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Notes To David Dreman's Contrarian Investment Strategies by Redfield, Blonsky & Co

December 23, 2005

Quick Notes to book I read many years ago.  "Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Psychological Edge."  The author is David Dreman.

1. Investor psychology is an enormous barrier.  "The success of contrarian investment strategies requires you at times to go against gut reactions, the prevailing beliefs in the market-place, and the experts you respect."
2. "It is hard to stay unaffected by psychological pressures, as I've  too often found in free-falling markets.  No matter how often you have been there or how much you've read, you can't escape the fear.
3. Investors go wrong in a systematic and predictable manner.
4. Return on Equity is one of the most important ratios.  Another...
   

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