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contrarian

[kuhn-trair-ee-uhn] / kənˈtrɛər i ən /
NOUN
one who takes an opposing view
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Then they become bargain hunters, natural contrarians, fans of the long view and largely disciplinarians when it comes to how much a business is actually worth.

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“A contrarian stance: Costco risk skews heavily to the downside,” he said.

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I have always been contrarian about Hurston, herself a great contrarian and genius crank.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, asked exactly that in a post on X, where he pointed out that Time’s Person of the Year has “a long history of being an excellent contrarian indicator.”

From MarketWatch

He found that covers of The Economist were particularly powerful contrarian indicators.

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