ASML A Key Exemption From U.S.-EU Trade Tariffs? What Investors Need to Know
It’s been nearly a decade of trade war, tariff threats, and extreme supply chain disruption for the semiconductor industry. 2025 hasn’t disappointed in its ability to test investor resolve. We need not review all the gritty details. But throughout it all, we preached caution and moderation when making portfolio adjustments, if any. https://chipstockinvestor.com/will-tariffs-doom-chip-stocks-and-end-the-bull-market/ That said, […]
AI Makes A New Leader In Fab Manufacturing Equipment — BE Semi (BESI) Investor Day Update

Let’s talk about the Netherlands’ other dominant semiconductor fab equipment company (no, not ASML), BE Semiconductor (BESI in Europe, BESIY in U.S.). After listening to the investor day update, we decided this one was worthy of a deeper dive. It’s not new info for those of you that have been following the advanced packaging topic […]
The Robotics Stock Revolution You NEED to Know About (Hint: Not Humanoid Robots)

We’ve discussed and picked quite a few robotics stocks over the years. Our best picks, our long-term “business ownership” holdings, are of course Nvidia (NVDA) and Intuitive Surgical (ISRG). About five years ago, we put together an internal list and wrote about it. Some of those public robotic stock “idea” lists included UiPath (PATH, no […]
Will Tariffs Doom Chip Stocks and End the Bull Market?

With President Trump back in the White House, we were already anticipating market turbulence due to tariffs. The month of March didn’t disappoint on that front. Not even semiconductors have been spared, with hints that tariffs might be in store for chips made outside of the U.S. Let’s do an update on our video from […]
Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) Stock – More Patience Required From Investors

With Q1 fiscal 2025 earnings in hand (for the three months ended in August 2024), investors are feeling a bit more optimistic about Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) stock once again. We won’t spend a lot of time on that today. The market is particularly fickle on this one, likely reflecting the high amount of trader […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Stock TSMC Buys A New LCD Screen Fab – For AI Chip Packaging? Top Long-Term Stock Now?

August has been a busy month for the world’s largest and most advanced foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM). Just the other day, the joint venture ESMC between TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP Semi broke ground in Dresden, Germany. That will eventually be a unique asset, a first-of-its-kind for Europe. And then there was TSMC’s Board […]