Whenever a relatively new artist releases seminal work and they are sharing information about themselves, it is common for the artist to mention artists that influenced them. As all great artists have admired and studied artists ahead of them who they deem exceptional. And while 'exceptional' is perspective-based in the art world, it is certainly not in the investing world. If an investor uses splatters of fecal matter on a canvas to detect patterns in large consumer stocks and trade the patterns with industry-leading returns-- then that investor is a success. So much so that other investors with less stellar returns will want to understand everything about what influenced the entire style. Particularly how the investor learned to splatter fecal matter and read the patterns. And whether or not the patterns are all for show and the person is actually cheating.
Once the results are dollars instead of positive critiques by a curator nobody really cares about-- the whole game changes. People generally do not accuse great artists of cheating but as soon as money is involved as an output, cheating becomes rampant. Everything becomes about pushing the numbers without getting caught cheating, all while trying to frame and catch everyone else for cheating. The art is dead; it's disgusting. Especially since all the investors framing and cheating should be doing art, but they are completely unaware. Acting out of selfish instincts instead of being thoughtful and expressive. Recalling that a reasonable definition for art is: a thoughtful expression of advanced skill that challenges the status quo.
Based on that definition of art, exceptional investors should be exceptional artists. An often ancillary but important notion behind why so many hedge fund magnates love art. A spirit that compels the mention of one of the more influential investors and artists to the principal and Justified Capital: Nassim Nicholas Taleb. NNT authored two prominent works called Black Swan and Antifragile. Where Antifragile is centrally relevant to Justified Capital's core: develop quantitatively-driven strategies that thrive against Police abuse. Just as something that is anti-fragile becomes stronger from destructive blows, an anti-Police abuse investment vehicle welcomes abusive rigging and manipulation from the Police.
While Black Swan events like statistically anomalous weather patterns are what informed NNT and his art, Justified Capital has been informed by Police abuse (legal.justified.capital). Abuse that uses leverage to turn the tides on any proactive equity investment play. Like a notional biotech company you may have researched for a year because your sick uncle successfully used the drug that is likely for FDA approval and an accompanying stock bump-- gets killed- because the Police will just turn the stock the other way to hurt their enemies like the principal. Even worse is the direct manipulation of market mechanisms like brokerages. Painfully unfair but not impossible.
A lot of great art turns pain into beauty. Certainly the goal of Justified Capital.