iShares Semiconductor ETF

SOXX

Market cap $46.2B

Chip stocks have been setting the tone in 2026. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) is up 66.69% year to date, and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) has done even better, rising 88.78%.

The semiconductor industry is a cyclical industry that's currently riding on a high. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is the most effective way to get exposure to the semiconductor industry.

SOX may have completed its Elliott Wave correction, with bulls targeting new highs if key support holds, while breakout confirmation remains essential.

SK Hynix stock slumped in its first full day of U.S. trading as jitters continued to weigh on chip and memory stocks.

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.

Growth in AI demand is supercharging the semiconductor sector. Memory chip shortages have led to huge stock gains in the past few quarters.

Open any investing forum this week and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) is inescapable.

We've just waved goodbye to the first half of 2026, and now investors are girding their loins for the second quarter earnings season. This begins next week when a large chunk of the giant US financial institutions report.

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Tech retakes command of markets for Wednesday's trading session, which @CharlesSchwab's Nathan Peterson points to as the most important corner of Wall Street. He talks about the rampant volatility gripping single stocks like Micron (MU) and ETFs like the PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) to explain why he sees "bias to the upside.