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A boutique consulting firm that guides financial institutions ranging from global hedge funds to family offices.
Founded by Puneet Rastogi, Doctor of Optometry, The Practical Contrarian’s mission is to empower financial institutions by delivering customized investment solutions and proprietary technical analysis to your firm’s portfolio, and ongoing guidance based on our evaluation of the markets. Our team is here to provide a unique perspective to ultimately help you win in the end.
Trained by a Wall Street legend, Puneet Rastogi is a renowned investor and financier, recognized for his strategic insights in the financial sector. With a career spanning over two decades, he has made significant contributions to both Wall Street and international markets, earning accolades for his innovative investment approaches.
Beyond his financial expertise, Puneet is also a committed philanthropist, actively supporting various educational and environmental causes globally.
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Using Data/Science to Make Investment Decisions: How the Best Firms Performed
The greatest investors of our time including Jim Simons, Ray Dalio, Ken Griffin, Warren Buffet and others all share one common denominator: They follow their proprietary rule-based investment methodologies related to minimum standards, first principles of market...
I Sold My Startup Company, Had a Big Exit: What’s Next and How to Invest?
We are living in an interesting time where most startups don’t succeed though those that do, especially in the tech industry, produce big returns for the Founders – many of which aren’t used to having $1M in their pocket let alone $100M out of nowhere once an...
The Impact/Benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Financial Industry: Our Insights
Even though AI is still a shiny object to many that may seem magical and Hollywood-esque, it has now become reality and is no longer a thing in movies. And because of that, financial institutions of all kinds ranging from hedge funds to family offices need to start thinking about AI today and perform a classic SWOT analysis to understand how such a trend is going to impact you and your clients over the next month, year, 5 years, etc.


