Prajna Capital - An Investment Guide

IT IS a blend of value investing with aspects of behavioural finance . It tends to be bearish when the market is bullish and vice-versa. Welcome to the world of contrarians — who believe in going against the wind. Although it is never easy, remember what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger . The-60 year-old (a contrarian investor) is a firm believer that to be successful, you should invest in out of flavour stocks or sectors that are not of prime interest to most investing community. Rather than investing in then popular sector stocks such as realty, banking and others invested a large chunk of money in sugar stocks in January, when the market was at its peak. His intellectual independence with a healthy dash of agnosticism about consensus views reaped dividends. Unlike the other sector stocks, which are bleeding right now, His decision to invest in sugar, stock saw his portfolio’s worth increasing by almost 30-40%. Here’s an insight into the contrarian world of investing, what...