It Pays to be a Contrarian

Written by: Martin Shields

One of the basic tenets of good investing is to be fearful when everyone is greedy and greedy when everyone is fearful. As this recent article from the Wall Street Journal highlights, the general sentiment among stock analyst is fairly pessimistic. This would appear to indicate that the stock market may not perform well in the near future but as the historical data that is reviewed in the articles points out, when investor sentiment is as negative as it is currently, stocks have risen 98% of the time.

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