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Contrarian investing

Buying what the market has given up on and staying careful where agreement is unanimous: a bet that sentiment has run further than the facts.

How to read the number

What separates it from simply buying whatever has fallen is a testable reason: it must be visible what the market has failed to account for, not merely that the price is lower than before.

When the metric lies

Also known as: going against consensus

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