These investors, who comprise a segment of the current database of investment brokers, have one peculiar thing in common: They go for investment options which most other investors are unlikely to go for at any particular point in time. For example, when everyone else believes that now is the right time to unload certain stocks, funds, bonds, etc., from his portfolio, these people will do exactly the opposite. They believe that the prevailing market sentiment will, indeed, actually cause a reversal of trends, and that they, who invest in the opposite direction (hence the term "contrarian") will be the first ones to benefit from the trend reversal. Their names initially came from a pool of investor prospects. They were sent a questionnaire designed to gauge their preferences, and those with contrarian tendencies were identified.