Contrarian investing

Contrarian Investing
Following a strategy of consistently going against the current views of the market is called contrarian investing.

Contrarian Investing
As mentioned in the beginning of this article, the price momentum model tells investors they should buy past winners and sell past losers.

contrarian investing: Buying securities when others are pessimistic and then selling them when others are optimistic.
covering: Buying a security previously sold short.
current return: See yield.

Contrarian investing
Ignoring market trends by buying securities that the investor considers undervalued and out of favor with other investors.
Contributed capital
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Main article: Contrarian investing
Contrarian investing is a market timing strategy used in all trading time-frames.

Contrarian investing strategy attempts to profit by investing in a manner that differs from the conventional wisdom, when the consensus opinion appears to be wrong.

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The principles of Contrarian Investing hold that when the vast majority of people agree on anything, they are generally wrong. Otherwise no market would function because there is simply no minority with money enough to make a majority rich.

-- It is funny how this website espouses contrarian investing, yet is still inside the box with corrupt Wall Street financiers.

It is this market psychology that forms the basis of contrarian investing-selling when the masses are buying and buying when they are selling.

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Contrarian investing shares many qualities with value investing. The difference is, contrarian stocks aren't just cheap, they are also actively disliked by investors. That can make them risky but potentially lucrative investments.

See also: Contrarian, Vesting, Investing, Market, Share