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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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What is Efficient Market Hypothesis?
In principle the market functions as a discounting mechanism by pricing in all future information into the current price for securities of various asset classes. The hypothesis suggests this discounting mechanism is fully efficient in terms of price discovery. There...
Why is Bond Investment Inherently Flawed? 3 Principle Reasons
Bondholders or Bond Investors are entitled to receive a fixed interest rate on set dates and fixed payment of principle on a definite date. The flaw primarily lies in the fact that principle and interest payments made over time are made with dollars of diminished value eroded by inflation.
What is Diversified Non-Correlated Asset Allocation?
Diversification involves allocating capital spread across many securities as protection against the risk of being wrong, while also maximizing the potential of being right. Being wrong or the risk of ruin can be severe when we consider a concentrated portfolio of...


