TSM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
stock NYSE ADR

I bought MU, DRAM, TSM & COHR

The entire point of VT is that sector outperformance might not necessarily last forever.
If you believe big tech will dominate for your entire lifetime, obviously don’t invest in VT.
Invest in VT if you still want a piece of tech, because VT already owns everything in QQQ and big tech is already a huge chunk of the global stock market, but you also want downside protection from other sectors.
VT = QQQ with downside protection and upside drag in the form of every stock not included in the Nasdaq 100
QQQ = the same thing as VT without the downside protection and upside drag of every stock on the planet outside the Nasdaq 100
So to answer your question:
People who invest in VT are not leaving money on the table.
They are trading in growth for security.
Conversely, people who invest in QQQ are not leaving security on the table.
They are trading in security for growth.
Every asset is a balance between security and growth. Even securities in an inflationary context are a balance between risk and growth.
Your post seems to suggest QQQ is more growth without more risk; or that VT is less growth without stability to compensate.
Simple answer: people pick VT despite it underperforming big tech not because they are idiots but because they are not confident in the continued overperformance of big tech.
Personally I don’t take either extreme.
I don’t think big tech is the be all end all, but I also want to capture its growth.
So I own a lot of VT (which remember is already tilted to big tech just based on market cap weighting) and then add some QQQ to tilt it even further towards big tech, and then I have individual stocks within QQQ to tilt it even further.
So I would say my portfolio is pretty heavily tilted towards big tech and AI despite having an 80% VT core.
The 20% satellite sleeve is entirely tech or tech supply chain (REE, energy) or tech cyclical (chips? maybe?).
And then even the 80% VT core still rises and falls with big tech, just with drag on both upside and downside.
They’re not as different as you think when you pop the hood.
Either way you are buying lots of big tech. VT and QQQ.
I would say Bogleheads are playing a really safe game. Not leaving money on the table but not being greedy either.
The ones leaving money on the table to me are the not the VT investors. The VT investors still own loads of Nvidia and TSM and ASML and hyperscalers through their VT.
The people leaving money on the table are not the VT owners betting on the entire market (which includes tech).
The people leaving money on the table are the ones not investing in big tech at all.

I think MU will beat earnings. It will be down to guidance, IMO. I think 4 out of the last 5 earnings MU has dropped, but then rallied to ATH. That last earnings drop was due to the high capex spending, but if I recall everything else was good. MU may drop more heading into earnings and even after. I don't think it will drop much under $1,000, but it could get down to that number. Today is red across all semis and tech so it seems it is macro more than just MU's earnings. Anyway, it is probably a good buying opportunity if you're wanting to get into MU, STX, WDC, AMD, or TSM. Not financial advice, just one poor soul that is heavy in the red today

Been digging into TSMC's roadmap on moomoo this week and the CoPoS (Chip-on-Panel-on-Substrate) stuff keeps coming up. Honestly I had no idea panel-level packaging was this close.
Quick rundown of what stood out to me:
Square panels apparently hit 80-90%+ chip utilization vs 65-70% on 12-inch wafers. 510x515mm panels = roughly 4.5x the effective area. They're claiming 20-30% packaging cost reduction over current solutions.
Timeline they're working with: demo tools in validation phase, pilot production by 2027, mass production in 2028. So not a tomorrow story, but the setup is interesting.
NVDA's Feynman GPU is rumored to be one of the first adopters. Equipment names that come up a lot: AMAT, KLAC, LRCX. Packaging side has INTC, AMKR, ASX. Materials chain pulls in GLW, MKSI, Disco.
What I keep going back and forth on, is this really a TSM-only moat through 2030, or do AMKR/ASX catch up faster than people expect once the tooling matures? CoWoS capacity is already a bottleneck so the urgency feels real.
fwiw I'm long TSM already, not adding here, but the supply chain plays look more interesting to me than the headline name.
anyone here actually working in semi packaging? curious if 80%+ utilization on panels is as clean as it sounds or if yield is gonna be a nightmare for the first 2 years.

LIN, CCJ, XXON, SOXQ, TSM. 

TSM: LFG?

I had started small and had a plan to ramp up my holdings monthly. Except TSM, nothing in my portfolio sticks anymore as far as I am concerned. SPCX too is closr to listing day price!
I am not able to decide whether AMZN, MSFT, GOOG are now ripe to pick up for DCA or should i wait

TSM makes Micron’s memory. They can only work so fast. Microns valuation is built on a giant backlog, similar to Nvidia, but if Taiwan can’t make it, Micron can’t sell it. TSM is the real bottleneck to everything.
Micron probably runs into the issue Boeing has. Boeing could sell a trillion dollars in planes, but you have to make the planes… making the planes is hard, time consuming, capital consuming. Hurts the business.

The only that matters is guidance. On the call, the only thing that matters is how well they can keep up with demand. Backlog doesn’t mean shit if TSM can’t make it fast enough!

