'Balance sheets make the difference during market recovery'

Romain Boscher of Fidelity expects a sharp divergence in stock market performance during the recovery phase, with financial health as the decisive factor.

‘Earnings expectations continue to deteriorate rapidly, and we are now expecting a decline of at least 20% in the most favourable scenario, with a potential decline of 30-40% in the least favourable assumptions,’ says Boscher, Global CIO Equities at Fidelity International.