Chip supply has fallen behind demand.
“Tech stocks have had an up and down ride ever since Pfizer announced the efficacy of its vaccine back in November,” a Forbes article noted. “Coupled with inflation fears, rising bond yields, and potential tax hikes, the outlook for tech is cloudy. Not to mention, we have a global chip shortage that could prove to be a significant challenge for high-growth stocks to meet lofty production goals.”
Nonetheless, there’s no denying the need for tech. Whether it’s in everyday life or as a portfolio play, tech is where it’s at, and semiconductors are the way to get to it.
US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index and PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector Index have an overlap of 77% when comparing constituents. These two comparative indexes have performed similarly over the past ten years, largely due to an abundance of companies in the sectors that allow for a similar investing strategy while diversifying a minority of holdings.
Legacy Theme: Oil Services Exhibit Similar Performance
7/14/2006 – 3/31/2021
Source: Morningstar Direct as of 3/31/2021.
Legacy Theme: Semiconductors Exhibit Similar Performance
12/22/2009 – 3/31/2021
Source: Morningstar Direct as of 3/31/2021.
Newer Thematic Strategies Demonstrate Less Overlap and Correlation
Newer themes such as clean energy and robotics have a much more varied approach to strategies with performance widely diverging based on the focus of their holdings. Clean energy indexes have overlap ranging from 10-25%, and the positive outlier in the peer group (MAC Global Solar Energy Index) has differentiated itself wit
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seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index. The index includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the semiconductor sector, which may include medium-capitalization companies and foreign companies that are listed on a U.S. exchange.
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