Avoid The Herd With These Contrarian Investments

Contrarian investing is the easiest investment strategy in hindsight, but the hardest one to execute in foresight. After all, you and I are hardwired – through a centre in our brains known as the limbic system – to run with the crowd. Evolution has driven herding characteristics deep into our survival mechanisms. Following the crowd isn’t such a bad thing when it comes to survival of a species. Herds of animals increase survival odds against carnivores by running together....