On June 23, 2026, SOXL fell 23.06% in a single session. The same day, iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) fell 7.88% and VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) fell 7.01%. That gap is the product…
Janet Mui, Head of Market Analysis at RBC Brewin Dolphin, used a CNBC appearance on Tuesday, June 23, to push back against the idea that the recent pullback in AI and semiconductor…
Shares of optical and photonics suppliers are tumbling at midday Tuesday, with Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) stock leading the decline, down 13% to $149. Coherent (NYSE:COHR | COHR Price Prediction) stock is off…
Holding only NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) has been the easiest trade in markets for the better part of three years. The case is hard to argue with: a $5.06 trillion…
Drop $500 into the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:SMH) starting in June, 2016, add another $500 every month, and the math pegs the account at $495,000 this week. Total contributions across those ten…
The semiconductor sector ripped 8.8% in a single week, with the SMH ETF closing at $619.96 on June 12, 2026, reclaiming levels above both Tuesday’s and Friday’s highs after getting hard hit…
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) appear to be substitutes on a fund screener. Both promise pure-play chip exposure, both charge roughly the same fee, and both…
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:SMH) closed Friday at $599, capping a stretch in which SMH has returned roughly 146% over the past year and tacked on nearly 20% in May alone. SMH…
Memory and storage stocks are taking it on the chin at midday Tuesday, but the sell-off isn’t hitting every name equally. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) shares are down 6%,…
Wall Street woke up Monday to a session where the bond market is calling the shots. A stronger-than-expected jobs report and sticky inflation worries pushed Treasury yields higher, forcing investors to rethink expectations for Federal…
The SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD) and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) look like interchangeable ways to own the chip cycle, but they differ in one fundamental way. XSD spreads capital across…
The original semiconductor ETF has delivered even more than the 69% year-to-date return many headlines cite. VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:SMH) opened 2026 at $360 and closed June 3 at $638, a 77.13%…
Although 2026 has been a roller coaster year for the markets so far, certain sectors have remained strong. Ironically, while the Magnificent 7 stocks have been volatile due to mixed perception about…
After three years of hyperscaler capital spending feeding through to chip designers, foundry capacity, and lithography backlogs, the semiconductor ETF complex has separated into distinct buckets. iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX), VanEck Semiconductor…
High-bandwidth memory has become the choke point in the AI buildout, as NVIDIA’s Blackwell accelerators rely on stacked DRAM modules that only three companies can produce at scale, and the order books…
