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How to (really) be a contrarian investor

Ed Monk

Ed Monk - Fidelity International

This week - why do so many investors want to be contrarians, and why do so many of us fail at it?

What does it take to really stand apart from the crowd - when does it work, when doesn’t it work - and what are the great contrarian plays right now?

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