13D Global Strategy & Research
13D Global Strategy & Research is an independent, institutional-grade global research firm led by renowned investment strategist and thought leader Kiril Sokoloff. Founded in 1983, the firm has built a decades-long reputation as a trusted source of insight for some of the world’s most influential corporate strategists, institutional investors, family offices, and decision-makers. 13D is widely known for its contrarian and multidisciplinary research approach, combining insights from economics, market history, technology, geopolitics, and behavioral analysis to uncover long-term investment themes and critical market inflection points often overlooked by conventional research. At its core, 13D specializes in identifying emerging trends, innovation cycles, systemic contagions, and paradigm-shifting events that influence global markets across asset classes. Through its deep thematic research and historical perspective, the firm provides clients with a unique, forward-looking framework for understanding how markets evolve and where future opportunities may emerge.
ABOUT 13D RESEARCH
13D Research emphasizes a multidisciplinary, contrarian approach, reading the lessons of history across fields such as economics, mathematics, psychology, and engineering to interpret what markets are signaling and how global trends evolve.
13D is renowned for its contrarian and often predictive insights into global financial markets, economies, and geopolitical events.
The firm provides deep macro, thematic, and investment research to institutional investors, family offices, hedge funds, and other professional decision-makers around the world.
The firm discovers investment opportunities for its clients by applying a unique and open perspective, viewing the world through multiple lenses, and agnostically interpreting what the markets are telling us.
13D PUBLICATIONS
What I Learned This Week (WILTW) – A 40+-page weekly research compendium featuring in-depth analysis of macroeconomic themes, secular trends, disruptive technologies, demographics, geopolitics, and other high-impact topics.
What Are The Markets Telling Us? (WATMTU) – A weekly chart-driven companion publication that interprets intermediate and long-term market trend shifts using technical indicators, sector rotations, and relative strength measures.
CORE PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Flagship Weekly Publications – WILTW and WATMTU combine qualitative insight with historical context to give investors a perspective on longer-term secular shifts rather than short-term market noise.
Research Archives & Thematic Library – Subscribers have access to an extensive archive of decades of research covering hundreds of themes, markets, and disruptions, allowing for in-depth study of past analyses and investment outcomes across global equity, commodity, currency, and geopolitical trends.
Analyst Access & Client Support – 13D offers personalized access to its global analyst team for direct dialogue, interpretation of current research, and guidance on specific questions or themes, helping institutional clients refine strategies and integrate insights into their investment processes.
Events & Conferences – The firm hosts invitation-only conferences and events where clients, analysts, and strategic thinkers convene to discuss major themes shaping markets, economics, technology, and policy, fostering idea exchange and foresight among sophisticated investors.