TSMC AI-heavy product mix boosts profit-per-wafer gauge by 42% as capex rises

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co reported a 16.6% boost in second-quarter wafer shipments, but operating income soared 65.4%. The numbers point to AI demand pushing up profit per unit, with operating income per 12-inch-equivalent wafer at around NT$177,000, up 42% from last year. That’s outpacing the firm's efforts to add more capacity.

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Oil up 13% as AI stocks, Fed and CPI all in play

Oil up 13% as AI stocks, Fed and CPI all in play

Brent crude jumped about 13% in two days, raising worries that higher oil prices could pinch AI-linked stocks just as rate hike odds are rising. S&P 500 futures added 0.1% before the start of Tuesday’s U.S. session. Traders now see a 43.3% chance of a 0.25-point Fed rate hike at the July 28-29 meeting, up from 34.2% Friday. “The prospect of tighter monetary policy into a potential energy shock is rarely supportive for risk assets,” said Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone.
14 July 2026
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AI stocks signal memory premium starting to fade

AI stocks signal memory premium starting to fade

AI stocks ended Monday in the red, though losses varied across the sector. A group of three memory and storage plays tied to AI dropped 7.2%, nearly double the 3.7% loss for a set of four compute and foundry names. The split points to investors shortening their view on how long shortage-fueled gains can last, despite healthy order books and continued spend on infrastructure.
13 July 2026
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Semiconductor Stocks Drop as Korea’s $576 Billion Plan Rattles AI Supply Outlook

Semiconductor Stocks Drop as Korea’s $576 Billion Plan Rattles AI Supply Outlook

U.S. chip stocks dropped hard Monday, with the Philadelphia semiconductor index sliding 3.6% in late-morning deals as Micron Technology, Sandisk, and SK Hynix paced the losses. Oil prices moved higher on renewed U.S.-Iran fighting, spurring a wider risk-off move. “The conflict is testing whether the stock market’s broad-based growth can hold,” said Alex Guiliano, chief investment officer at Resonate Wealth Partners.
13 July 2026
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Top Stocks to Watch Now: The Bank-and-Chip Test That Could Decide Wall Street’s Next Move

Top Stocks to Watch Now: The Bank-and-Chip Test That Could Decide Wall Street’s Next Move

Wall Street’s next move hinges on whether profits can broaden beyond artificial intelligence, not on another easy headline beat. The answer is cautiously positive, but the bar is high: year-forward S&P 500 earnings estimates have risen 21% in 2026, roughly twice the index’s gain, while projected second-quarter profit growth has been revised to 23.4% from 15.2% in January. That lifts the growth hurdle by about 54%. Technology earnings are expected to jump more than 65%, so Tuesday’s banks will test whether the rally can spread; chip-equipment and contract-manufacturing leaders later in the week will test valuation. “Earnings are even stronger,” Nationwide strategist Mark Hackett said.
12 July 2026
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The Biggest Earnings Reports This Week: Banks, TSMC and Netflix Put Wall Street’s Profit Boom on Trial

The Biggest Earnings Reports This Week: Banks, TSMC and Netflix Put Wall Street’s Profit Boom on Trial

The market’s central question is whether the profit surge can broaden beyond artificial-intelligence chips and energy without exposing weaker credit. The evidence points to a cautious yes: analysts expect S&P 500 second-quarter earnings to rise 23.4% from a year earlier, and this week’s bank slate will test loan demand and consumer health. The answer still hinges on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. defending its high-growth, heavy-investment outlook. Guidance — management’s forecast for coming quarters — matters more now than another round of backward-looking beats.
12 July 2026
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Foreign investors pull $8.6 billion from Korean, Taiwanese stocks

Foreign investors pull $8.6 billion from Korean, Taiwanese stocks

Foreign investors dumped about $8.6 billion of Korean and Taiwan stocks on Wednesday, while the KOSPI jumped 3.3% in Seoul. The bounce was led by Korean buyers. Overseas investors offloaded a net 4.66 trillion won, about 8.7% of market turnover, with local retail and instituionals picking up 4.55 trillion won. In Taiwan, foreign investors sold a record NT$177.42 billion, 12.2% of turnover. TSMC slid 4.02%, dragging the Taiex down by about 76% of its 1,057-point loss. “TSMC just fell victim to such profit-taking,” Cathay Futures analyst Tsai Ming-han said. The foreign outflows show that Seoul’s pop wasn’t a sign of risk appetite coming back.
24 June 2026
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SMH ETF flows point to AI chip trade moving away from Nvidia

SMH ETF flows point to AI chip trade moving away from Nvidia

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF saw nearly $7 billion pour in on Monday, the biggest sign yet of investors looking beyond just Nvidia and into a basket of chip suppliers. That flow is making its mark. Semiconductor stocks climbed on the day, while the big tech names dragged the Nasdaq lower.
22 June 2026
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TSMC shares up as Street focuses on June revenue test

TSMC shares up as Street focuses on June revenue test

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s U.S.-listed ADRs, which give Americans a way to trade the chipmaker’s shares, climbed 1.5% to $468.85 early Monday. TSM earlier hit $477.82. Buyers keep coming in for the stock that’s most tied to demand for AI chips. The QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq-100, added 0.3%, SPY rose 0.3%, and VanEck’s semiconductor ETF SMH increased 1.2%.
22 June 2026
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Intel Beats AMD for Week After Trump Comments on Apple Chips

Intel stock enters week at record high after Apple chip report, Micron test ahead

Intel Corp. heads into the new week at a record closing high, with investors trying to judge whether a White House-touted Apple chip partnership is the start of a real foundry turn or another sharp move in a stock already priced for better days. The shares finished Thursday at $133.99, up 10.64%, on volume of about 234 million shares. U.S. markets were closed Friday for Juneteenth and remain shut Sunday.
21 June 2026
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June 2026 semiconductor news roundup: U.S. chip controls, SandboxAQ funding and Intel 18A-P

June 2026 semiconductor news roundup: U.S. chip controls, SandboxAQ funding and Intel 18A-P

U.S. officials have held off adding China’s DeepSeek, memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies and more than 100 other firms to a trade blacklist despite their being flagged as security risks, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The delay puts a sharper edge on this week’s semiconductor news: Washington is trying to build more of the chip supply chain at home while keeping advanced technology away from China.
17 June 2026
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