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About WU

Who we are

WealthUmbrella was founded by three nerd friends and around the idea of bringing more science into the hands of small retail investors.
As real life scientists and researchers (combined we’ve published more than 100 peer review papers, have a dozen of patents, and got millions of dollars in governmental or industrial research grants), we are used to making decisions based on conclusions supported by facts, numbers, statistics, or data. But the subjective nature of the low quality information we more often than not found on the web about investing made us uncomfortable with holding positions in many asset classes.

Science, not finance, is the key of successfully investing

Renaissance technologies, the quant firm that has the best track record on Wall Street in terms of return over a 30-year span, has for a long time now convinced institutional investors that science, not finance, is the key to successful investing. This acknowledgment, combined with the rise of big data, has created an uneven playing-field where retail investors experience more and more violent stock market movements and may be more likely to panic sell, leading to a transfer of wealth to better-equipped institutional investors.

Our Idea

The epic WallStreetBet fight on reddit made us see that the retail investors are starting to notice the huge gap between themselves and institutional investors. This inspired our quest to make the investment game more even between all market participants. So, we decided to use our signal processing, advanced statistics, and Machine Learning skills to create a set of tools that will help small investors better understand what is currently under the hood of the market and thus make more informed investing decisions.

Well…thats what we say now, but to be honest with you we initially did this work selfishly for our own wallets. Still, to create these tools, we spent an incredible number of hours behind our computer screens, following the best AI methodology and crunching thousands and thousands of data. Sometimes we were exhausted and discouraged, but the final results had us so amazed that we decided that we had to share it with the community.

Our Commitment

No matter how amazing our results, we know we are not going to have it right every single time because the future of stock or crypto market is never written in stone. And to be honest, If we were 100% accurate, we would probably be kidnapped by an obscure governmental agency. But we know that our scientific approach should statistically keep us more often than not on the right side of the trade. That said, we will always be very transparent about what went wrong and will always try to improve our metrics and algorithms by continuously studying these mistakes as well as our successful trades. We will also continuously and tirelessly monitor every new dataset that we find in order to improve our research and our lead on the market.

What we are not

At this point you probably got that we are scientists, not licensed financial advisors. We don’t give advice or any stock tips, nor do we want to pump any asset like some Gurus on the web. We do believe that Bitcoin is here to stay and we also really like investing in stocks that have a big emphasize on tech. So, that's what most of our research will revolve around. We are happy to share this quantitative research with you as well as what we are doing with it in our own investment fund called the WUF (the Wealth Umbrella Fund). We hope that our work will provide you with a different perspective on the market and help you become a more successful investor.

If you like our message and trust our approach, go see what we offer and become a member of our WU community.

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(*BTW we like data science so much that all the image used in this page has been generated using the Dall-E image generator developed by OpenAI)

Our Team

Vincent Duchaine, PhD

Risk manager

& Data Scientist

Vincent is a professor at École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal, where he has been educating students and conducting groundbreaking research since 2010. He has graduated more than 75 future-forward researchers and published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, earning several patents along the way. Vincent leads an Industrial research Chair in Collaborative Robotics, with a focus on advanced control systems, signal processing, and machine learning. Alongside his academic pursuits, he is also the founder of Robotiq Inc., a world leader in the field of collaborative robotics. But Vincent isn't all work and no play. He's also an astute investor and has been dabbling in the market since 2008.

Nathalie Goyette, M.Sc

Web Dev & Marketing

Graduated with a Master's degree in International Management, Nathalie has played a key role in driving the success of companies of varying sizes. In recent years, she has dedicated her expertise to assisting young tech entrepreneurs from McGill University, Concordia University and ETS in creating successful startups in the medical innovation sector. Furthermore, Nathalie has had a keen interest in investing since her early 20s and has a strong aversion to losing money. It's safe to say that her dislike of losing money is stronger than that of anyone else on our team and possibly even stronger than your own.

Zackary Stephenson
M.A.Sc.

Quantitative Analyst

Zackary holds a Master’s degree in Engineering with a specialization in signal processing and data analysis. His expertise in data-driven projects emerged during his graduate research, where he developed algorithms to detect failures in complex systems. This work sparked his passion for quant analysis, leading him to apply his skills in financial data analysis at WealthUmbrella. Zackary brings a unique blend of engineering precision and innovative thinking to our team.

Jennifer Kwiatkowski

AI Specialist

& Developer

Passionate about tech and science, Jen’s background in engineering, and Ph.D studies in robotics and AI makes her a natural fit for innovating new technologies. She trusts her algorithms in her daily work, so why not with her money?

About WU

If you like our message and trust our approach, go see what we offer and become a member of our WU community.