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Gene Salamon An Opalesque column for global macro investors.
This paper was authored by Gene Salamon, Founder of Three Bridges Capital, an independent investment management firm based in New York City.
In my nearly two decades of investing in Europe I have never seen a more exciting time
to be a fundamentally-driven stock picker. The severe de-rating of Europe over the past
four years has created an unprecedented opportunity for investors. As the apocalyptic
tail risk fears created by macro headlines emanating from the periphery of Europe fade,
investors are finally able to look directly at the region’s underlying companies and
recognize their healthy profitability and depressed valuation. And, after six years of
weak economic and financial data, Europe is finally in recovery mode. Although it will
unlikely be a global growth engine any time soon, a stable to gradually improving
economy adds further momentum to the potential for fundamental stock picking
throughout the region.
How did we get here?
While Greece has been the primary focus of scary European headlines in recent years,
the crisis actually began in Dubai. On the 26th of November 2009, Dubai World, the
investment vehicle for the Emirate, proposed to delay for six months a payment on $26
billion of debt, raising the risk of the largest government default since the Argentine debt
restructuring in 2001. The news spooked markets gl...................... To view our full article Click here
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