I also went all US. had vxus for a while and it sucked, still betting on USA for the rest of my investing career minus a few things like TSM

Yeah. STM is a good company. I loaded up on that and TSM. Both companies that will do way better on actual numbers than that fantasy crap at spacex. Not to say what he has done isn't impressive, it's just not worth remotely what the current valuation is

Depends which, MU is cyclical, NVIDIA, TSM not cyclical anymore

Still holding semis: Nvidia, TSM, AVGO which have been my big winners gains between 190%-270%
GLP-1s: Averaged down on my novo nordisk to $51 a share with plans for more as it stays under $50, good news is my Eli Lilly had offset those losses with those holdings up about 50%
Ended up not buying Ferrovial but did buy Solstice Advanced Materials (SOLS) which is up about 84%, by selling my Indian banks for a slight gain, which turned out to be a portfolio saving move since they have tanked really bad since.
My Hermes position is down, but I keep averaging into it.
Overall my portfolio YTD is up 13.9% so pretty happy, I continue to buy these companies throughout the year.

## 📈 52-Week Highs:
The 52-Week Highs list shows stocks that have reached their highest price point in the past 52 weeks during the trading session.
| Symbol | Name | Price | Year High | Market Cap |
|:-------|:-----|:-----:|:---------:|:----------:|
| [TSM](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/TSM) | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | $467.67 | $476.31 | $2.4T |
| [MU](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/MU) | Micron Technology, Inc. | $1211.38 | $1212.94 | $1.4T |
| [AMD](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/AMD) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | $551.63 | $562.99 | $899.5B |
| [ASML](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/ASML) | ASML Holding N.V. | $1929.25 | $1958.00 | $743.6B |
| [INTC](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/INTC) | Intel Corporation | $140.94 | $141.45 | $708.4B |
## 📉 52-Week Lows:
The 52-Week Lows list shows stocks that have reached their lowest price point in the past 52 weeks during the trading session.
| Symbol | Name | Price | Year Low | Market Cap |
|:-------|:-----|:-----:|:--------:|:----------:|
| [NFLX](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/NFLX) | Netflix, Inc. | $72.88 | $71.81 | $306.9B |
| [PLTR](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/PLTR) | Palantir Technologies Inc. | $119.50 | $119.21 | $274.4B |
| [MCD](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/MCD) | McDonald's Corporation | $270.10 | $270.10 | $191.9B |
| [SAP](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/SAP) | SAP SE | $149.51 | $149.19 | $174.2B |
| [SONY](https://marketrodeo.com/asset/SONY) | Sony Group Corporation | $19.51 | $19.47 | $114.9B |
**Source:** [52-Week Highs-Lows](https://marketrodeo.com/market-movers?tab=highs-lows)

Cool, what drives it rn, biggest companies trying to get to AGI, right? Leading is NVDA with 5t evaluation? Google NVDA partners, buyers, suppliers and you'll get a list with MU, AMD, TSM AMSL etc etc on it. Simple. Then research each, learn to read books and earnings, choose few most promising names (if you can not the ones already 1000% up yoy) place small asymmetric bets,
Also think what made you consider MU? Could it possibly be fomo? Or you have faith they'll keep growth rate next few y?

Asset light is the old model imo, these companies are doing massive capex spending to grow their physical supply chains because of Covid, Suez, Hormuz, tariffs, etc.
MU, INTC, Samsung, Hynix, TSM, ASML, etc. are manufacturers, it's the opposite of asset light.

Micron has tripled since last ER. This whisper number is what? How would it even be possible for them to sell enough memory to meet this expected number? TSM isn’t working any harder than they were 3 months ago. And prices haven’t moved THAT drastically…

foundry trade working out really well TSM TSEM INTC 🤔

Even if they hit their fab targets by 2030, there’s very little return left, they don’t even have the capacity even if you assume Demand is infinite. I see very little political risk with TSM, invading taiwan is a fools task.

I’ve been building and actively managing a concentrated portfolio focused on semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and large cap tech.
Current positioning is split between long equity exposure and a few long dated call structures.
Core holdings include names like MU, TSM, INTC, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOG and LRCX, with additional exposure through options in SNDK, CRDO and LRCX.
The portfolio is not fully directional. Some positions are performing strongly, especially semiconductor exposure, while large cap tech has been more mixed and is currently acting as a drag on overall performance.
Options positions are primarily long dated calls with 2026 expirations, which I treat more as convex exposure rather than short term trades. I am aware of the risk profile here and position sizing is intentional rather than accidental overexposure.
A few notes on current structure:
Semiconductor exposure has been the main driver of gains, particularly MU and TSM.
Large cap tech exposure is more balanced and includes both winners and laggards, which is intentional as part of a broader hedge against single factor momentum risk.
I maintain conviction in AI infrastructure demand continuing to support semis, but I am also aware that valuation compression in mega caps can quickly offset gains if sentiment shifts.
This is not a short term trading portfolio. Time horizon is multi month to multi year depending on position.
Curious how others are currently balancing semis vs large cap tech exposure in this environment.