Marty Whitman, the octogenarian dean of deep-value investing, sees great bargains to be snapped up from the current stock market meltdown. "It's a great time," enthused the 83-year-old founder of New York-based Third Avenue Management LLC before speaking yesterday at a conference organized by AIC Ltd.

"These are the top five stocks that have reached their 52-week lows last week were Exxon Mobil Corp, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp, News Corp, EBay Inc, and MetLife Inc."

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