Name: SlateStone’s Erin Gibbs flags a market regime shift toward earnings in 2026
Uploaded: 2026-01-06T12:48:36+00:00
Duration: 231 s

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Erin Gibbs — Chief Equity Strategist, SlateStone Wealth

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Erin Gibbs, Chief Equity Strategist at SlateStone Wealth, argues that the equity market is undergoing a regime shift from growth-at-any-price toward quality earnings and reasonable valuations. She favors quality mid-caps in particular, says the AI trade is still intact but leadership is rotating to profitable, self-funded companies, and highlights ATI as an aerospace and defense supplier with improving margins and expected revenue growth in 2026.

Erin Gibbs of SlateStone Wealth calls the current market environment a regime shift in equities.
She expects investors to focus more on quality earnings and reasonable valuations in 2026.
She prefers quality mid-caps and small-caps, especially mid-caps for their return potential.
She says the AI trade is not over but leadership should rotate to profitable, capex-disciplined companies.
She highlights ATI as an aerospace and defense materials supplier with cost-cutting gains and 2026 revenue upside.
The discussion also touches on geopolitics, the Fed, and jobs as background market drivers.

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Erin Gibbs Chief Equity Strategist, SlateStone Wealth 0:55

Equity regime shifts to quality earnings

Gibbs says the equity market is in a regime shift away from growth-at-any-price toward quality earnings and reasonable valuations. She wants investors to focus on companies that can actually deliver earnings rather than just growth narratives.

Erin Gibbs Chief Equity Strategist, SlateStone Wealth 1:23

Mid-caps offer biggest bang for buck

Within that quality focus, Gibbs is looking at quality mid- and small-caps, especially mid-caps, and argues mid-caps offer the absolute biggest bang for the buck going into 2026.

Erin Gibbs Chief Equity Strategist, SlateStone Wealth 1:54

AI trade shifts to profitable names

Gibbs says the AI trade is still alive but leadership is rotating away from the prior winners to companies that are actually developing AI, are profitable, and are disciplined on capex. She prefers companies that can fund their investment spending from internal cash flow rather than needing debt markets.

Erin Gibbs Chief Equity Strategist, SlateStone Wealth 2:27

ATI: aerospace defense supplier with margin gains

ATI is no longer just an old steel company; it supplies industry-specific materials for aerospace and defense, is a key supplier to Lockheed Martin and other defense companies, and acts as an engine room for aerospace and defense. Cost cutting has already improved margins and profits even before revenue growth, and she expects revenues to boost/boom in 2026 along with increased profits.

This CNBC video, published January 06, 2026, features Erin Gibbs discussing QUAL, XMHQ, Quality Small Caps, AI-SECTOR, ATI. 4 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Erin Gibbs · Tickers: QUAL, XMHQ, Quality Small Caps, AI-SECTOR, ATI

SlateStone’s Erin Gibbs flags a market regime shift toward earnings in 2026

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