After a successful debut last year, Super Terrific Happy Day returned in February 2026 to once again challenge mainstream market thinking with a full day of dynamic panels and fireside chats. Hosted in partnership with Grant Williams and Stephanie Pomboy, the Kopernik team and a lineup of special guests delivered candid conversations, contrarian ideas, and thought‑provoking insights.
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Co-CIO Dave Iben joined Schroders’ Value Perspective podcast to discuss Kopernik’s independent, on-the-ground research approach and how it uncovers value far from market indices.
CIO Dave Iben joins Steve Clapham to discuss his path into value investing, Kopernik’s philosophy, and how today’s market inefficiencies are shaping new opportunities.
CIO Dave Iben talks about Kopernik’s investment strategy with Wealthion’s Trey Reik, highlighting value opportunities ranging from emerging markets, precious metals, to overlooked conglomerates.
CIO Dave Iben joined Adam Taggart’s Thoughtful Money podcast to discuss 2025 market opportunities, Kopernik’s value investing approach, and why market inefficiencies can benefit active managers.
Optionality provides the flexibility to seize opportunities and mitigate risks, often undervalued by the market, leading to mispriced high-potential companies. In this webinar, CIO Dave Iben and Deputy CIO Alissa Corcoran discuss how active investors can leverage optionality for value.
CIO Dave Iben joined The Clockwork CIO podcast to discuss his leadership style, his thoughts on risk, and the mentors who shaped his success in the investment industry.
CIO Dave Iben spoke on Wealthion's investing series about the current inflationary concerns and how inflation impacts assets differently. Tune in to uncover his perspectives on gold, uranium, and lithium, and gain valuable insights into the risks and opportunities in mining stocks.
The last decade has been fulfilling—not because it has been kind to value investors—but because we’ve gained strength and wisdom, experienced fascinating times, and found ourselves in a place where we believe the portfolios we manage are well-positioned to add significant value over the next decade.
Deputy CIO Alissa Corcoran sat down with Steve Barton, host of the In it to Win it podcast, to discuss value investing, inflation, emerging markets abroad and analyze the trends in commodities such as gold, platinum, and uranium.
A discussion on managing geopolitical risk in a global portfolio, apropos current events. It is Kopernik’s belief that today’s world almost requires that a considerable part of portfolios be allocated to emerging markets to provide refuge from the perils of significant overvaluations....
Kopernik's President Neda Yarich hosted a discussion on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) with Chief Investment Officer and Lead Portfolio Manager Dave Iben and Director of Research/Analyst Alissa Corcoran.
Kopernik CIO Dave Iben was interviewed by Robert Hunter from Value Invest.
Kopernik CIO Dave Iben was interviewed by Robert Hunter from Value Invest.
Kopernik CIO and Lead Portfolio Manager Dave Iben sat down with Russell Investments to discuss the case for investing beyond the U.S. Originally presented at a Russell Investments event for institutional investors.
Value Investing TV interviews CIO and Lead Portfolio Manager Dave Iben in Munich, Germany, and discuss why is he investing in hydroelectric power stations, uranium & gold.
Investec sits down with CIO and Lead Portfolio Manager Dave Iben to discuss why the best time to buy resources is when people don’t like them.
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The name “Kopernik” was inspired by Mikolaj Kopernik, better known by the Latin spelling, Nicolaus Copernicus, who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe in the early 1500s. We chose our eponym, Copernicus, in large part due to his willingness to trust his own analysis when it was dangerously unpopular with accepted beliefs of his time . What interests us is that he trusted his own observations instead of accepting what “everyone” thought to be true. He faced scorn for his “novel and incomprehensible” theses. Though primarily an astronomer, Kopernik also set forth a version of the “quantity theory of money,” a principal concept in economics to the present day. He also formulated a version of Gresham’s Law, predating Gresham.
As independent thinkers, Kopernik Global Investors honors Mikolaj Kopernik in the contemporary investment world. We believe that accomplished investors who trust their own analysis and instincts can generate significant excess returns as a result of market inefficiencies.
