Montier Has ‘Never Been More Bullish’ on Stocks

“This is a value investor’s version of heaven,” wrote Montier, SocGen’s global equity strategist. “From a bottom-up perspective, the equity market is offering some excellent companies at truly bargain prices for those with the fortitude to shut their eyes, or at least switch off their screens and buy.”

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Corporate bonds are pricing in the highest default rate since the Great Depression and some senior secured debt is trading for as little as 50 percent what investors would recover in a bankruptcy, Montier wrote. The drop in bonds may amount to “the investment opportunity of a lifetime,” he said.

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