Contrarian investing

Contrarian investing is related to value investing in that the contrarian is also looking for mispriced investments and buying those that appear to be undervalued by the market.

Contrarian investing
A contrarian investor ignores market trends and buys neglected and depressed stocks of well-managed companies.

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Contrarian Investing
An investment strategy employed by some money managers, "contrarian" investing involves a strategy of selecting those securities currently "out of favor" with the market as a whole.

contrarian investing: A method of investing to take positions contrary to overall market sentiment.
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Contrarian investing
Main article: Contrarian investing
Contrarian investing is a market timing strategy used in all trading time-frames.

Contrarian investing
Ignoring market trends by buying securities that the investor considers undervalued and out of favor with other investors.
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Contrarian investing is the opposite of momentum investing, doing the opposite of what other investors do. A contrarian would buy on a slump and sell in a boom, and would look to buy out of favour stocks and sell those that have risen sharply.

Momentum investing is essentially the opposite of contrarian investing. A momentum investor focuses on stocks that are rising in price, and avoids stocks that are falling in price or that are perceived to be undervalued.

Doing the Opposite With Contrarian Investing
Did you ever want to go back in time, and just do the opposite of what you actually did? Well then maybe you should become a contrarian investor.
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However, contrarian investing requires considerable experience and a strong tolerance for risk, since it may involve buying the stocks of companies that are in trouble and selling stocks of companies that other investors are favoring.

The logic is that when a pattern of growth has been established, it will continue to gain momentum and the growth will continue. Momentum investing is essentially the opposite of contrarian investing.
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has deviated from its usual level, it should eventually return to that usual level. The second reason has to do with overreaction. Investors might have overreacted to bad news sending the asset price lower than it should be.
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contrarian investing An investing technique that ignores current market trends by buying securities that are considered by the investor to be undervalued and out of favor with other investors. See value stock fund.

See also: Margin account, Cyclical, Market timing, Expense, Technical Analysis