The Ruminator - Neill, Humphrey B. (Caxton Press, 2011)
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Foreword; The "Why" and the "How" of the Contrary Theory; How to Keep from Guessing Wrong; Crowd Psychology, the Missing Link; Folkways: How Folks Act; The Name of the Game; "The Game in Wall Street"; Funds Follow Their Own Crowds; Be Your Own Ruminator; The Art of Successful Speculation; Will Everybody Soon Become a Contrarian?; Investor's Age Gap; Mergeritis; Events Lead the Leaders; The Fairyland of Finance; Opinion-Forming; To Keep from Guessing Wrong; More on the Wall Street Fairyland
Contrary Opinion, the Indirect Approach to StategyThink Contrarily Yourself; Money and the Contrarian; Fundamental Notions of Sociology; We Have to Hunt for the Good News; The Weight of Predictions Often the Cause of Their Downfall; Guidance from the Crowd; The Persuasion of the Crowds; What's the Use of it All?; The Psycho Stock Market; In the Field of Psychology; The "Crowd" in 1970; Pertaining to the Laws of Connective Thought; Why Be a Contrarian?; Now Turn Back 68 Years; Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is; No Time to Give Up; Gregarious Man; Afterword
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressIn 1967, Edward Johnson II, founder of Fidelity Investments, Launed the Fidelity Contrafund in the hope of providing investors with an investment alternative that harnesses the power of the Theory of Contrary Opinion originated by Humphrey B. Neill, author of The Art of Contrary Thinking.Today, the Contrafund has over 60 Bn in assets. "When everybody thinks alike, everyone is likely to be wrong" is the quote that lies at the heart of Neill's investment and political philosophies. In this expanded 2nd edition of The Ruminator the