No recession ahead: Evercore ISI predicts S&P 500 will jump 22% from current levels

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While retail investors head for the exits as stock prices sharply fluctuate, Evercore ISI's Julian Emanuel wants to put money to work.

He calls the market environment very ugly, but he believes the economy will avert a recession — particularly due to healthy credit markets and continued gains.

"The path to higher [stock] prices really is a function of being able to discount the macro news and focus on the fact that you're still going to have mid-to-high, single-digit earnings growth," the firm's senior managing director told CNBC's "Fast Money" on Tuesday.

His S&P 500 year-end target is 4,800, which implies a 22% jump from the Tuesday market close...

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