contrarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce contrarian in British English:
UK [kənt'reərɪən]
How to pronounce contrarian in American English:
US [kənt'reərɪrn]
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- Noun:
- an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
Word Origin
- contrarian (n.)
- 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 Hitchens, "Letters to a Young Contrarian," 2001]
Example
- 1. Individual investors also are taking up the contrarian charge .
- 2. So what are the momentum and contrarian bets for 2013 ?
- 3. Such pure objectivity is not only refreshing but also a contrarian buying signal for other brave , long-term investors .
- 4. He is a contrarian investor by reputation after all , although china is hardly an unfashionable choice of focus .
- 5. Since that is very much the approach of america 's new president , the contrarian blogger may soon have to cope with an unsettling new life as part of the new orthodoxy .