Morgan Stanley CIO Mike Wilson believes that two market sectors are poised to move higher as savvy investors lock in gains from high-flying semiconductor names.
The News
In a new Bloomberg interview, Wilson says the earnings growth story is alive and well and sees signs the market is ready to move to the next set of winners, as oil reprices to the downside.
“Earnings come through as expected, but that can drive the stock market higher, and you get rotations to the areas where that earnings growth is underappreciated. And we think that [Wednesday’s] action is some evidence that maybe we’re going to have that next rotation. We’ve already had several rotations this year, and we think that the next rotation is in… regional banks or consumer goods, which are asymmetrically, positively inspired by oil prices coming down.”
Wilson reminds investors that the market has been rotating from one commodity play to the next. With the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, he believes that pro-cyclical areas are now poised to benefit.
“The Fed started printing money again, the RRP (reverse repurchase agreements). That went into gold and silver stocks, then it went into metals and rare earths, then it went into energy stocks, and ended up in semiconductors.
What do all those have in common? They’re all commodities.
So we’ve had a commodity rally basically bouncing around, and we think now we’re going to get that broadening-out story that was going on in January and February, and it was halted by the war in Iran and the oil price spike and the repricing of the Fed. That now is subsiding, and so we can rotate back to some of these areas, pro-cyclical areas where the earnings are quite good, but they’re underappreciated by the market.”
What It Means for Investors
Wilson has been right on the money with his market predictions as of late, after nailing the S&P 500 bottom on March 30th. He also predicted that stocks would trade lower if oil prices remained elevated, but with Brent Crude Oil (BRENT) trading 33% below its 2026 high, the final market overhang appears to have dissipated.
The Morgan Stanley CIO notes that regional banks and consumer goods are the two sectors underappreciated by the market.
The State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) is one of the largest exchange-traded funds holding regional banks, and it is witnessing a massive reversal in flows this year. In 2025, KRE printed over -$1.310 billion in net flows, but in the first six months of 2026, net flows are positive at $156.9 million.
Despite hovering in positive territory this year, KRE still massively lags the flows recorded in the energy and semiconductor sectors.
Meanwhile, State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) recorded -$1.257 billion in net flows last year, and the figure deteriorated in 2026 to -$1.805 billion.
Investor Takeaway
Wilson appears to be accurate when he said many investors have taken their eyes off regional banks and consumer goods. If he is correct that another market rotation is underway, investors could look into these “underappreciated” sectors to follow the next trend.
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