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The standard way to own semiconductors is to buy a cap-weighted fund and accept that NVIDIA, Broadcom, and TSMC will dominate the returns. SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD) takes the opposite approach. It uses a modified equal-weight methodology against the S&P Semiconductor Select Industry Index, so a $200 billion analog chipmaker carries roughly the same ... XSD Delivers 1,138% in Ten Years, Yet Trails SOXX in the AI Boom

Semiconductors have rewarded patient investors more than nearly any other sector bet. Anyone who held the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) for the past decade is sitting on a 1,608% gain, and the past twelve months alone delivered 148%. That kind of return is what a sector ETF is supposed to provide when the underlying ... Semiconductor ETF SOXX Delivers 50% YTD—Reddit Retail Cautious Despite Record-Breaking Run

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The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.3% and the actively trad

The stock market was gaining steam as a chip stock rally overcame some Mag 7 woes. The Nasdaq was up 0.9%. The S&P 500 was up 1%. The Dow was up 822 points, or 1.7%. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was still down 1%, but the iShares Semiconductor ETF surged 2.

It didn’t take long for the semiconductor stocks to start melting up again. It’s been quite the roller-coaster ride, but if investors held on to something like the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX), my preferred gauge of the semis and a renewed short (in the form of bearish put options) of the great Dr. Michael Burry, ... The Semiconductor Pop Was Violent — the Pullback Could Be Too

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively trad

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.02% and the actively tra

Chips were on pace to fall a second day in a row after the sector’s benchmark ETF ended its longest winning streak on record yesterday. The iShares Semiconductor ETF was down 3.6% on Tuesday, which would be its biggest daily decline since it fell 4.2% on March 30. “The move in the SOX is like stretching a rubber band,” Jonathan Krinsky, BTIG’s chief market technician, wrote on Monday.

Wall Street’s April affair with risk and momentum was on the skids so far this week. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%. The Nasdaq fell 0.9%. The Dow dropped 37 points, or 0.1%. Chip stocks were a big drag, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF down 4.

NVIDIA tops $5T market cap again as AI chip demand surges, lifting semiconductor ETFs like SMH, XLK, QQQ and SOXX into focus.