The World You Knew Is Never Coming Back | TCAF 247 — Key Takeaways
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The World You Knew Is Never Coming Back | TCAF 247
The Compound1h 3mJun 19, 2026
Watch the originalMorgan Stanley's cross-asset research shows AI adopters are expanding EBITDA 2x faster than non-adopters, with $2.9 trillion in global data center CapEx projected through 2028 — and the productivity gains have barely started.
Key takeaways
Multipolar world thesis: regime change in global economics is permanent
Multipolar world thesis: regime change in global economics is permanent
- Morgan Stanley called in 2020 that globalization's best benefits were behind us and geopolitical fragility was rising — that call has held.
- Voter rejection of free trade, multilateralism, and soft power spans both parties; direction of travel on trade barriers is one-way.
Nailing policy doesn't mean nailing markets — 2025 tariff case proves it
Nailing policy doesn't mean nailing markets — 2025 tariff case proves it
- Even if you predicted Liberation Day tariffs correctly in January, you'd have slashed earnings estimates and multiples — both moves would have been wrong.
- AI-driven earnings expansion and multiple expansion overwhelmed the tariff headwind; multi-variable problems require multi-variable frameworks.
Bipartisan policy continuity on trade/industrial policy is the real story
Bipartisan policy continuity on trade/industrial policy is the real story
- Biden never rolled back Trump tariffs — most investors in 2020 assumed he would, and were wrong.
- CHIPS Act passed bipartisan; government took equity stake in Intel — a major departure from laissez-faire norms.
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In this video
- 1mPre-show banter and introductions
- 5mGuest introduction: Michael Zezas and Morgan Stanley background
- 10mFrom muni credit to global macro: career evolution
- 18mThe multipolar world thesis: origins and validation
- 25mTariffs, policy uncertainty, and multi-variable investing
- 35mGeopolitical risk and equity market disconnect
- 42mRe-industrialization in Europe and Japan as investment themes
- 48mAI CapEx cycle: scale, stage, and productivity outlook
- 53mBroadening market rally and AI adoption in earnings
- 58mMidterms, Fed leadership, and lightning round
- 1h 3mClosing and where to find Morgan Stanley research
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