramatically expand the research you’re able to do, if you know how to use it.
Here are some of the reports he refers to that were generated from Claude.AI;
The tech reviewed at this event is literally only months old and is changing the face of the industry.
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How do you make sense of the financial markets? How do you interpret the latest financial news? Where do you learn how financial instruments work? How can you learn to invest?
The Power Hour started in 2011 with top industry experts presenting to private investors on financial issues closest to their heart. Power Hours are now both live in-person presentations in Johannesburg, and broadcast live online.
