By Justin J. Carbonneau As of this writing, the S&P 500 will have dropped close to 30% in less than 20 trading days. The decline is the fastest drop into…
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How Lessons from a Navy SEAL Can Make You a Better Investor
By Justin J. Carbonneau “War is a nightmare, war is awful, it is indifferent, devastating and evil. War is hell. But war is also an incredible teacher, a brutal teacher…
Learn from Peter Lynch but Don’t Think You Can Replicate Him
By Justin J. Carbonneau In December, Barron’s had two good pieces on the legendary Fidelity fund manager, Peter Lynch. Packed with Lynch-isms about successful long-term investing, active stock picking and…
A Proven Strategy for Disciplined Growth Stock Investing
This article was originally published on March 5, 2018, but the performance and stock list has been updated. By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — There is no shortage of evidence showing…
When Warren Buffett Thanks You for “Client Alpha”
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) Imagine for a moment you were one of the very first investors in Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and you’ve stayed committed to Buffett all these years…
A “Protective” Alternative to the 60/40 Portfolio
By Justin Carbonneau (@JJCARBONNEAU) As this Forbes article points out, the 60/40 portfolio is “one of the most dominant investment approaches of our time”. This asset allocation is incredibly simple…
Lessons from March For The Fallen
On September 28th, 2019, I had the privilege of participating in March for the Fallen (#MFTF), an event that honors military soldiers who lost their lives defending our country and…
Why Use One Value Factor When You Can Use Many
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau)—-Interested in chatting with Justin – let him know.—- Suppose you wanted to find the value stocks in today’s market using common value ratios. Which would you…
A New Method for Rebalancing Helps Systematic Models Get Better
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau)—-Talk about the Markets and/or Invest with Justin —-A centerpiece for most systematic investing models is a “refreshing” of the portfolio positions, which is also often referred…
Momentum Investing - the What, the Why, the How and the Risks
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) At the most basic level, momentum investing in the context of security selection can be defined as buying securities that have done the best over the…