A value investment substyle focusing on stocks that have been beset by problems.

1963, from contrary + -ian. To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. And there is no decent or charted way of making a living at it. It is something you are, and not something you do. [Christopher [..]

Someone who acts or invests in the opposite direction to the general market trend. A contrarian investor buys stock when the rest of the market is selling.

An investor who marches to a different drummer is sometimes described as a contrarian. In other words, if most investors are buying large-cap growth stocks, a contrarian is concentrating on building a portfolio of small-cap value stocks. This approach is based, in part, on the idea that if everybody expects something to happen, it probably won& [..]

Contrarian in the daily fantasy world means to go against the grain, trying to be different. This is sometimes useful in bigger tournaments.

A trading or investing style based on sentiment. Contrarians are typically bullish when sentiment is excessively bearish. Contrarians are typically bearish when sentiment is excessively bullish. The P [..]

Definition An investor who behaves in opposition to the prevailing wisdom; for example, buying when others are pessimistic and selling when they're optimistic, or buying out-of-favor stocks. In a [..]

someone who has a propensity to argue with another person or argue in refute of something, no matter what the accurateness of the subject being argued.

Practice of seeing what the majority of market participants are focused on and attempting to look in the complete opposite direction.

an investment style that goes against prevailing market trends.

is an investor that attempts to profit by deviating from conventional wisdom or "the herd." 

(n) an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors

Used to describe the selection of a player(s) who is not popular or heavily owned on a specific night. This is typically reserved for GPPs, in which lesser-owned players can be highly profitable if they are productive. It is a risky strategy, but plays off of the attempt to avoid player overlap that occurs in large tournaments.

An individual who's opinion is the opposite of any generally accepted idea.

An individual whose opinion is the opposite of the majority.

An investor whose style often opposes the prevailing sentiment. Conventional Mortgage Market Residential mortgage loan with a fixed rate and term, secured by real property; does not include FHA or [..]

Going against the grain with a selection, in hopes that the player will not be highly used, thus making the selection more valuable in tournaments where your score needs to beat a large majority of en [..]

similar to value investor. Looks for stocks with prices beaten down out of proportion to fundamentals. 

An investor who purposely goes against the status quo.

having a contrarian viewpoint means that you reject the opinion of the masses. This is where buying into strength, selling into weakness comes from - it is a contrarian way of thinking. Despite market [..]

An attempt to select an unpopular or lightly used player(s). This may be a common strategy in large GPP tournaments.

An investment style that leads one to buy assets that have performed poorly and sell assets that have performed well. There are two possible reasons this strategy might work. The first is a mean-rever [..]

A contrarian is a person who holds a contrary position, especially a position against the majority.