Valens Equity Weekly Insights and Inflections for April 3, 2019

Market Insights
Most Compelling Long Ideas
COF, CRUS, FB, WGO, LRCX 

Most Compelling ECF™ Inflections
JPM, GPK, MA, RPM, WMT

Company Specific Highlights & Insights:

AMCX, AVP, CRM, EL, FIS, FOXF, HRB, HUM, JD, MGM, PANW, SBGI, SHW, SQ, TCMD, TIVO, WYND

Management confidence levels appear to be gaining positive momentum, particularly in the last several months; breaking off their stationary trend for two years. The ratio has consistently remained above 2016-2017 levels, pointing to management teams growing more confident about investing. In particular, this has been signified by a sustained rise in highly confident markers, as opposed to a decline in management concern, pointing to renewed optimism.