The Contrarian Edge
Patrick MartinA Schaeffer's publication. A place for against-the-grain investing ideas, options observations, and general life musings.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 65 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Why You Should Be Excited For Midterm Elections
Happy halloween! No candy power rankings over here. To this sweet tooth, they’re all #1.
But I do have a hot take relevant to our cultural zeitgeist:
I’m more over complaining about nonstop political commercials than the actual politica...
6 Stocks That Could Make Double-Digit Moves Next Week
The earnings deluge will continue until morale improves. Always loved that original phrase and its mysterious etymology.
We’re in the thick of earnings now folks, and there’s no turning back. Morale?
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Picking 6 Stocks from Next Week’s Earnings Closet
My latest YouTube obsession is Criterion Closet. To the uninitiated, Criterion Closet invites an actor, actress, directors, musicians, and various artists into a three-walled archive of physical copies. The closet holds over 1,700 films spa...
An Investor’s Earnings Almanac for Q4 Part 1
Hand up if you know what The Farmers Almanac is. Keep that hand up if you knew there was also an Old Farmer’s Almanac. Two separate periodicals.
*Lowers hand
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How Our Top Stock Picks of 2026 Look Heading Into Q4
It’s the fourth quarter, folks. Barring a catastrophic three months, all three major indexes are heading for wins in 2026. But of our Top Stock Picks of 2026 are on to Cincinnati.
Only four names finished Q3 with gains: Agnico Eagle Mines...
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I’m Patrick Martin, Managing Editor at Schaeffer’s. I cut through noise with contrarian, options-driven insights that spotlight where crowd psychology creates opportunity.
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