Ten Top Contrarian Investors In Wall Street History

A contrarian investor is one who believes in profits over popular opinion. Contrarians think that this is a good time to buy, because, a stock falling in price becomes more attractive. By purchasing the stock of companies that are out of favor, the contrarian has an opportunity to realize profit when these companies regain popularity.

Typically, this process involves less initial risk, since purchase prices usually are ...

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Marc Faber: Another Investor Who Will Not “Like” Facebook

Marc Faber, whose famous motto is “Follow the course opposite to custom and you will almost always be right,” told Bloomberg today that he would not be a buyer of the Facebook IPO simply because it is over valued for his liking.

In an interview he mentioned that although he does have a Facebook account, he has someone else who manages it for him ...

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Jim Rogers’ Contrarian View To Eurozone Countries

As Greece negotiates with private creditors restructuring terms of its debts, International Contrarian Investor Jim Rogers doesn’t believeits time to start worrying about a country leaving or being forced out of the Eurozone Countries. No indebted countries like Greece will default on their debts in such a way that they will be forced to leave the eurozone in 2012 although they ...

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Jim Rogers On Facebook and The IPO

Jim Rogers, the outspoken proponent of the free market and CEO/Chairman of Rogers Holdings, said yesterday he wouldn’t be a buyer of the highly anticipated Facebook stock simply because it would be too expensive. Jim Rogers is a widely followed investor and publisher of several books on investing whose insight has proven itself as he and Billionaire investor Continue Reading →

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