Invest In Yourself

Founded in 2019, we are the only non-profit investment fund on the UNIL-EPFL campus and the largest in the Lausanne region. Our real portfolio is managed by passionate, driven students, providing members with practical investment skills to help them enter the industry.

Portfolio

Our members are organized into seven specialized teams, each focusing on a specific sector. This allows students to gain industry knowledge and invest real money. Teams of analysts, led by an elected portfolio manager, collaborate to analyze markets, select stocks, manage equities, and pitch investment ideas across sectors.

Basic Materials and Energy

Team Basic Materials and Energy is dedicated to identifying and supporting investment opportunities within the commodities sector. This includes a diverse range of commodities such as petroleum, liquid natural gas, minerals, and other natural resources.

Financial Services

Team Financial Services is dedicated to identifying and supporting investment opportunities within the financial sector. This includes a diverse range of industries such as banking, insurance, asset management, and financial technology (fintech).

Industrials

Team Industrials is committed to identifying and supporting investment opportunities within the industries sector. This encompasses a wide range of industries including aircraft manufacturing, shipbuilding, machinery, and related fields.

Digital Assets

Team Digital Assets is focused on identifying and supporting investment opportunities within the digital assets sector, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, decentralized finance (DeFi), and related areas such as NFTs, digital infrastructure, and fintech innovations.

Consumption and General Public Services

Team Consumption and General Public Services is dedicated to identifying and supporting investment opportunities within consumer-oriented industries and public service sectors. This includes a diverse range of areas such as cosmetics, electronics, other essential services.

Healthcare

Team Healthcare is dedicated to identifying and supporting investment opportunities within the healthcare sector. This includes a wide range of industries such as healthcare services, pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufacturers, and related fields.

Technology and Network Equipment

Team Telecom and Network Equipment is dedicated to identifying and supporting investment opportunities within the telecommunications and network equipment sectors, as well as related areas in semiconductors, software programmation, phones, computers, and informatics technologies.

The Investment Society in figures

2019

Since

+2K

Event participants

20K

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Active members

Teams

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get" - Warren Buffet

At our fund, we prioritize long-term value creation through stock price appreciation and dividends. Value investing, a well-known strategy championed by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, involves buying undervalued stocks by analyzing company fundamentals. Their work, including Graham's "The Intelligent Investor," has inspired investors like Warren Buffett. Value investing emphasizes patience, humility, and a focus on long-term gains rather than short-term profits. The core principle is to buy stocks below their intrinsic value, ensuring a margin of safety. Below, we provide key principles and examples to illustrate this approach.