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#259 Alpha Score 74.5

Mike Wilson

Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Stanley
· tracked since Feb 2026
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Alpha Score 74.5
Calls
21
Win Rate
66.7%
return
+2.2%
Calls 21 25 Posts tracked · 0.2/day
Calls
7d 0
30d 4
90d 11
Best Calls
XLK Long +24.4%
IWM Long +11.3%
JETS Long +11.2%
Worst Calls
SILVER Long -13.1%
GOLD Long -10.9%
BOTZ Long -10.4%
Most Mentioned
SPY ×17
XLY ×11
KRE ×7
Recent Calls
XBI Long 1 week ago
AMZN Long 1 week ago
SKYY Long 1 week ago
Win Rate 67% Long 19 Short 2
Win Rate
7d 71%
30d 35%
90d 40%
Average Return +2.2% Long Return +2.7% Short Return -2.5%
Average Return
7d +0.9%
30d -2.2%
90d +2.1%
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Long
Feb 18
$203.57
+4.8%
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Equity Indexes
Long
Feb 18
$117.02
-1.4%
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Thematic ETFs
Long
Jun 10
$71.81
+6.9%
Rotate into consumer, transport, regional banks.
As the semiconductor trade unwinds, leadership rotates to consumer stocks, transportation stocks, and regional banks, which held up on a down tape and represent the next area of opportunity.
Thematic ETFs
Long
Jun 10
$83.79
+6.5%
Rotate into consumer, transport, regional banks.
As the semiconductor trade unwinds, leadership rotates to consumer stocks, transportation stocks, and regional banks, which held up on a down tape and represent the next area of opportunity.
Thematic ETFs
Long
Feb 18
$52.59
+7.2%
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Thematic ETFs
Long
Feb 18
$175.04
+2.4%
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Thematic ETFs
Long
Jul 06
$160.79
-4.1%
Broadening trade reignites, shift to hyperscalers, biotech.
The broadening trade is reigniting as oil prices have declined and Fed rate hike fears have eased, leading to lower long-term rates. This environment supports a rotation away from concentrated semiconductor positions into other areas: hyperscalers (large-cap AI-driven tech), biotech, and consumer discretionary sectors. The market adjustment to a new Fed regime is creating wider dispersion but ultimately lower volatility, favoring a broader equity rally beyond just a few mega-cap names.
Thematic ETFs
Short
Jun 17
$115.70
-8.5%
Oil supply resilient, prices peaked.
The oil selloff is unwarranted and the market is overly optimistic about the Iran deal. Inventories are at multi-year lows, and once Asia returns to normal buying in the summer demand season, the supply deficit will reappear. Prices will retrace upward.
Commodities
Short
Jun 10
$575.66
+3.5%
Semiconductor revision breadth rolling over near-term.
Semiconductor earnings revision breadth has reached an unsustainably high 70%, a level seen only a few times in 25 years; it has started to roll over and the leveraged trade is unwinding, signaling a near-term correction and shift to new leadership.
Thematic ETFs
Long
Apr 24
$83.48
+2.0%
Beaten-down sectors benefiting from broadening
Consumer goods, industrial stocks, and financials were pummeled when oil prices rose, but with earnings broadening, these areas are attractive. Morgan Stanley doubled down on them three weeks ago.
Thematic ETFs
Long
Mar 20
$413.38
-10.9%
Speaker advocates for a portfolio shift from traditional 60/40 to a 60/20/20 model, with the 20% alternatives allocation including gold as a defensive asset. In a fiscal-dominant, inflationary regime, gold protects against currency debasement and serves as a hedge when the defensive function of long-duration bonds is compromised. Long gold as a strategic, non-yielding asset for portfolio diversification and inflation hedging. A return to a Volcker-like Fed prioritizing inflation fighting above all else, driving real rates sharply higher.
Speaker advocates for a portfolio shift from traditional 60/40 to a 60/20/20 model, with the 20% alternatives allocation including gold as a defensive asset. In a fiscal-dominant, inflationary regime, gold protects against currency debasement and serves as a hedge when the defensive function of long-duration bonds is compromised. Long gold as a strategic, non-yielding asset for portfolio diversification and inflation hedging. A return to a Volcker-like Fed prioritizing inflation fighting above all else, driving real rates sharply higher.
Commodities
Long
Feb 18
$263.99
+11.3%
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Wilson states the US is in a "new earnings and economic cycle" following the end of a rolling recession. Crucially, the median stock is now seeing double-digit earnings growth year-over-year, a shift from when growth was concentrated solely in Big Tech. When earnings growth broadens beyond the "Mag 7," valuation spreads typically narrow. This favors the "Average Stock" (Equal Weight S&P 500) and cyclical sectors (Financials, Industrials) over the heavy-weight tech plays that have dominated recent years. LONG the "Broadening Trade" via Equal Weight ETFs and cyclical sectors. A deterioration in earnings revisions or an exogenous shock (e.g., aggressive Fed hiking).
Equity Indexes
Long
Jul 06
$68.31
+2.7%
Banks to gain from accelerated lending.
US banks (money center, capital markets, and eventually regionals) will perform well into year-end as the Treasury and Fed strategy shifts toward traditional lending, accelerating loan growth. Near-term, regionals may pause, but the sector benefits from the broadening economy.
Thematic ETFs
Long
Jun 10
$58.25
-13.1%
Shift from bonds to inflation-hedging assets
The biggest risk going forward is inflation, and bonds do not protect against inflation. Investors are therefore shifting from traditional 60/40 portfolios to overweight equities, gold, silver, and other real assets that provide inflation protection. This is a tectonic shift.
Commodities
Long
Jul 06
$245.33
+0.6%
Broadening trade reignites, shift to hyperscalers, biotech.
The broadening trade is reigniting as oil prices have declined and Fed rate hike fears have eased, leading to lower long-term rates. This environment supports a rotation away from concentrated semiconductor positions into other areas: hyperscalers (large-cap AI-driven tech), biotech, and consumer discretionary sectors. The market adjustment to a new Fed regime is creating wider dispersion but ultimately lower volatility, favoring a broader equity rally beyond just a few mega-cap names.
Hyperscalers
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Mike Wilson has 21 trade ideas tracked on Buzzberg across 21 tickers since February 2026. Win rate 67% across 21 evaluated calls, average return +2.2%. Ranked #259 on the Buzzberg Alpha leaderboard. Most covered: SPY, XLY, KRE.