Peter Sainsbury – Use a Journal to Stay Self-aware When Making a Contrarian Investment

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersainsbury/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Peter Sainsbury</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is an investor in resource stocks and is also a commodity futures trader. In an attempt to help others, he wrote two books aimed at investors -</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/Commodities-Things-You-Need-Know-ebook/dp/B077C6Z9Y9/ref=pd_sim_351_1/259-7660220-9786018?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B077C6Z9Y9&pd_rd_r=e98f4a9b-e7c3-47fb-b892-5c4dcbd0f996&pd_rd_w=3HDEK&pd_rd_wg=Xd0qZ&pf_rd_p=6a30fab2-6ed5-4400-920a-f4b0f59e4ff9&pf_rd_r=6BR5ZZFYF4Y2H52PPY96&psc=1&refRID=6BR5ZZFYF4Y2H52PPY96" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Commodities: 50 Things You Really Need To Know</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crude-Forecasts-Predictions-Pundits-Commodity-ebook/dp/B077BZXG8R/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Crude+Forecasts%3A+Predictions%2C+Pundits+%26+Profits+In+The+Commodity+Casino&qid=1576662889&s=books&sr=1-1-catcorr" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Crude Forecasts: Predictions, Pundits & Profits In The Commodity Casino</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. At</span> <a href= "https://materials-risk.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Materials Risk</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, he writes about what he observes in the world of markets, economics, and investing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“I thought I was clever, but in many ways, I was making it much more complicated than it than it needed to be.”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Peter Sainsbury</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Making a contrarian investment is exciting</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter always had an interest in gold and af