TSM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
stock NYSE ADR

TSM

"How are 1000 shares 100K?"
I just saw your post and now I can't find it.
I'm not sure what you were or are asking me. If you're asking me about the shares I said I'd bought, I never said 100K.
1500 at 180 a share. 270K
Split 4-1 so now it's 45 a share, 6,000. Ran up to... almost 360 and then down to 120(roughly).
Then started going back up. Bought 1000 more at 300 a share. Then split 10-1. So that first 1500 became 6,000... then 10-1, 60,000 that's where the $4.50 cost basis comes in... and the last shares, well, it's just the split, so 300=30. So the 1000 became another 10,000.
AVGO... I don't think it ever got up to 2,000 a share. Not sure what you meant there. It was 500 a share when I bought it in...'22 or '23 I think(I believe it was '22). And then... it just fell into my hands last year when it went from 270 or so down to 150. Same with AMD.
But I don't pretend I hit a triple. I was left a good chunk of money to get me started. I'd prefer to have not been, and I had a College Roommate who is a Sr VP for one of the top 3 investment banks in the world. Manages 3B right now.
He sat down, saw the Nvidia I'd already purchased. Told me to buy a little more, but I spread it out. 5K shares in AMZN, GOOGL, META(ONLY 115), MSFT and BRK.b were the big ones. 500 in AVGO at 500 dollars(before 10-1 split), 4400 AAPL, 5K shares TSM and 1000 more in NVDA.
That was it, mid 2023 the last property I had that I was going to sell, sold... and then I was just putting money into my IRA, working and... the tariffs came. That's when I bought AMD at 78.80 IIRC for 5,000 and I could afford 4750 more(about 1700 on margin... though at 10%, I paid that back quickly).
And... I don't think I'll buy again other than UUUU.

But... I do enjoy going back to the NVDA boards and talking shit. So sick of hearing how NVDA is going to 15T market cap and it's better than AMD. Ok... fine.
Using traditional metrics, nearly every stock is worse than NVDA... but we're talking about returns.
QBTS has been a nice performer, so has OKLO, both in my kids brokerage accounts... and they're losing money yet.

for paper trades I’ve had many of them hit huge returns and it make me feel bad lol. Kind of like with TSM. 5 years ago i thought to invest in it and bought drugs instead. I’d have made millions lmao

Still pretty bullish on TSM though I had to sell some because it was dominating my portfolio so much. I wouldn't really call it a value stock though. NVDA too - goat stock that has an outright disrespectful valuation for the numbers they continue to post.

Consider SMH instead of Nvidia, TSM and AMD? I’d skip gold. VOO is perfect, QQQM instead of QQQ, same fund just with lower fees.

My analysis: why bother with the middleman when I can invest in the source? I'm seriously considering dumping all of my NVDA shares for TSM.

I’m new to investing but I thought the conventional wisdom is that TSM is so important that it’s taiwans best security against invasion?

You’re on the right track, but I’d say your portfolio has enough AI / Tech. It may be missing diversification outside US AI / mega-cap tech.
VOO + QQQ already give you a lot of large-cap US growth exposure, and then NVDA / TSM / Tesla / AMD tilt you even harder into semis and tech.
If I were looking for what’s “missing,” I’d probably explore:
1) international stocks (besides tsm)
2) small/mid caps
3) maybe some sectors you’re light on like healthcare, financials, industrials, energy, or utilities.
Not saying you need all of that but you are very exposed to the AI bubble if it ever pops.

NVDA and TSM are pretty undervalued. They hold nearly 30% of the ETF

You learned a hard lesson early in life. You accepted it and now you are going to have a bring and prosperous future.
When you see people lined up outside Costco Door 9:00 dying to get in, you might consider dropping a small investment in that company.
When you see every chip designer in the world lining up outside TSM's doors dying to get in, you might consider dropping a small investment in that company.
Remember the initial GLP-1 wave, there were people lined outside doctors offices waiting for prescriptions for Lilly drugs, you might consider putting a small investment in that company.
Small investments across multiple good companies with a pile of backlog is a good way to invest.
ETF/Mutual Funds for High Growth will treat you well as another form of diversification.
ETF and stocks are preferred for the ability to use options. Learn about options for your own

I’m mildly bullish about the whole semi-sector for the next 3-9 months. Doesn’t matter to me if it’s MU, NVDIA, TSM, AMAT or any other. It’s gonna run hot and keep running hot and overbought until there’s a glut and brutal 30-75% pullback. The Titans will come off those lows in months. The softer tickers will take 12-24 months to recover those heights. For now I’m all cash and selling otm puts against strong names that are testing highs with slight pullbacks. If I get assigned I might ride it higher for a bit, but not too high. I’ll close the position and sell puts again. Hell, I’m selling puts on the likes of WMT and TJX on some days. Steady climbers over the years and a good place to pull in a little cash until my next theta-delta play.

