Contrarian Group

Mixed views from experts on market's near future ; Very few entirely upbeat on chances of repairing all damage of last year
International Herald Tribune; 12/21/2009; 885 words; ...research director of the Leuthold Group in Minneapolis, for example...reason for optimism, in the contrarian view of Laszlo Birinyi Jr...vice chairman of Blackstone Group, has also been bullish for...Mr. Ramsey at the Leuthold Group. Investors would do well if...

B. Riley & Co. Agrees to Become Designated Advisor for Disclosure (DAD) for Synergy Brands in Fiscal Year 2010.
Business Wire; 12/17/2009; 892 words; ...Synergy Brands is also, through a wholly owned subsidiary, PHS Group Inc. ("PHS"), a wholesale distributor of nationally known...a reputation for providing proprietary, unbiased and often contrarian Equity and High Yield research coverage of companies that are...

Banking shares 'key contrarian trade for next year'
The Herald; 12/17/2009; 589 words; ...BANKING shares have been tipped as a key contrarian trade for 2010 by Bank of America Merrill...weeks by the likes of Lloyds Banking Group (owner of Bank of Scotland), Bank...said: "It looks like being quite a big contrarian trade going into next year." Baker...

FUND SALES: Investors shun Europe despite returns.
Fund Strategy; 12/14/2009; 740 words; ...same period the average fund in the IMA UK All Companies peer group has returned 15.08%, while the average fund in the IMA...of yield and valuations continental Europe is an interesting contrarian story." Indeed, according to Morningstar, since March 30...

ANALYSIS: Reassuring 'spectre' at fidelity feast.
Fund Strategy; 12/14/2009; 1314 words; ...Companies sector, up 31.1% compared with 30.1% for the peer group. If investors had switched to Tom Dobell's M&G Recovery...high-risk growth fund. He describes it as "a higher-risk contrarian value fund, and it's a fund in which you can find a lot...