contrarian
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Hartnett always likes to highlight contrarian trades in his survey, not necessarily as recommendations so much, but simply to point out where sentiment and positioning might be weakest and therefore susceptible to reversal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Often, a low put-call ratio is a sign that investors are overly ebullient and can thus be seen as a contrarian indicator, presaging a market retreat.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Times section is where Weiss first made her name as anti-woke contrarian before she launched the like-minded digital news site the Free Press, which was acquired last year by CBS News parent Paramount.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
As a contrarian to the widely held view that the Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman is some sort of baseball savant, I offer some data that suggests otherwise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Given that there is some rough economic estimate of a stock’s value, regression to the mean can sometimes be used to justify a kind of contrarian strategy.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
