Luiz Alves Paes de Barros has made a killing by “wagering on stocks almost no one else seemed to want,” says a recent Bloomberg article. The sixty-nine-year-old is known as…
Tag: Contrarian
Dreman: Don't Let The Fed Keep You Down
Contrarian guru David Dreman says the Federal Reserve has been playing a dangerous, unsuccessful game by keeping interest rates so low for so long. But he says there are ways…
The Case For Contrarian Investing
Going against the crowd can be incredibly hard. But as Michael Brush notes in a recent Brush Up On Stocks piece, it can also be incredibly rewarding. (more…)
Yes, Even In This Market You Can Find Contrarian Picks
Many of history’s greatest investors have had a contrarian streak, and in a recent column Validea CEO John Reese took a look at how and why go-against-the-crowd gurus like Steven…
Hulbert: Fear Is Encouraging
In his latest column for MarketWatch, newsletter-watcher Mark Hulbert of Hulbert Financial Digest makes an interesting observation about fear and contrarian investing, one that echoes the findings of one of…
Dreman: Yes, It's a Depression -- So Buy
One of the investing world’s pre-eminent contrarians, David Dreman, writes in Forbes that the U.S. is indeed in a depression — not a recession — but says it’s also a…
The Dreman Strategy: How to Turn Others' Fears into Your Profits
In my new investing book, The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies, I outlined the investment approaches of ten highly successful long-term investors. One…