SocGen's Edwards: Investors are 'stoned on free money'

Could 'easily prove fatal'

Tom Eckett
clock • 1 min read

Société Générale's bearish strategist Albert Edwards has warned the investment community is "hooked on monetary opioids" provided by central bankers over the past decade.

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