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What Mike Aikens is saying
Founding Partner, ETF Action
8 dated public stances tracked since 2026-07-06, most recently 2026-07-08. 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 Mike Aikens'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. Mike Aikens is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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2026-07-08
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Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI / DISRUPTIVE TECH ETFS | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-06 | |
| China Equities | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-07-08 | |
| DRAM | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-06 | |
| DTEK | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-08 | |
| ENERGY | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-06 | |
| INDUSTRIALS | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-06 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2026-07-08
China Equities
bearish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
EM ex-China is a catch-up trade as the broader market continues to broaden beyond AI/semis, though investors should seek alternative weighting or active management to avoid overexposure to memory chips after their extreme run
Software and cloud computing names have strong growth scenarios, says ETF Action's Mike Akins
2026-07-08
DTEK
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Thematic mid/small-cap disruptive technology ETF has been left behind in the mega-cap semiconductor rally but carries strong earnings growth estimates, making it a valuation catch-up candidate
“kind of plays a little bit further down market into the mid small cap range and those names have been kind of left behind”
Software and cloud computing names have strong growth scenarios, says ETF Action's Mike Akins
2026-07-08
SOFTWARE AND CLOUD COMPUTING
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
SaaS valuations have compressed from nosebleed levels to in-line or below the broader market while earnings growth estimates remain strong, creating a catch-up setup as companies prove ongoing software demand this earnings season
“software names cloud computing names come down from their nosebleed valuations to be in line or many cases below that of the broader market with still very strong growth scenarios”
Software and cloud computing names have strong growth scenarios, says ETF Action's Mike Akins
2026-07-08
SMALL AND MIDCAP EQUITIES WITH QUALITY/PROFITABILITY SCREEN
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Small and mid caps are catching up on both earnings growth and multiple expansion from deeply depressed valuations, with the broadening continuing even as Mag 7 went flat year-to-date
“multiples that are extremely depressed over the last several years”
Software and cloud computing names have strong growth scenarios, says ETF Action's Mike Akins
2026-07-06
ENERGY
bullish
CNBC Television · video
Broadening of the AI trade downstream into infrastructure and energy continues as the overall market expands beyond pure AI names
“if you look downstream to infrastructure to energy you're seeing that trade play out”
ETF Edge on the roadmap for ETF innovation and recapping the first half of 2026
2026-07-06
INDUSTRIALS
bullish
CNBC Television · video
Market broadening away from mega-cap AI into smaller-cap reshoring themes will drive accelerating inflows to that segment in H2 2026
“those thematic ETFs that are playing down market in terms of size will start getting a lot more attention”
ETF Edge on the roadmap for ETF innovation and recapping the first half of 2026
2026-07-06
AI / DISRUPTIVE TECH ETFS
bullish
CNBC Television · video
AI trade is not played out yet but flows will slow as valuations in the space are elevated, making it a hold rather than a chase
“the AI trade is going to be on everybody's mind for a while and I don't think it's played completely out yet”
ETF Edge on the roadmap for ETF innovation and recapping the first half of 2026
2026-07-06
DRAM
bullish
CNBC Television · video
DRAM ETF solves a real access gap by bundling overseas memory stocks (e.g. SK Hynix) that US retail investors cannot easily buy individually due to brokerage friction
“it's a good trade. It made it possible for a lot of people to get into this”
ETF Edge on the roadmap for ETF innovation and recapping the first half of 2026
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