Key Takeaways
Morgan Stanley updated its Asia thematic focus list, adding four stocks including Wiwynn Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to capture a surge in AI-related capital spending.
"Asia, with its upstream advantages, is well positioned to capture benefits from the global surge in AI capital expenditure," the bank said in a report.
The bank added server maker Wiwynn, industrial giants Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and FANUC Corp., and Thai utility Gulf Development PCL. It removed Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd., Japanese IT firm Fujitsu Ltd., Singapore's Grab Holdings Ltd., and Australia's Goodman Group.
The move comes as Morgan Stanley also reports decade-high weekly buying from hedge funds in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, signaling broad investor interest in the region's tech and industrial sectors. The bank said it maintains an "Overweight" stance on the commodities and industrials sectors, which it sees benefiting from a broader capital spending supercycle.
The updated thematic list reinforces the bank's view that the build-out of AI infrastructure is a key investment theme. Other companies remaining on the list include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Samsung Electronics Co., and Tencent Holdings Ltd.
The revision highlights a strategic pivot towards companies enabling the AI build-out, particularly in hardware and industrial automation. Investors will watch first-quarter earnings from the newly added industrial and tech names for signs of accelerating AI-driven orders.
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