All Posts Tagged With: "investing in small caps"

Investing in Small Caps: Why it Pays to be Contrarian

Having a contrarian view of the markets can be wildly profitable.

In the last two years, I’ve:

  • Gone long the dollar when it was in the tank…
  • Shorted oil near its peak…
  • Shorted the big move to Treasuries on the heels of the credit crisis…
  • And, most recently, shorted gold at $918 an ounce.

At the time of recommendation, each trade was extraordinarily unpopular, prompting some folks to flat out question my sanity. And yet, taking the dissenting opinion made money each time (the jury’s still out on the shorting gold trade.)

How’d I…

20Aug2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | Continued
  • Polls

    Where Will The Dow Jones Industrial Average Be At Year's End?

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...
  • Improve the web with Nofollow Reciprocity.