Contrarian investors have long faced off with momentum investors as many favorite stocks like the FAANGs soared for an extended period with no signs of slowing down. But when momentum investing seemed like the way to win, famous contrarians like Warren Buffett were still finding attractive positions.
At the Ben Graham Centre's 2022 Virtual Value Investing Conference on Wednesday, Edward Blain of Orbis Investments outlined his firm's strategy for contrarian investing and how they put one of Buffett's well-known quotes to good use in picking stocks.