TSM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
stock NYSE ADR

INTC, AMD, MRVL, TSEM, GFS, TSM 😉

Two things. US signalled it doesn’t like Iran’s position on Hormuz, and is saber rattlijg they are going to end ceasefire and actively bomb again. Korea which is not at all energy independent and gets much if its fuel shipped via Hormuz gets shocked by energy shocks or even hints of energy shocks.
Second, US, the idiot, and his party even backing him up on this, are signalling they want to cave to China demand thry stop sending Taiwan weapons. Since TSM fabs half of the worlds chips and all rhe companies like nvda and qcom etc outsource this fab, lots of stocks reacted negatively intraday over the uncertainty towards this vital industry. Fab is largely done in S korean and by TSM so…these stonks don’t like the stupid geopolitics.
The straight of Hormuz situation is the biggest threat to the DRAM position as half its position is S Korea. Fuel reserves are slipping towards critical levels and if not straightened by late Summer may go into “collapse” levels of inventory. This kills DRAM no matter how many years of orders they have.

I like higher returns and have been in VUG, VGT and MU, TSM, AVGO, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Visa. But also have QQQI, SPYI and 6 different dividend ETFs.

This is my biggest concern as a holder of TSM/ASML/SK, but I think we have at least 1.5-2 years before we see those companies no longer being able to get funding/cap ex getting cut as long as the models keep progressing and we see mild to moderate progress for AI ROI.
Hypersclaers are trying to sign 5 year deals for memory with SK Hynix right now, that's not a sign of lack of confidence and wilingness to fund Open AI/Anthropic.

The new MAG7 is MU, AMD, NVDA, AVGO, SNDK, TSM

I feel as though there has been a lot of conflicting inputs as to what constitutes "value" vs "growth" investing and which approach is more profitable. I want to share my approach that helped me build a 7 figure portfolio, averaging 60% return in the past 7 years.
I employ both value and growth approach. I find that during bulls market, growth gives me far higher yield. Majority of the time, the market is in bull (2/3 or more ) > Bear(1/3 or lesS). I simply follow the momentum. In the past 3 years, I mostly invested in tech and AI for those reasons. These include Google, Amazon, NVDA, MU, and TSM. Headlines, industry investment trends, and company directions helped me shape these investment choices.

"Growth" approach is more steady and is a solid backbone of long-term investing. It will provide less yield during bulls market, but it is more stable. In this approach, I do not hand-pick my own companies for growth. As an example, I would not invest in what is a "cheap" stock right now based on fundamentals, because anything could happen. More often than not, hand picked growth stocks cannot perform index funds-- it may even lead to loss of money. For me these were duolingo and uber. For my growth approach, I simply buy index funds. Period.

Far too many people try to find some unknown or decaying stocks and put their faiths in it, which 80% of the time will lead to disappointments. Invest in the broader market or go with the momentum of the global market. That is the best way to win. For those people investing in stocks like microsoft TODAY, I suggest you instead put that money into index funds or AI bottlenecks. Just my 2 cents

Only 3 setups today after yesterday's chaos. Quality over quantity.

🟢 PSTG $87.34 → CB breakout (option contract pending)

🔴 TROW $102.73 → P $100 · Mid $2.33 (TR put)
🔴 TSM $397.68 → P $395 · Mid $19.65 (TR put)

TSM flagging bearish while semis are supposedly recovering is
interesting timing. Worth watching.

Not advice. Do your own DD.

You’re probably not overlooking much. A lot of the AI infra trade is people paying huge premiums for names everyone already agrees are winners. I’d focus more on who can still earn solid returns on capital and free cash flow after the cycle normalizes. That’s part of why TSM still stands out to me.

Final adjustment. Im now holding only hold MSFT, PLTR, NVDA, VOO, VTV, SCHD, SCHY, QQQM, RKLB, MLPI, TSM. I think this aligns with my goal to be growth and Dividend focused.
Planning on primary increaseing the ETF's, reinvesting any dividends, and growing the single stocks over time. As I invest more
Thanks everyone for the advice. Any other or additional advice is welcome as well.

Memory is not cooked. The brains of our leaders who keep threatening the global supply of oil and sovereignty of Taiwan, where literally all our countries corporations fab 90% of their chips, are. Korea is critically dependent on foreign oil for power generation. Koreas markets get shocked badly by oil supply disruptions and crashed heavily with the closing of Hormuz (started to recover back to Jan levels last month). TSM isn’t going to do well if we allow China to bully Thailand and we stop selling them arms to keep rhe bully at bay.
All the drops today are around oil and geopolitics, not demand for dram. We need less drama and uncertainty and adults to be in charge so we’re kinda fucked for the foreseeable future.

It might stabilize, but the reality of the memory market says otherwise. 90% of memory production is controlled by three companies: Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron. Not even TSM or INTC can quickly come in despite their manufacturing capability since DRAM and NAND processes have long been ignored since it was a low-margin product for so many years. Will other companies including Chinese ones eventually come in? Yeah. But until that happens, if you need memory for an AI datacenter, you only have three options and you’re not going to wait.

AMD, DRAM, TSM

I unloaded everything yesterday waiting for this glorious red day. Loading up on MU, TSM, SNDK at these bargain basement prices.

I love to know what massive moat MU have that Samsung or SKHynix or others can't compete with? They might be a fantastic company, but they're not ASML or TSM in terms of absolute monopoly with no possibility of competition in the near future.

A short and long of TSM & INTC is pretty fucking obvious over the next year. I just don’t know which is the short and which is the long.

TSM, Sony, and AMAT

Eh, you're right. I'm just being a bitch. 5K shares of AMD and 4750 of AVGO... and they're up almost \~350 and 260 in a year, I'd have been happy with AMD at 300(I was happy at 300) and AVGO at 300. So there's your Capital Gains and then some. I just thought they were longer term holds, but... now I just don't see that same upside.
I'm holding on NVDA, I still believe that's got 2X potential(maybe) and adding to MSFT and AMZN I guess(though I'm already in them, I feel like they're good, solid, safe long term holds).
I'm also going to add to TSM.

Cerebras , emerging as a competitor to NVDA , Wafer Scale Engines (WSE-3) uses the entire wafer as a Chip only produced by TSM . Already signed a Compute deal worth $20B with OpenAI . Fewer system , Is profitable , uses less power & less cooling to operate . Abu Dhabi’s Emirati Giant G42 along with Microsoft funding is making all this possible . So if the IPO is oversold & overvalued , you can always play MSFT & TSM as its major beneficiaries .

You must be new to trading options, apparently, as I am able to exercise these options ANYTIME until 5/29/26. No one claims that TSM is a bad company, but anytime anyone looks like they will lose a 25% client, it will have a short term impact. That’s all I need. Somewhere in the 390s should be a double. 😎

No but may add a little google and TSM