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Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Global Semiconductors: Winners Emerge as Fund Allocations Hit Record Highs

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

United states Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Markets always act erratically, but I thought I would highlight one aspect that disproportionately impacts semiconductors.</li><li>Factor investing is not new, but we are in a unique period where Momentum has quite a period of outperformance and short-term outperformance.</li><li>This matters because semiconductors are (as far as my memory holds) the most significant weight in Momentum I’ve ever witnessed. </li></ul>

Markets always act erratically, but I thought I would highlight one aspect that disproportionately impacts semiconductors.Factor investing is not new, but we are in a unique period where Momentum has quite a period of outperformance and short-term outperformance.This matters because semiconductors are (as far as my memory holds) the most significant weight in Momentum I’ve ever witnessed. 

Factors and Semiconductors