White Space

White Space

This post is not an impellent to purchase semi stocks – I’ve done that ad nauseam this year in the ‘Semiconductor’ category on the site. Instead, this post is an update to show that there is nothing but white space…...

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Semi Thesis Bears Fruit

Semi Thesis Bears Fruit

We have been extolling the virtues of the coming wave of potential semiconductor out-performance since July of last year. We were probably a touch early with that call as the relative performance of the group fell ~170 bps from the…...

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Semi Update

Semi Update

Wanted to provide a quick blurb on the semi space and note that it appears as if our recent bull case on the group is just now beginning to bear fruit. As it stands, YTD the SOX is now up…...

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Chart Dump of 11 Long Opportunities

Chart Dump of 11 Long Opportunities

Presented below are 11 different long opportunities, all of which are part of the semiconductor sector. For background on our bullish view on this sector, please see this recent piece. If one has the available will and capital, I’d look…...

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Semis On Deck

Semis On Deck

Our views on semis have evolved as follows over the past year+: 10/15/12: “…we believe semiconductors have more relative downside left vs. the broader market…” 7/16/13: “…we are ready to make a high conviction industry call on semi-conductors and suggest over-weighting the…...

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Another Former Tech-Sector Darling, This Group Has Languished for a Decade

Another Former Tech-Sector Darling, This Group Has Languished for a Decade

Over the past year we outlined our view that old-line tech (can you believe we’re calling tech “old-line” these days?) would begin to out-perform the broader market. Specifically, we highlighted YHOO as our favored play for this theme.  We updated…...

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Semis Likely Have More Relative & Absolute Downside Remaining

The chart below plots the ratio of the SOX vs. SPX. Note the ratio doesn’t reach intermediate-term support region (A) until ~3% lower. More material support doesn’t come into play until line (1), some ~15% lower. Additionally, the 52 week…...

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