contrarian
noun
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Anyone who thinks that most of what the public believes is wrong would be called a contrarian. And contrarian is a basic term in the vocabulary of investing. In fact, most successful investors often behave like contrarians by "buying low and selling high"—that is, buying stocks that are cheap because most investors put a low value on them but that have the possibility of rising, and selling stocks that most investors are valuing highly but that seem likely to decline. The word may be most common as an adjective; so you may express a contrarian opinion, hold a contrarian view, or pursue a contrarian investment strategy.
Examples of contrarian in a Sentence
Lisa Kailai Han,fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
This is an entry point for savvy contrarians, and what’s happening here isn’t unique to GDV.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Handelsblatt blamed his sacking on Wall Street’s penchant to outwardly admire contrarians for their strong convictions while simultaneously cultivating a repressive climate where swimming with the crowd is the safest bet for career advancement.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
Jones, for all her contrarian’s affability, struggles to round out a character who alternates between bitter and pleading, aggressive and exhausted.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 July 2024
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“Contrarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrarian. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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