{"podcast":{"title":"Thoughts on the Market","slug":"thoughts-on-the-market-980853","podcast_index_feed_id":980853,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/thoughts-on-the-market","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/thoughts-on-the-market","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/68/53/52/d0/685352d0-9248-46b0-99bc-96589e58c7da/17e395c4e66b1b71c451c38d72389ffaebc7784e20e8c3bea964dc0287434ef3475e93f6527b48a642d0d7a6a23943dcdef6c0b861481aed9ef54002b9f78b4d.jpeg","author":"Morgan Stanley","episode_count":1675,"summary":"Short, thoughtful and regular takes on recent events in the markets from a variety of perspectives and voices within Morgan Stanley.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:17:54.934994+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughts-on-the-market-980853"},"episode":{"title":"More Stocks Join the Bull Market","slug":"more-stocks-join-the-bull-market","published_at":"2026-07-22T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughts-on-the-market-980853/more-stocks-join-the-bull-market","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughts-on-the-market-980853","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/8db86d42-1a7c-432b-b361-22ed17173b54.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/8db86d42-1a7c-432b-b361-22ed17173b54.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Our CIO and Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Mike Wilson explains why market leadership is rotating beyond semiconductors and where investors may find opportunities despite near-term volatility. Read more insights from Morgan Stanley. ----- Transcript -----   Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley’s CIO and Chief U.S. Equity Strategist.  Today on the podcast, I will explain why the recent volatility in markets makes sense.  It's Wednesday, July 22nd at 2 p.m. in New York.  So, let’s get after it.  The broadening trade is back and it’s gaining steam. We established this thesis last week. Importantly, there’s a key reason this broadening trade is likely to continue. One of the more crowded areas of the market—semiconductors—has lost its momentum.  As I’ve also noted before, this is not a call that the AI cycle is over. However, stocks do trade on the rate of change in growth, and expectations often reach a place where they can no longer surprise on the upside.  Earnings revisions tend to get too stretched, and capital starts looking for the next place where fundamentals are improving but positioning is still light. This is no different than what happened to other leadership groups earlier this year in areas like precious metals and energy stocks.  Remember, I first made the call for market broadening in our November outlook. My view is that the economy had moved into a new expansion after the rolling recession ended in April 2025. Markets were starting to catch on before the Iran conflict interrupted that trend. Investors piled back into the AI trade—especially semis—as oil prices jumped and Fed expectations shifted more hawkish.  Back in June, I noted that those earnings revisions were likely nearing t…","meta_description":"Our CIO and Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Mike Wilson explains why market leadership is rotating beyond semiconductors and where investors may find opportu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":257,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thoughts-on-the-market-980853/episodes/more-stocks-join-the-bull-market/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughts-on-the-market-980853/more-stocks-join-the-bull-market.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}