The Morning Filter

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski recap September’s market activity and discuss what types of stocks to invest in—and avoid—heading into October. Tune in to find out which earnings reports to watch for this week and why Morningstar cut its fair value estimate on Micron Technology by $150 after earnings.  They share new Morningstar res...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski weigh the impact that rising yields and lower oil prices had on the stock market last week. They look ahead to this week’s inflation and jobs reports, and cover what to watch for in the earnings reports from triple-digit-club member Micron Technology as well as Nike and McCormick. They share key takeaways...

In this bonus episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-host Dave Sekera sits down with senior analyst William Kerwin to talk about Broadcom. They unpack the company’s three key business buckets—XPUs, networking chips, and software—and break down the company’s relationships with major customers like Alphabet, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta Platforms META. They also discuss the mix shift of AI spendin...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss last week’s market highlights, including the Fed’s interest-rate hike and the 10-year Treasury yield’s push above 5%, and debate how much longer the current bout of market uncertainty may last. They explain why to keep an eye on Costco and Darden Restaurants this week. And they review several forme...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss whether the market is really undervalued and what risks investors need to keep on radar. They preview this week’s Fed meeting and some key earnings, too. Tune in to find out if cybersecurity’s Palo Alto Networks or Zscaler are buys after earnings, what to make of Ciena’s CIEN stock slump, and wheth...

Plus, whether Nvidia, Marvell Technology or Salesforce look attractive after earnings. In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski share what really mattered in the market last week (hint: Nvidia). They give an update on the prospects of cybersecurity stocks after Okta OKTA and CrowdStrike CRWD put up great results and before Zscaler ZS and Palo Alt...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss last week’s market activity and what to make of the surging yield on the 30-year Treasury bond. They cover what to watch for in the earnings reports from Nvidia, Marvell Technology, and Salesforce CRM. Tune in to find out whether Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target or Walmart look like stocks to buy after e...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss August’s market activity and weigh what last week’s encouraging inflation numbers may mean for the Fed’s next move. They cover what to watch for in the earnings reports from Walmart WMT, Target TGT, Home Depot HD, Lowe’s LOW and other retailers this week. Tune in to find out whether Cisco or Applie...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss last week’s market activity and why investors should continue to monitor the Japanese yen. Special guest and Morningstar Europe market strategist Michael Field covers why European equities are lagging US stocks this year, which sectors and stocks in the region look most attractive, and what risks U...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, host Susan Dziubinski covers the key takeaways from last week’s Fed meeting (and hint, there weren’t many). It will probably be another volatile week for SpaceX stock—and earnings aren’t the only reason why. This week we’ll also get earnings reports and forecasts from a few members of the triple digit club, including Advanced Micro Devices AMD, Sa...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss what today’s oil prices may mean for the economy and the market. They explain why this week’s Fed meeting may be a nonevent and how to think about quarterly earnings reports when you’re investing for the long term. They preview upcoming earnings reports for Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Amazon.com and...

In this bonus episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski are joined by Morningstar chief economist Preston Caldwell . They discuss their market and economic outlooks for the remainder of 2026. Tune in to find out what drove first half performance and what second half risks to watch out for. Small cap stocks continue to look attractive from a valuation perspect...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss what last week’s better-than-expected inflation readings may mean for Fed policy this year. They preview earnings for Alphabet, Tesla, and Intel, and explain why to keep an eye out for results from Charles Schwab SCHW and Blackstone BX, too. They unpack results from Taiwan Semiconductor and AMSL, d...

In this bonus episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski talk dividend stock investing. They unpack the performance of dividend stocks during the first half of 2026, including how the performance of dividend stocks stacked up against that of the broad market and which sectors drove the performance.  They also suggest how income investors can screen for dividen...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss which economic reports to watch this week. Earnings season kicks off with the big banks reporting; tune in to find out what to listen for. Both ASML ASML and Taiwan Semiconductor TSM report this week, too, providing investors with an early read into what to expect from semiconductor and AI companie...

n this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss last week’s wild ride for tech stocks and whether further pullbacks are likely. They talk oil prices, inflation, and what the Fed’s next move may be. Tune in to find out which company earnings reports to have on your radar this week and whether Micron is a buy after its blowout earnings report. Adob...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-host Susan Dziubinski previews this week’s PCE numbers and explains why to watch the upcoming earnings reports from Micron Technology, FedEx FDX and Carnival CCL. She sits down with Morningstar senior technology stock analyst Will Kerwin to talk all things Apple, including the strength of the company’s economic moat, its AI strategy, the bigges...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss core stocks. These are the types of stocks that should form the foundation that an equity investor can build upon. They unpack the qualities that core stocks share and whether investors should be willing to pay higher valuations for these high-quality stocks. There’s a better strategy for managing...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski preview the SpaceX IPO with Morningstar analyst Nic Owens . They discuss the company’s economic moat rating, forecasts for revenue and margins, and why SpaceX is worth less than half its IPO target. They also cover what this week’s inflation reports could mean for the Fed meeting later this month and wheth...

In this new episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski cover what’s going on with oil prices, interest rates, and bonds today. They recap the stock market’s winners and losers from May and update the barbell stock portfolio strategy for June. Tune in to find out what to look for in this week’s earnings reports from Palo Alto Networks PANW , CrowdStrike CRWD an...

In this bonus episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-host Dave Sekera and Morningstar senior equity analyst Dan Romanoff take a deep dive into one of Sekera’s top stock picks: Microsoft MSFT . Microsoft isn’t just a software company; it’s a portfolio of businesses, and Sekera and Romanoff discuss the company’s individual segments. They cover why Microsoft remains a wide moat company in the face...

In this episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss why stock investors should learn how to tell the difference between signal and noise when evaluating investments. They review examples of both and cover how, over time, noise can become signal. Tune in to find out what resources investors can use to discern signal from noise, why an SEC-proposed change...

In this episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski recap last week’s market performance considering new developments in the Iran War. They cover why US investors should watch the Japanese yen, if inflation reports could rattle markets this week, and what to listen for in the upcoming earnings reports from Applied Materials AMAT and Cisco CSCO . Tune in to find...

In this episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski cover the latest in the war and the market, the GDP print, and the Fed meeting. They update the stock barbell strategy heading into May. Key earnings releases this week include Advanced Micro Devices AMD and Fortinet FTNT; tune in to find out why.  They reveal which of the big tech stocks—Alphabet GOOGL, Micro...

In this episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss what’s on radar this week after the US stock market hit new highs, including the Fed meeting and inflation numbers. They’ll preview big tech earnings coming out this week from Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft and do a rapid-fire Q&A about what to watch for in the earnings for seve...