Update log

What changed

A version-aware record of Zerion site capabilities, publication companions, indicator releases, methodology notes, and research-system changes.

Indicators

Category rankings and matched benchmark reads added to MPF Gauge

Added searchable same-category rankings, period and scheme filters, peer-median and low-cost-cohort context, recognized DIS reference-portfolio gaps, and one-click movement from ranked funds into comparison and ZBI analysis.

ZBIMPFRankingsDISBenchmarksNavigation
Indicators

MPF directory, comparison layer, and ZBI beta launched

Added all 24 schemes and 451 constituent funds from the official MPF Fund Platform snapshot, a guided fund finder, standardized three-fund comparison, and an optional ZBI workbench covering mandate and exposure blends, attribution, drift, fee differential, and opportunity cost.

ZBIMPFFund DirectoryFeesRiskBenchmarks
Methodology

Correlation and confluence standard published

Defined how Zerion moves from a single-factor signal to conditional confirmation and multi-factor confluence, while treating divergence as evidence that should reduce confidence and reopen a thesis.

MethodologyConfluenceEvidenceResearch Standards
Intelligence

Taiwan official-data layer and provenance register published

Connected keyless Taipower and Taiwan Stock Exchange observations, registered nine Taiwanese official sources, and expanded the documented snapshot, official-data, workbench, and source APIs. Official evidence remains separate from the reviewed prototype assessment.

TaiwanOfficial DataAPIProvenanceResearch Standards
PAR

PAR library expanded to sixty-three reports

Added PAR-006 through PAR-063 to the PAR page, research library, source register, tracker, update log, and PAR Comparator, with the latest Taiwan, Japan, and Korea infrastructure batch covering Global Unichip, Chroma ATE, Auras, Asia Vital Components, BizLink, Elite Material, Gold Circuit Electronics, Harmonic Drive Systems, Dexerials, Toyo Tanso, Ferrotec, Meidensha, SWCC, Nitto Denko, HD Hyundai Electric, Hyosung Heavy Industries, Daeduck Electronics, Gaon Cable, RFHIC, and Doosan Robotics.

PARComparatorResearch Library
PAR

PAR library expanded to five reports

Added Bitcoin, TSMC, SpaceX, and Kaspi.kz PAR PDFs to the research library, PAR page, source register, tracker, and comparator.

PARComparatorResearch Library
Indicator

Taxi Index v1.2 replaces the public Taxi Index release

Updated the public Taxi Index PDF, publication metadata, and Taxi Affordability page to the v1.2 Lisbon transition note while preserving the 1 September data snapshot.

IndicatorTaxi IndexLisbon
Personal Finance

Printable calculator reports added

Added client-side PDF downloads for the Freedom Bucket, Compound Growth, and Mortgaged Property Cash Flow calculators.

Personal FinancePDFTools
Personal Finance

Personal Finance workbench expanded

Added compound growth and mortgaged-property cash flow calculators alongside the Freedom Bucket resilience tool.

Personal FinanceFreedom BucketCompoundingProperty
Site capability

Usefulness layer added

Added research tracker, PAR comparator, source register, update log, and glossary/start-here surfaces.

TrackerComparatorSourcesGlossary
Publication companions

Web-native report pages published

Added readable companion pages for the Taxi Index, Financial Resilience paper, PAR Manual, and Circle PAR.

ResearchPAR
Indicator

Taxi Index explorer launched

Turned the 34-city Taxi Index universe into a filterable table with core ranks, non-core reasons, source authorities, and audited affordability coverage.

IndicatorData
Framework

Financial Resilience paper published

Added the framework paper connecting resilience, freedom capital, ambitious research capital, and decision-making in uncertain situations.

Framework
Indicator

Taxi Index 2026 Pilot Edition published

Released the first public Taxi Index snapshot with 34 researched cities, 22 comparable core markets, and seven audited affordability observations.

Indicator

Why this helps

A research site should not feel frozen.

The update log makes progress visible: when a report becomes a web page, when a method changes, when an indicator gains coverage, or when an interactive tool becomes more useful.