When to Consider Going Against the Grain with Your Investments
From Money and Markets
January 17, 2013 - 7:30am
As investors we must constantly force ourselves to do difficult things and take unpopular positions. In fact, this is the very definition of contrary thinking and investing. It’s not an easy discipline to master. After all, it’s easier sticking with the comfortable consensus view. There is “safety in numbers,” so it’s said, which is why [...]
January 17, 2013 - 7:30am
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