TSM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
stock NYSE ADR

I never mentioned a Stop-Loss. I said 2 different types of investments. One being long term one being short term. Meaning it could be a value play, a momentum trade, a trade based on an event etc. I don't think every holding is a forever holding, but some are. For example if you were receiving 800m in dividends a year from KO, why would you ever sell that position?? However if you bought TSM at 160 and it flew up to 450, I'd def lock in some profits.

TSM 445 1 week

if the market crash, probably MU would crash 80% which would be an amazing buy.
But, yea, Goog, TSM if was just to pick a safe one.

Maybe I didn't state things clearly, as for number 2 I didn't mean indices per se, it could just as easily apply to some particular semiconductor stock. For example, I bought TSM in March because I saw a general downturn and I liked TSM just as much as ever, if not more as a stock, so I bought it, but not because it is some niche 3rd order beneficiary.

TSM when it was dirt cheap

I figured that you would get many opinions. I read through them before posting.
You pretty much have to pick tickers that are comfortable with AND have an exit strategy at the time the trade is opened, forget the gut. Be a robot.
For me, I trade in 2 accounts, and IRA and a portfolio margin account. In the IRA it is CSPs usually around -0.20 delta Exp 35-45 days. For CCs similar but deltas a bit higher 0.25 to 0.35.
In my PM account I primarily sell naked puts. I normally only have long positions if I was put stock. When that happens I will sell calls against the shares.

I have positions in AMD, MU, PLTR, SMH, SOXX, TQQQ, TSLA, TSLL and TSM. It should be obvious that I like semiconductors, AI and Tech, at least with the current trends. I avoid having the same ticker in both accounts, to avoid surprise wash sale issues.
My goal is to not wheel; I use it as damage control. My PM account does way better thanks to margin which allows me to sell more positions.

S&P500 and TSM are about 99% correlated. It doesn't matter which you do, don't spend too much time thinking about it

bought into WMT and TSM

Selling $TSM buying $ROKU $APH

I moved upstream of the buildout to avoid picking winners in the datacenter race. ASML, AMAT, LITE, TSM, Siemens.

bought TSM at 140, sitting at +207% unrealized. still not selling. send help.

I'm with you. I'm tech heavy on purpose. SPMO, FMTM,VGT, QQQM, SOXQ. I do hold some VOO, VTI. And a ton of individual semis stocks, INTC, NVDA, AMD, AVGO, TSM. I then swing trade the mag7, (companies I don't mind being potentially stuck with) and dump the gains into the above. Compute capacity will always be the foundation. Software cannot exist without hardware.

Literally 207%+ unrealized gain on TSM

Our goal is long term (5+ years) compound gain that beats QQQ using directional investment strategy
Long term directional investment: which sectors are going up over long term (5+ years)?
Answers: Semi/Optical, Cybersecurity/Software, AI/HyperscalersFinancial, Insurance/Housing, Industrial, Biotech/Phama, High Yield, Speculative,Treasury/Cash
A good portfolio sample: a. 25% semi/optical (NVDA, TSM, AVGO, MU, SKHY, AMD, MRVL, AAOI, GLW, CIEN..) b. 10% Cybersecurity/Software (CRWD, PANW, PLTR, SNOW, TWLO, CRM, NOW…) c. 10% Financial (GS, JPM, C, MS, BX, V, SOFI..) d. 10% AI/Hyperscalers (TSLA, SPCX, GOOG, MSFT, AMZN, META…) e. 5% Insurance/Housing(PRU, UNH, HD, TOL…) f. 10% Industrial (GE, GEV, BE, PWR, ETN, BAM, BIP, …) g. 8% Biotech/Phama (ABBV, BMY, PFE, MRK, GILD…) h. 10% High Yield (CIM, NLY, EMO, JEPQ, PAA…) i. 2% Speculative: (crypto and others, you are on your own) j. 10% Treasury/Cash
The size of the trade depends on your personal situation, your financial situation, knowledge and conviction
BTFD/TTFH/KTFC SLOWLY. Be disciplined. Ignore short term performance. Trying to beat S&P or QQQ every month or every quarter is a fool’s game. Long term, you will easily beat QQQ
Stay tuned for more investment/trade discussions

TSM up 0.2%. I'm gud

I have within that 30% my largest is SOXQ.
But then I have AMAT, TSM, and DRAM.

Worth buying TSM now or should I wait

Seems your thesis is this current AI rollout, I would go TSM (geo risk) as a general toll booth or Amazon/Microsoft for the application layer.

The market has become much more selective over the past month. Instead of chasing every hot name, I'm trying to focus on companies with strong long term catalysts. A few stocks that I think deserve attention: NVDA Still the core AI infrastructure leader. AVGO Benefiting from AI networking and custom chips. MU Memory demand continues to improve with AI adoption. TSM The backbone of advanced semiconductor manufacturing. AMZN Cloud, AI, and a diversified business model. NBIS One of the more interesting AI infrastructure growth stories if execution continues. I'm not saying these are guaranteed winners, but they all have clear long term narratives supported by business execution rather than hype alone. AI infrastructure spending and cloud investment remain key themes, while recent earnings have reinforced demand in several parts of the ecosystem. So here's my question: If you could only pick ONE stock to hold for the next 3 5 years, which one would it be and why?

China's whole military purpose is also to only invade Taiwan.
Also Taiwan's military is in the dust compared to China's. They havent really innovated, their infrastructure is like shit and most of their economy is only standing thanks to TSM