By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting over the weekend, an attendee asked Warren Buffett for his advice on achieving success in life and investing. His…
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Combining Sentiment and Fundamentals: How Quant Models Uncover Opportunities
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — In my previous article, “Unlocking the Market’s Mood,” we explored various methods of gauging investor sentiment in stocks. In this article, we’ll delve into how…
Unlocking the Market's Mood: Tools for Measuring Stock Sentiment
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — In our recent podcast with Ray Micaletti, we talked about his relative sentiment approach to investing. Ray uses retail and institutional investor sentiment to build…
Three Experts Weigh In On ChatGPT, Investing and Advancements in Artificial Intelligence
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Artificial intelligence and techniques such as machine learning have become more prevalent in investing over the past decade. The launch of ChatGPT late last year,…
Another Year Down – Learning from Quant Models
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — We’ve been running quantitative model portfolios since 2003. While many of our models were launched after that, our initial set of guru models actually went…
Six Year-End Financial Moves to Consider
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — There is a tendency to avoid looking at your finances and investments when things are bad, so I am guessing there isn’t going to be…
Humbling the Forecasters & Learning Lessons
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — As we roll into year-end, the prediction business is about to pick up steam. Business channels and investing columns will soon be filled with lists…
Four Hard Investing Lessons From 2022 With Silver Linings
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — In Ben Graham’s The Intelligent Investor, he introduces Mr. Market, which is an allegory that is meant to help the reader understand the irrational, groupthink…
Four Strategies for The Risk-Averse Investor
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Stocks are down. Bonds are down. Gold is down. There’s no sugarcoating it — 2022 hasn’t been kind to investors. The downturn in stocks and…
Mapping The Opportunity in Small Caps to Value Investment Strategies
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Verdad, a value oriented and global asset manager, recently published a piece highlighting the valuation gap that exists between small caps and large cap stocks,…