Contrarian picks that promise big profits

Alec Cutler of Orbis Global Balanced Fund finds three stocks ripe with opportunity.

Each week, a professional investor tells us where he'd put his money. This week: Alec Cutler of Orbis GlobalBalanced Fund finds three stocks ripe with opportunity.

Buying cheap stocks and holding onto them for a very long time is a winning investment strategy. While this may sound obvious, investors aren't stupid and cheap stocks are often cheap for a reason.This is the challenge for contrarian investors. In times of extreme negativity, a company might appear uninvestable at any price. Take a closer look, however,and there may be an opportunity investors have missed.

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Alec Cutler joined Orbis Investment in 2004. Based in Bermuda, he leads the multi-asset team, is one of the portfolio managers for the Orbis Global Balanced Strategy, and has overall responsibility for the strategy. He previously worked for ten years at Brandywine Asset Management LLC managing the Relative Value strategy, co-managing the Large Cap Value area and co-managing the firm as a member of the executive committee.

Alec holds a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.