Benj Gallander.The Globe and Mail
For this week's investing live chat at Inside the Market, we were joined by Benj Gallander, the well-known Canadian contrarian stock investor and co-creator of the Contra the Heard Investment Letter.
We're now featuring Benj's columns -- previously only available at Globe Investor Gold -- at Inside the Market. In this live chat, we found out some of his top picks for investors right now and we welcome your questions on his views on stocks and the markets.
Mr. Gallander looks for bargains by carefully examining stocks other people are keen to sell. He generally sticks to firms that have been around for more than 10 years and have seen their shares fall by more than 33 per cent over the past 12 months.
This strategy has paid off: Over the past 15 years, the Contra the Heard portfolio generated average returns of 18 per cent annually. It has fared even better over the past five years, with average gains of 33.5 per cent a year. (Read a recent profile we did on him here.)
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Darcy Keith