John Stepek
Sceptical Investor: How contrarians bet against the market and win - and you can too
Sceptical Investor: How contrarians bet against the market and win - and you can too
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Contrarian investing is a strategy that involves betting against the market. It requires patience, conviction, and mental toughness to endure being wrong for prolonged periods. John Stepek, executive editor of MoneyWeek, offers practical techniques to help investors spot opportunities in common investment situations that others in the market miss.
Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 11 March 2019
Publisher: Harriman House Publishing
Everyone aspires to be a contrarian investor, from the hedge funds that gambled against the US housing market before 2008 to George Soross' billion-dollar wager against the Bank of England in 1992. Some of the most well-known and lucrative transactions in history have been contrarian calls. And with the unstoppable rise of passive investing, in which investors blindly follow the market, the chances for a shrewd investor to profit by betting against the crowd should be greater than ever. Yet, being a contrarian is difficult work. It necessitates patience, the conviction to stick by an unpopular opinion, and the mental fortitude to withstand being incorrect for extended periods.
Standing out from the crowd goes against our innate nature. Which, of course, is why it succeeds. So, how do you go about it? There is no single, mechanical investment strategy that distinguishes an investor as a contrarian. Instead, you must adopt a skeptical mindset: a flexible way of thinking that enables you to step back and recognize when the markets perception of the world is significantly out of sync with reality, and the most effective way to profit when reality eventually reasserts itself.
In The Sceptical Investor, John Stepek, executive editor of MoneyWeek, pulls together the most recent research on behavioral finance and examples from well-known contrarian investors to offer practical techniques to help you identify opportunities in common investment situations, from turnaround plays to bubbles and busts, that others in the market miss. It won't make you popular, and it won't make you famous. But it will make you money.
Weight: 366g
Dimension: 140 x 215 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780857196279
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