The Triumph Of Contrarian Investing

Download or read book The Triumph of Contrarian Investing written by Ned Davis and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-11-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrarian investing--what it is, how it works, and why millions of successful investors see it as the only logical choice "(Davis is) one of the most widely respected technical market analysts operating today." --Louis Rukeyser Contrarians say that, when it comes to investing, the crowd is wrong more often than it is right--and prove it with their 200-year history of success! The Triumph of Contrarian Investing is a fascinating, in depth examination of the impact of crowd psychology on markets, how the crowd is often predictably incorrect, and how investors can use long-proven contrarian investing strategies to uncover tremendous buying and selling opportunities. Ned Davis, one of today's biggest names in investing, reveals: How to ignore the temptation to "join the crowd" and uncover tremendous opportunities Consistent signs that a stock's price has been driven too high or too low Strategies for protecting contrarian portfolios when--as sometimes happens--the crowd is right