David Dreman's 15 Favorite Stock Picks

In briefDavid Dreman champions a contrarian investment approach based on interpreting market psychology and using value measures to pick stocks that are out of favour with the market.BackgroundCanadian-born Dreman founded his first investment firm in 1977 and is currently the founder, chairman and chief investment officer of Dreman Value Management LLC. He has written a series of highly acclaimed books and his best selling Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation, was published in 1998.

In briefDavid Dreman champions a contrarian investment approach based on interpreting market psychology and using value measures to pick stocks that are out of favour with the market.BackgroundCanadian-born Dreman founded his first investment firm in 1977 and is currently the founder, chairman and chief investment officer of Dreman Value Management LLC. He has written a series of highly acclaimed books and his best selling Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation, was published in 1998.

By Insider Monkey: Ken Fisher is the author of seven money management books, three of which are New York Times bestsellers. He's been writing the Portfolio Strategy column for Forbes for more than 26 years, and he's the fourth-longest running columnist in Forbes' history. He is currently ranked #252 on the 2010 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He founded private investment firm Fisher Investments in 1979. He is also one of the fund managers we follow closely.

Insider Monkey submits: Last week contrarian investor David Dreman said the following about the stock market: “Growth won’t slow down that much. We can have a market that still continues to be positive through the year. This year will continue to be a happy year.” The stock market is up 1.5% since then.

Insider Monkey submits: Ken Fisher is the author of seven money management books, three of which are New York Times bestsellers. He's been writing the Portfolio Strategy column for Forbes for over 26 years, and he's the fourth-longest running columnist in Forbes' history. He's currently ranked #252 on the 2010 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He founded private investment firm Fisher Investments in 1979. As of Sept. 30, 2010, funds there were valued at more than $31 Billion.

By Insider Monkey: By: Jake Mann

By Insider Monkey: David Dreman, founder and chairman of Dreman Value Management, shares his opinions about investments with the public; that’s why we like him. He has published many scholarly articles and he has written four books, most of which discussed contrarian investment strategies. Dreman also writes a column for Forbes Magazine and is the co-editor of Journal of Psychology and Financial Markets.

By Insider Monkey: Ken Fisher is the author of seven money management books, three of which are New York Times bestsellers. He's been writing the Portfolio Strategy column for Forbes for more than 26 years, and he's the fourth-longest running columnist in Forbes' history. He is currently ranked #252 on the 2010 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He founded private investment firm Fisher Investments in 1979. He is also one of the fund managers we follow closely.