In investments and trading, many stock investors make the mistakes of following the crowds, adopting the herd mentality, buying into hot stocks only to see the stock prices decline after they buy. On the converse, being a contrarian investor, buying those neglected stocks which no one bother to take a look at for the time being, at a good discount will really help, as what I myself have experienced. Being a contrarian investor will also mean for the coming World Cup rounds of sixteen matches, I am investing in those countries which are not the favourites. Think about it, for the first match of the rounds of sixteen, Brazil faces Chile with the odds of Brazil being 1.38 and that for Chile being at a generous 6. If you are a stocks investor like me, you would know that putting your monies at $100 for Brazil will just give ......