Take Back Your Voice: The Financial Proxy Statements is Power
Empower yourself to make informed voting decisions with our open-source, self-hosted proxy analysis tool.
Introduction
Your retirement funds, held by investment giants like Vanguard, State Street, and BlackRock, come with voting rights – rights that these firms have effectively usurped. They wield immense influence over corporate policy and, by extension, our society, all because they control our proxy votes. This concentration of power allows them to make decisions that often prioritize their own interests over those of individual investors.
The complexity of proxy statements has historically been a barrier to individual participation. But now, with the advent of self-hosted Large Language Models (LLMs), we have the potential to reclaim that power. This tool is designed to demystify those complex documents, empowering you to understand and exercise your voting rights directly, from the security of your own self-hosted environment.
This is about more than just voting; it's about reclaiming our digital sovereignty and challenging the centralized control that has eroded our influence. It's about taking back our voice.
Key Features
- AI-Powered Summarization: Get concise summaries of complex proxy statements.
- Personalized Analysis: Tailor the AI's analysis to your values and priorities.
- Self-Hosted Security: Keep your data private and secure within your own environment.
- Open-Source and Transparent: Contribute to the development of a tool that empowers everyone.
- Community-Driven Insights: Share and discuss proxy voting information with other investors.
Your Path to Informed Proxy Voting
Choose Your Deployment Option
NAS Deployment
For maximum control and privacy, we recommend deploying the proxy voting tool on your Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. This option allows you to keep your data completely within your own network.
- Compatible NAS device with sufficient processing power and storage (we are still researching minimum capacity requirements)
- Docker or similar containerization software.
- Basic command-line knowledge.
- Reliable internet connection.
- Python 3.x Installed.
Cloud Deployment (Alternative)
If a NAS deployment isn't feasible, you can also leverage cloud computing resources. This option provides flexibility and scalability, but it's essential to choose a provider with strong privacy and security practices.
- Cloud computing account with sufficient resources.
- Docker or similar containerization software.
- Basic command-line knowledge.
- Reliable internet connection.
- Python 3.x Installed.
Join the Movement
Empower yourself and your community. Explore the deployment options, and take control of your proxy votes today.