Benjamin Huneke on CNBC's Power Lunch
Speakers
Benjamin Huneke
— Head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Summary
Benjamin Huneke from Morgan Stanley advises staying conservative and liquid amid high volatility and geopolitical uncertainty. He sees an opportunity in the software sector, believing fears are overblown, and discusses oil price risks depending on the duration of any spike.
- Market volatility is extremely high day-to-day.
- Investors should be more conservative and liquid, reducing portfolio duration.
- The software sector selloff is viewed as an opportunity due to overblown fears.
- AI technology impact on software will be differentiated, not uniform.
- Private credit flow disruption may create opportunities for institutional investors.
- Oil price spike of a month likely modest negative impact; $150-200 range would be significant.
- Iran situation creates binary uncertainty for energy prices and growth.
- Infrastructure damage from bombing could create long-term energy supply issues.
Trade Ideas
Software fears overblown, opportunity exists.
Software sector fears are overblown; the AI technology impact will be differentiated and not uniform, so the selloff creates an opportunity, particularly in private credit and private equity related exposures.
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This Morgan Stanley video, published May 27, 2026, features Benjamin Huneke discussing IGV. 1 trade idea extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.
Speakers: Benjamin Huneke · Tickers: IGV