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What Michael Zezas is saying
Head of US Public Policy Research, Morgan Stanley
4 dated public stances tracked since 2026-06-19, most recently 2026-06-19. Each line carries the date and the venue it came from; quotation marks mean verbatim. Methodology.
The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Michael Zezas's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Michael Zezas is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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2026-06-19
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Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEFENSE | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-06-19 | |
| Investment Grade Credit | 1 | 1 neutral | 2026-06-19 | |
| JAPANESE EQUITIES | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-06-19 | |
| S | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-06-19 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2026-06-19
DEFENSE
bullish
The Compound · video
Europe is re-industrializing for defense and supply-chain autonomy while also being a 'sneaky AI beneficiary' given productivity gains available from its heavy-asset corporate base, creating a multi-year earnings tailwind
“Europe being kind of a sneaky AI beneficiary because of how asset heavy those businesses are and how there could be some good productivity gains there”
The World You Knew Is Never Coming Back | TCAF 247
2026-06-19
S
bullish
The Compound · video
AI productivity gains are beginning to show up in broader corporate earnings (EBITDA expansion 2x faster for AI adopters), and Morgan Stanley expects this diffusion to drive earnings growth outside the Mag7, justifying a broadening trade
“pretty consistent on broadening out of equities in the US...that's the way we think it's going to happen”
The World You Knew Is Never Coming Back | TCAF 247
2026-06-19
Investment Grade Credit
neutral
The Compound · video
A secular growth environment driven by AI capex and reindustrialization keeps bonds in a coupon-clipping, diversifier role rather than a return-generating one, making equities the preferred asset class for the next few years
“bonds are going to serve more as a diversifier, coupon-like returns”
The World You Knew Is Never Coming Back | TCAF 247
2026-06-19
JAPANESE EQUITIES
bullish
The Compound · video
Corporate governance reform, nascent healthy inflation, and a ~$7 trillion household deposit base that has had little reason to rotate into equities until now create a durable re-rating opportunity
“50% is invested in deposits. I think the number is about like $7 trillion so um... the short answer is yes”
The World You Knew Is Never Coming Back | TCAF 247
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