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Taiwan Semiconductor is trading at a political discount, which is unlikely to narrow after the election of the China-critical candidate Lai Ching-te.
Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
A few days ahead of Taiwan election... Taiwan: the island that matters - or why Taiwan is important to China, USA and the rest of the world...
Imagine the implications of any blocade or invasion on the semiconductor value chain and the magnificent7... Source: BBC
P/E MSCI World IT vs MSCI World
Tech stocks have unusually large P/E premium Source: Macrobond, TME
A widening gulf in earnings power between Tech and the rest of the S&P 500
Chart below shows how 2024 earnings expectations for the mega-cap tech and the rest of tech and rest of S&P 500 have been evolving throughout 2023. Source: Barclays, The Market Ear
The tech and AI trade is very crowded. The net long positioning on the Nasdaq 100 by asset managers and leveraged funds is at a record high
Source: Haver Analytics, Rosenberg Research
Breaking down the AI semiconductor ecosystem:
While $NVDA gets most of the attention, AI is additive to most of the semiconductor industry. Source: Eric AITechInvesting
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