By mid-December, the anti-Tebow resistance was worn down to the contrarians and the clueless.
Overall, it seems that fear is increasing, which is always a good sign for contrarians.
As contrarians, it gives us more confidence in the ability of these stocks to continue higher.
Contrarians become interested in a sector, of course, when everyone else is engaged in an orgy of pessimism.
What comprises the type of herd sentiment that contrarians look to go against?
Let me assure you that the most outlying contrarians are also part of the herd, try as they might to deny it.
As contrarians, we believe widespread optimism has bearish implications for the market.
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Contrarians declared that those institutions were part of an imagined global-warming conspiracy.
WSJ: Climate Contrarians Ignore Overwhelming Evidence �� Letters to the Editor
Contrarians have nonetheless painted a misleading picture of climate science as a house of cards teetering on the edge of a hockey stick.
WSJ: Climate Contrarians Ignore Overwhelming Evidence �� Letters to the Editor
This extreme preference for call buying may give some contrarians cause for concern, as it could indicate the presence of an excessive amount of optimism.
Now, if your definition of a recession is the traditional one of two consecutive quarters of negative growth, then those very few contrarians are correct.
Call them incurable optimists, crazy contrarians or blatantly bold bottom fishers.
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I've been one of the climate contrarians' preferred targets for years.
WSJ: Climate Contrarians Ignore Overwhelming Evidence �� Letters to the Editor
Listen to those contrarians who saw the Dow peaking in 1995.
As contrarians, we expect this almost-unprecedented bearishness to have bullish implications.
Daunting, yes, but also a compliment: executives believed "Savages" could survive among the big boys by capturing a spillover audience and contrarians desperate for a grown-up movie.
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Contrarians betting on a rebound took to multiple expiries, buying calls and selling puts in the August contract, as well as initiating bullish spreads in longer-dated contracts.
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Indeed, some contrarians believe that today's corporate-bond spreads say more about the shaky health of the financial markets than they do about the condition of corporate borrowers.
Even contrarians who predicted that a 5, 000 Dow would kill the rally have put away their gloomy predictions and cheered as New York's blue-chip index soars toward 8, 000.
Contrarians, Hulbert reminds us, tend to outperform the flock.
As contrarians, we were put off by the bullish increase in the latest II poll, as well as the fact that the market showed some weakness following the last occurrence in 2008.
After my colleagues and I had our emails stolen and posted online in November 2009, attacks from climate contrarians were subsequently shot down by investigations from two universities, the National Science Foundation, two federal agencies and several media outlets.
WSJ: Climate Contrarians Ignore Overwhelming Evidence �� Letters to the Editor
Therefore, as contrarians, we are open to the fact that the market may be vulnerable to giving back some of its gains in the near term, as we see optimism coming in as the SPY and MDY approach key resistance areas.
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The eBook is another technological fad, which will shine in its time, worry the contrarians and the anxious among us, and may actually survive, but will never fully supplant the tactile experience of either the book or the bookstore that sells them.
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