6 Contrarian Picks For Big Profits In 2012

By Osman Gulseven:Last year has been a pretty volatile one for the equities. Driven by the double-dip recession rumors and eurozone concerns, several stocks suffered significant losses. Interestingly, most of these hard-beaten stocks are on the bounce, since January. I think the losers of 2011 are likely to be the winners of 2012. The sector wise performance analysis of the equity markets supports my hypothesis.

By Stock Croc:For anyone seeking a huge winner on the stock market in 2012, (and who isn't?) there are a number of big name, big profit companies available for consideration. These companies typically offer impressive gains in share price, nice dividends and a stability that is very appealing to most investors.

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BOSTON — Some of the biggest hedge funds that helped make Apple Inc a stock market darling lost faith and dumped their stakes in the fourth quarter, fueling the massive drop in the iPhone maker’s share price. Noted stock pickers including Leon Cooperman, Eric Mindich and Thomas Steyer unloaded billions of dollars of Apple shares between September 30 and December 31, according to disclosure documents filed on Thursday.

By Jason Tillberg:We remain in what I have been calling a "golden age of corporate profits." Huge deficits, low savings rates and low wages relative to productivity gains are funneling dollars into the bottom lines all over corporate America.The recent data on Q3 corporate profits shows an ever extending gain in after tax corporate profits as a percent of GDP. (click to enlarge)

eChristian Investing submits:The volatile market of 2010 seems to have taken another bearish turn. After losing nearly 1,300 points in May-June, the Dow Jones index staged an impressive rally in July on the back of strong earnings reports. However, the Dow has sunk nearly 500 points in August as small investors flee stocks.

Vikash-Jain submits: The following is adapted from our letter to our clients of 20 May 2010. Markets have been falling for days, mainly due to the trouble in Europe.We resisted selling our positions until now because the fundamentals – things like earnings, employment, and industrial activity – have all been strong. But we finally decided to sell the following ETFs: US S&P 500 (