Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson is Director of Research and Portfolio Manager at JK Investment Group, a fast-growing RIA. Chris is a highly regarded equity and options analyst with nearly 30 years of market experience. He is celebrated for his quantitative expertise in quantifying investors’ sentiment to navigate Wall Street with a deeply rooted technical and contrarian trading style. Since 1998, he has crafted proprietary forecasting models that now use millions of records a day to provide both a short- and long-term trading edge. Previously, he has held key roles in major investment firms. He is also a sought-after commentator on major financial media, solidifying his standing as a luminary in finance.
Chris Johnson Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Director of Research, Portfolio Manager
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Options Editor
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Director of Quantitative Analysis, Quantitative Analyst
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Editor, Analyst
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Quantitative Specialist, Analyst
Academic History
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Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, Statistical Analysis
EXPERTISE
Chris is an expert in the field of sentiment and investor behavior as well as technical analysis.
Through this work, he became an expert at quantifying and studying the behavior of investors and financial markets, market sectors and indices.
He manages resources and integrates his proprietary behavioral evaluation research models to manage model portfolios which utizes ETFs, stocks, and covered calls.
TipRanks recognizes him as part of the elite group of top 99.3% of financial bloggers and the top 98.6% of overall experts.
EARLY CAREER
Chris was an Options Editor at InvestoPlace, where he created and edited commentary for readers based on our Behavioral Valuation research approach.
He was Director of Quantitative Analysis at Schaeffer's Investment Research, responsible for the development of theory and hypothetical portfolio modeling and market-timing strategies for the firm.
He also developed and oversaw the quantitative testing and backtesting to confirm or deny the feasibility of these quantified models.
He started his career as an investment representative at US Bank.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Chris is a frequent commentator on financial markets and is regularly seen in national print media.
He has been featured or quoted in Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, Financial Times, Bloomberg, USA Today and the A.P. Newswire.