Contrarian investing is hard. It is difficult to go against the crowd. Stocks at 52-week lows are companies the stock market has harshly rejected. The market is saying the business is failing and has little hope of redemption but a contrarian investor says they are mistaken.
While buying such deeply discounted stocks can generate significant wealth when you are proven right, you just can’t be haphazard in your actions. It takes a careful review of the company to ensure it does have the resources and wherewithal to turn its business around.
Still, scanning stocks at 52-week lows is a great place to begin your search for undervalued investments. The following three stocks are at or very near their lowest point in the past year. Let’s see which, if any, are worth buying today.
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