Investor Essentials Daily

Coming out of the pandemic, companies across the U.S. have been roaring back to a reopening economy, and investors are buying into the new world order...

We often write articles about the top investors in their respective fields–from value and growth investors all the way to quant funds and high-frequency traders...

While the major semiconductor chip shortage has created butterfly effects across numerous other industries, this one company views the situation as a major opportunity...

As oil prices begin to rocket back, there is an opportunity for this company to recover, after years of little demand...

Today’s company has done well in the market over the last few days, thanks to it passing a major milestone for the social media industry...

After an investigation, it looks like America has failed to make the infrastructure grade...

Innovation, from technological advances to brand new corporate structures, is the driving force transforming the U.S. in the next wave of industrial automation....

With the collapse in value of many cryptocurrencies due to Elon Musk’s tweets, there has been a significant opportunity for clean energy companies to save the day...

Smart investors always have an ear to the ground to be aware of current events, to protect a portfolio from risk, or lean into a potentially evolving trend....

With new leadership presenting robust business strategies, investors may suspect nothing could go wrong for this company, especially as the name is already trading so cheaply...

Value investing has not been in vogue for some time, and this fund has benefited by deprioritizing value in its investment process...

Every year, we teach a course on how to look at the best companies in the world, and we teach another on how to value stocks from the perspective of the best investors...

With people spending more time and money at home, consumer staples companies have seen sustained demand, and they are projected to continue on this trend...

The spotlight of the Internet of Things (IoT) is on the tech giants like Amazon and Google that are creating consumer-facing products and software...

After the stock rally in the second half of 2020, markets have begun to cool throughout 2021…even though the first quarter of 2021 has been one of the best earnings seasons for management teams on record...

As our society becomes more cognizant of the impact we have upon the planet, the interest in and demand for ESG (environmental, social, and governance) themed funds and companies has skyrocketed...

This company has been able to survive the pandemic despite operating in a competitive industry with many macroeconomic tailwinds. But can it now thrive in a post-pandemic world?...

Up until last year, there were no investment grade companies in the independent power industry. Just recently, one company in this industry saw its credit rating upgraded into the investment grade world...

In the height of the pandemic, the market was only fixed on news that could be directly correlated to the lockdown orders or treatment. This meant only one offering from this company was talked about, and the rest forgotten...

At Valens, we often talk about the impact of credit and the credit cycle when discussing the direction in which the economy is going to go...