Investment Council was built on one belief: retail traders deserve the same depth of knowledge as Wall Street professionals — not watered-down summaries, not black-box signals, but the complete framework behind every decision.
"We don't just tell you what to watch. We teach you why it matters, how the pros think about it, and what to look for yourself. Every analysis, every AI pick, every council framework is designed to make you a better, more independent trader — not a dependent one."
Because the goal was never to give you fish.
It was to teach you how the whole ocean works.
These are the core values behind every feature we build.
Most platforms give you a summary and send you on your way. We give you the complete framework — the why, the how, and the what-to-look-for — so you understand every layer of every analysis.
A signal without understanding is just noise. Every AI pick, every council analysis, every market briefing is designed to show you the reasoning so you can apply it yourself — not just follow it blindly.
Everything on this platform is built as an educational tool. The Training library, the AI Council frameworks, the daily picks — all of it is designed to make you a more capable, more independent trader.
Every feature on this platform was designed with education at its core. Here is where the learning happens.
We don't hide how picks are selected. Every candidate stock, crypto, or option is scored against 5 factors before making the cut. We publish the criteria so you can learn to spot the same setups yourself.
Investment Council runs on Claude by Anthropic — one of the world's most capable AI models — combined with a 91-domain knowledge base built specifically for trading and investing education.
State-of-the-art AI with custom IC Formula prompting for institutional-grade financial analysis.
Custom-built knowledge base covering every major area of trading, investing, and crypto — loaded dynamically per query.
Live price feeds, economic calendar, sector flows, and crypto on-chain metrics updated continuously.
Use Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok — bring your own API key and choose the AI that fits your workflow.
Investment Council is an educational and informational platform. Nothing on this site constitutes financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice. All AI-generated picks, signals, and analyses are for educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consult with a licensed financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Trading stocks, cryptocurrencies, and options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors.
I'm Dagoberto Mendez — entrepreneur, auctioneer, real estate investor, and trader. I've been building businesses for over 30 years and trading the markets for 15.
I didn't build Investment Council to get rich off a SaaS product. I built it because I needed it.
After a decade and a half of trading with average results, I got tired of platforms that gave me signals without explanations, picks without reasoning, and tools built for Wall Street professionals that left retail traders guessing. I wanted something that treated me like an intelligent adult — something that showed me the why behind every analysis, not just the what.
When I discovered what AI could actually do, something clicked. For the first time, I could take everything I'd learned across 30 years of business — reading people, reading markets, understanding risk, surviving setbacks — and put it into a product that could help other traders the way I wished something had helped me.
I'm 62 years old. I've been in the paging industry, the auction business, real estate, and a dozen things in between. I'm not a Silicon Valley founder. I'm not backed by venture capital. I still work for a living — just on my own terms now, which is the only kind of success that ever mattered to me.
The lesson that took me 30 years to learn is simple: the only way the world doesn't control you is if you learn to fend for yourself. That means building real skills — not just following someone else's signals.
That's what Investment Council is built to do — help you build the knowledge to move forward on your own terms.
Join a growing community of traders building real knowledge — not just chasing signals.