Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Deep Fundamental Analysis

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities, Mint Finance

Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Taiwan Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Semiconductor stocks retreated last week, with the SOXX ETF down 0.58%, underperforming the S&amp;P 500 amid renewed tariff anxiety and fading near-term catalysts.</li>
<li>Samsung’s $37B Texas fab faces execution delays, TSMC prioritises U.S. expansion over Japan, and the U.S. eased EDA software bans on China, signalling a brief pause in chip trade tensions.</li>
<li>Investor behaviour reflected caution beneath resilience; despite stable technical indicators, SOXX saw $277M in net outflows, with hedged positioning dominating</li>
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Semiconductor stocks retreated last week, with the SOXX ETF down 0.58%, underperforming the S&amp;P 500 amid renewed tariff anxiety and fading near-term catalysts.
Samsung’s $37B Texas fab faces execution delays, TSMC prioritises U.S. expansion over Japan, and the U.S. eased EDA software bans on China, signalling a brief pause in chip trade tensions.
Investor behaviour reflected caution beneath resilience; despite stable technical indicators, SOXX saw $277M in net outflows, with hedged positioning dominating


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