
MACOM Technology Solutions stock has more than doubled over the past year. BMO is the latest Wall Street firm to turn bullish on the chip maker.
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MACOM Technology Solutions stock has more than doubled over the past year. BMO is the latest Wall Street firm to turn bullish on the chip maker.

XLK markets itself as diversified large-cap tech exposure, but a closer look at the holdings reveals a chip bet so large that even a quarterly rebalance may do nothing to shrink it.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.11% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.09%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.15%, and December E-mini...

A brand-new ETF promises to carve pure Korean semiconductor exposure out of a market where most funds bury Samsung and SK Hynix under banks and automakers, but with three days of trading history and a fee premium over established rivals, the real question is whether the precision is worth the price.

Every AI server board and electric vehicle runs on a tiny ceramic component most investors have never heard of, and a brand-new ETF just made it possible to bet directly on the handful of Asian manufacturers who control the global supply.

A brand-new ETF just gave U.S. investors a single-ticker shortcut into South Korea's semiconductor giants, but a 0.65% fee, zero performance history, and a heavily concentrated basket raise real questions about whether the tradeoff is worth it.
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Chip stocks were on a roll despite broad weakness in the rest of the market. The PHLX Semiconductor Index was up 0.5%, marking its fifth- straight day of gains. The chip index hasn't seen a win streak that long since early June.

AMD's CFO just reshaped how big the AI chip market could get, and investors sent the stock surging past a key technical level while quietly slamming a door on one of Intel's biggest hopes.

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down -0.32% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.04%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.33%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down -0.34% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.83%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.19%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.41%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26...

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