2013 was not an easy year to launch a new value investment firm. Growth stocks were outperforming value for a sixth year of what would be an unprecedented fourteen-year run. Not coincidentally, the Federal Reserve was five years into its jaw-dropping monetary stimulus, which also lasted a decade and a half.
However, thanks to the steadfast discipline of our team and strong support from our clients, Kopernik successfully took advantage of the volatility and bifurcated pricing and has continued to thrive. Here’s to the next 10 years of independent thinking.
As the firm approaches its 10-year anniversary, CIO Dave Iben reaffirms Kopernik’s unchanging philosophy and process and describes opportunities we are finding as we enter our second decade.
In honor of our 10-year anniversary, Kopernik was profiled in a story by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Our Founder and CIO Dave Iben and President Neda Yarich discussed Kopernik’s success, growth, and why it has always paid to be a contrarian investor.
President Neda Yarich was also profiled by the Tampa Bay Business Journal, where she discussed our firm’s 10-year milestone, her professional trajectory, and why proper ESG integration requires a certain amount of critical thinking.