Ur very tech heavy. Nvidia, TSM, Tesla, QQQ and AMD is basically the same bet five times over. If AI or tech has a bad year ur whole portfolio feels it. Consider adding some dividend stocks or a healthcare/defence name to balance it out. VOO and gold are solid but everything else is one sector.
Love that ur doing this for ur daughter though. Best thing u can do is teach her to [research](https://dividends.amoeba-ai.com/) properly before buying anything, that habit at 13 will be worth more than whatever's in the portfolio by the time she's 20.

You're missing a key bull thesis for Intel. They aren't nearly as good as TSM, but they don't have to be, TSM is completely sold out of high performance chips. Apple struck up a new partnership with Intel for this exact reason. I wouldn't invest in Intel because there are better companies, but I wouldn't bet on the stock price immediately plummeting.
Also, take this with a grain of salt, but what I'm reading from industry experts is there's going to be a shift toward more CPU spending going forward which directly benefits Intel.

30 years old, 500 to 1k$ a month, long term hold
Currently in VOO, QQQ, Nvidia, TSM, Gold and Tesla. Adding AMD soon because I think the market is still sleeping on them in the AI space.
Building this for myself and eventually teaching my kid when she turns 13. Want her to start her own holdings early so she has what I never had growing up.
Is my current portfolio missing anything obvious or am I on the right track?

Oh man... this is nice.
NVDA gave me the freedom to.... well, take chances. I'd been looking for an entry point on AMD for a while and nearly got in at 145 in...early '24 maybe? But waited for Trump to... be Trump and I got in around 80 for 5,000 shares(and AVGO).
LOL...I have NVDA mods yelling at me when the dick measuring contest was going on over there(to be fair, there's a weird "rivalry" between share holders of each).
In fact, I get called an "NVDA bear" because I said I thought AMD could 3-5X by 2030 while NVDA MIGHT 2X(this was a few months ago). Well, we're 20 dollars away from a 4X and now I'm thinking... another 3X is still coming! 1.5T market cap by 2030?
Still not selling a share of NVDA, AVGO, TSM, AMD and adding to MSFT right now. Also holding on META, GOOGL.

I’m a shorter term but and hold guy I’m anti trading but that’s just my risk tolerance. I had a lot of TSM, PLTR, NVIDA, and CRWD very very early on let’s just say those all made a lot more money then I ever could imagine. I sold all and repositioned into financial staples and big healthcare. I just wish when someone tweets shares don’t drop 10% lol which is why I repositioned into what I did I feel as if a depression is going to happen, but I’ve been saying that for 2 years so maybe I’ll be right after saying it for 10 more.

Because I originally said SK Hynix in the post you replied to and it's relevant to Soxx. Huge demand for SK is bullish for Soxx.
Yes, TSM released earnings showing margins, revenue, and profits were up and accelerating and issued new guidance. That all happened since the war. They also just announced an upcoming improvement to packaging which is necessary for improvement to performance.
I didn't just spout PE ratios. You said their price was pure speculation not based on fundamentals so in order to refute that, I obviously have to mention the price relative to its fundamentals...You clearly lost on that argument so now you're shifting your argument to China invading Taiwan.

Based on what? Cap ex is going up, that's the only serious historical signal of a top that I'm seeing.
Mythos is showing what AI can do, go check the benchmarks and now we have the CTO of Mozilla confirming it found something like 225 vulneabilities, and it finding even one would have been a "red alert". There's no strong evidence that hyperscalers are cutting back, TSM said they are sold out of 3nm chips until 2028 and 2nm until 2029.

I'm looking to build a stable , high growth portfolio. But not looking to diversify too much. These are mostly at good prices and trends.
What do you think, what would you add or remove, if any?
| # | Ticker | Name | Role | Target |
|---|--------|------|------|--------|
| 1 | NVDA | Nvidia | AI Growth #1 | 14% |
| 2 | ASML | ASML | AI Growth #2 | 13% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft | Cloud / AI | 12% |
| 4 | BRK.B | Berkshire B | Macro Anchor | 12% |
| 5 | GOOGL | Alphabet | AI + Ads | 11% |
| 6 | AMZN | Amazon | AWS + AI | 10% |
| 7 | AVGO | Broadcom | AI Silicon | 8% |
| 8 | TSM | Taiwan Semi | AI Fab | 8% |
| 9 | ABBV | AbbVie | Healthcare | 7% |
| 10 | RTX | RTX Corp | Defence | 5-8% |

SK Hynix isn't a component in SOXX. Why bring them up other as macro to memory which driven by AI demand that might later shrivel up and future earnings now negative to past because of falling prices.
Did TSM do something different today then before the war?
What I asked.
Yes, this is FOMO considering SOXX went from $325 to $430 in this world.
Quoting forward PE without grasping what supports that PE and fact China has been showing greater aggression since we invaded Venezuela and now attacked Iran. TSM is highly compromised due to location and fact our tariffs and to some extent the conflicts with Venezuela and Iran affect China. Argument being made the attacks directed are hurting China.
There's more to investing and evaluating stocks then spouting PE ratios.