Evolutionary Development of Contrarians; Letter to An Analyst by CSInvesting
What does it mean to be a true contrarian? Steve explains the fundamentals of his investment philosophy and how to apply it to real-world situations. He details how human herding, group following, and projection of the recent past into the indefinite future enabled our ancestors to survive thousands of years ago, while weeding out those who were contrarians. This has caused contrarian behavior to be quite rare in modern times because it goes against our hard-wired emotions. Steve analyzes why the financial markets often act most irrationally during the first hour of each trading week. He also describes the reasons that financial analysts at major corporations are unable to invest in a contrarian fashion even if they know intellectually why they should be doing so.
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