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TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?

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TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade? Moomoo

Directly affected

  • TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • NVDA NVIDIA

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • ASML ASML

    Chipmaking-equipment sales follow export rules

  • AVGO Broadcom

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • AMD AMD

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • AMAT Applied Materials

    Chip-equipment makers feel export controls

  • LRCX Lam Research

    Chip-equipment makers feel export controls

  • SMH VanEck Semiconductor

    A fund of semiconductor companies

  • SOXX iShares Semiconductor

    A fund of semiconductor companies

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ

    Big tech moves with chip-supply risk

  • AOSL ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR LT SHS

    GA selected AOSL as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
TSM———————
NVDA———————
ASML+4.76%+1.15%—-1.94%-5.79%-5.27%-6.25%
AVGO+5.95%+1.48%—+0.73%-2.38%-2.96%-7.36%
AMD+9.29%+4.46%—+1.88%-3.93%-5.41%-11.03%
AMAT+6.64%+2.39%—-6.75%-10.24%-13.56%-17.75%
LRCX+7.91%+3.62%—-2.60%-7.35%-10.34%-14.72%
SMH———————
SOXX———————
QQQ———————
AOSL———————

TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade? Moomoo

Source: Moomoo

Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?,” Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH) is -2.98%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a -2.59% difference versus the market.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
AMATthat day-6.75%final price
AMATthe next day-10.24%final price
AMATtwo days later-13.56%final price
AMATthree days later-17.75%final price
AMATthree days earlier+2.39%final price
AMATfive days earlier+6.64%final price
AMDthat day+1.88%final price
AMDthe next day-3.93%final price
AMDtwo days later-5.41%final price
AMDthree days later-11.03%final price
AMDthree days earlier+4.46%final price
AMDfive days earlier+9.29%final price
ASMLthat day-1.94%final price
ASMLthe next day-5.79%final price
ASMLtwo days later-5.27%final price
ASMLthree days later-6.25%final price
ASMLthree days earlier+1.15%final price
ASMLfive days earlier+4.76%final price
AVGOthat day+0.73%final price
AVGOthe next day-2.38%final price
AVGOtwo days later-2.96%final price
AVGOthree days later-7.36%final price
AVGOthree days earlier+1.48%final price
AVGOfive days earlier+5.95%final price
LRCXthat day-2.60%final price
LRCXthe next day-7.35%final price
LRCXtwo days later-10.34%final price
LRCXthree days later-14.72%final price
LRCXthree days earlier+3.62%final price
LRCXfive days earlier+7.91%final price
SMH
SPY

Who reported a Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH) trade near this story

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Where this story sits: Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait has 49 linked stories in the last 7 days and 49 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?.” The recent pace is rising.

Who collects and who pays in semiconductors

Companies tied to this story

  • SMH Vaneck Etf Trust

    For “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?,” Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Semiconductor supply, export-control, or production shocks can transmit across the chip complex

  • SOXX Ishares Tr

    Ishares Tr (SOXX) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?.” Reason on file: Semiconductor supply, export-control, or production shocks can transmit across the chip complex

  • AOSL Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

    For “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?,” Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOSL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AOSL as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • GCTS GCT Semiconductor Holding

    In “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?,” GCT Semiconductor Holding (GCTS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected GCTS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • NVTS Navitas Semiconductor

    Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?.” Reason on file: GA selected NVTS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ON On Semiconductor

    For “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?,” On Semiconductor (ON) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ON as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • TSEM Tower Semiconductor

    In “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?,” Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected TSEM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?.” Reason on file: GA selected TSM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductors, semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How a Taiwan Strait shock reaches Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH)

“TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?” (13 Oct 2026) reaches Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH) through Taiwan Strait.

The link for Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH) is this: Semiconductor supply, export-control, or production shocks can transmit across the chip complex

Also listed, Ishares Tr (SOXX): Semiconductor supply, export-control, or production shocks can transmit across the chip complex

What this semiconductors story puts on the calendar

AOSL traded between 21.68 and 30.88 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 22.59. SMH traded between 539.11 and 639.33 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 548.35. SOXX traded between 492.92 and 596.41 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 501.86.

What the saved facts support for Vaneck Etf Trust (SMH)

46 out of 100

“TSMC Earnings Preview: Can One Chip Giant Save the AI Trade?” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.