The Morning Filter
The Morning Filter
Podcast Description
Every Monday, Susan Dziubinski sits down with Morningstar Chief U.S. markets strategist Dave Sekera to discuss one thing that’s on his radar this week, one new piece of Morningstar research, and a few stock picks or pans for the week ahead.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers around key financial themes such as market analysis, stock picks, research highlights, and economic indicators. Episodes often cover timely topics like inflation trends, earnings expectations from major companies like GOOGL and AMZN, and regular stock recommendations, exemplified by segments focused on upcoming earnings and tariff discussions.
Every Monday, Susan Dziubinski sits down with Morningstar chief US market strategist Dave Sekera to discuss one thing that’s on his radar this week, one new piece of Morningstar research, and a few stock picks or pans for the week ahead.
On this episode of The Morning Filter podcast, Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski preview the December inflation numbers coming out this week and cover which other economic reports to watch. They discuss valuations of the big banks reporting in the next few days—including JP Morgan JPM, Bank of America BAC and Citigroup C—and expectations for earnings. President Trump wants to increase the defense budget; tune in to find out what that may mean for popular defense stocks like Lockheed Martin LMT, Northrop Grumman NOC, and others.
Dave shares his stock market outlook for 2026, including whether investors should overweight stocks today or pull back, which parts of the market are undervalued, and what risks could contribute to market volatility this year. They wrap the episode with stock picks to buy in January that Morningstar’s analysts like.
Episode Highlights
00:00 Welcome
05:59 Watching Inflation, Retail Sales, Bank Earnings
15:39 Updates on STZ and Defense Stocks
26:07 2026 Stock Market Outlook
38:32 Stock Picks
Read about topics from this episode.
Register for Dave’s 2026 Outlook Webinar. https://www.morningstar.com/business/insights/webinars/quarterly-economic-outlook
Read Dave’s complete archive. https://www.morningstar.com/people/david-sekera
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Viewers who’d like more information about any of the stocks Dave talked about today can visit Morningstar.com for more details.
Read more from Susan and Dave:
Susan Dziubinski https://www.morningstar.com/people/susan-dziubinski
Dave Sekera https://www.morningstar.com/people/david-sekera
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