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Tapan Patel
Finance · Credit · Economics

Independent work on credit, markets, and capital allocation.

Toronto-based business student focused on credit, risk, and financial decision-making. The work here is built around structured analysis, quantitative reasoning, and clear memo-style communication.

Good questions age better than good answers.

— Tapan Patel

Numbers explain what happened. Judgment decides what matters.

— Tapan Patel

Profile

High-performing finance student at Toronto Metropolitan University with experience in credit exposure management, portfolio decision-making, and monthly collection performance.

Background spans credit, legal execution, and transaction support, with a long-term focus on underwriting judgment, capital allocation, and downside protection.

Framework
Credit mindset

Underwrite the downside first: repayment capacity, leverage, liquidity, covenant headroom, and the quality of the customer’s cash conversion.

What I work on

Financial statement analysis, covenant monitoring, portfolio risk, and memo-style writeups.

Why this site exists

A public record of how my thinking compounds through real work.

Direction

Direction
Sharpening underwriting judgment and building clean, decision-focused models.

Guiding principle
Good analysis survives scrutiny and bad markets.

Research & Publications

Credit memorandum
13-Room Motel Financing – Northern Ontario

Commercial mortgage credit memorandum · PDF

Lender-style memo covering operating performance, DSCR, LTV, staffing risk, and core underwriting considerations for a small hospitality asset.

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Valuation report
Alphabet Inc. – Valuation Report, 2026

DCF model · PDF

Three-statement model and DCF valuation focused on revenue drivers, capex intensity, margins, and sensitivity across key assumptions.

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Research paper
Is Canada in a Housing Bubble?

Research paper · PDF

Research paper on valuation stretch, price-to-rent disconnect, household leverage, and supply-side constraints in Canadian housing.

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Publication
Money, Mistakes & Everything in Between

Amazon · Book

Published · 2025 · Long-form

A personal finance book for Gen Z centered on decision-making, discipline, and long-term financial outcomes.

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Publication
More publications

Reserved for future long-form work.

Core Competencies

Credit underwriting & monitoring

Credit limits, covenant compliance, exposure monitoring, and repayment capacity.

Financial statement analysis

Balance sheet, cash flow, leverage, liquidity, and credit-quality analysis.

Excel & modeling

Forecasting, sensitivity analysis, scenario tables, and clean spreadsheet design.

Credit research & reporting

Credit bureau analysis, delinquency reporting, and portfolio-level risk tracking.

Documentation & execution

Deal documentation support, risk-based decisions, and client communication.

Certifications

Wall Street Prep: Excel Crash Course & Financial Statement Modeling.