CONTRARIAN

contrarian

(noun) an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

contrarian (plural contrarians)

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion.

(finance) A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.

Source: Wiktionary



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CURE

(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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