SK Hynix's record $26.5B U.S. IPO and AI memory leadership put semiconductor, South Korea and IPO ETFs like SOXX, SMH, QQQ, EWY, IPO and FPX in focus.
Open any investing forum this week and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) is inescapable.
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It's been brutal to be a semiconductor investor lately, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) tanking 11% in the past week and around 16% from all-time highs seen at the end of June.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) has ridden the AI chip boom to a 93.3% year-to-date gain through July 6, 2026, nearly doubling investor capital in roughly six months.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) was launched on July 10, 2001, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Technology - Semiconductors segment of the equity market.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) has had one of the most violent round trips in its history.
Options traders were buying a lot of protection on the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) on Tuesday.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF is soaring in 2026 as AI infrastructure spending boosts the chip sector. The semiconductor market is predicted to top $1 trillion this year.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) has gone vertical.
Launched on 07/10/2001, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Technology ETFs category of the market.
The SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD) and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) look like interchangeable ways to own the chip cycle, but they differ in one fundamental way.