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Semiconductors Sector: News Highlight, Sentiment and Fundamentals
Sat. Nov 1, 2025

The price action of Semiconductors (SOXX) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The overall sentiment for Semiconductors sector is very positive (overall 3.6, positive 4.1, negative -0.5) on 20251101. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (3.2), Price Level (2), Option Speculation (1.5), Sector Price Trend (1.2), Broad Market Trend (0.3), and Valuation Sentiment (-1) will drive up the price. The forces of and Market Risk Prefrence (0) will drive down the price.

'Buy the dips' is the preferred trading strategy. Hourly SMA 20 trend line is likely to provide a support from any pullbacks. The swing to upside will be significant considering the high positive sentiment forces (4.1). The extreme bullish overall sentiment (3.6) may signal the top of this uptrend.

The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on SOXX trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale.


DateAttentionAverage
Attention
PricePrice
Level
ChangeSMA10
Trend
Market
Sentiment
Trend
Sentiment
FundamentalsNews
Sentiment
2025-11-016%      5.1%      2.4      1.2      3.2      4.9     
2025-10-315%      4.9%      306.55      88      0.37%      0.61%      2.3      1.2      3.1      5.9     
2025-10-303%      4.7%      305.41      90      -1.35%      0.54%      2.4      1.6      3.1      2.9     
2025-10-296%      4.9%      309.6      107      1.71%      0.75%      2.7      2.1      2.6      5.8     
2025-10-287%      4.4%      304.4      102      0.11%      0.9%      2.1      1.5      2.3      7     
2025-10-275%      4%      304.08      107      2.78%      0.66%      1.7      1.3      1.9      5.1     
2025-10-264%      3.9%      1.7      1.2      2      4.6     
2025-10-254%      4%      1.6      1.2      1.9      5     
2025-10-244%      4.1%      295.86      88      1.65%      0.84%      1.6      1.2      1.8      4.6     
2025-10-234%      4%      291.06      76      2.46%      0.03%      0.8      0.1      1.5      5.2     
 
Both emotion scores and sentiment scores are calculated in a -10 - +10 scale.
The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

 
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2 (7) Super Micro's Moment of Truth: A Growth Story Under Pressure Super Micro's new design wins and key strategic initiatives highlight its central role in the expanding AI infrastructure and data center build-out. (https://www.marketbeat.com/) Sat. Nov 1, 2025
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4 (-7) Where the Nexperia auto chip crisis stands now as the U.S., China and EU race to contain fallout The Nexperia crisis is still threatening vehicle production worldwide. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Sat. Nov 1, 2025
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14 (8) Nvidia Secures Exclusive Access To Taiwan Semiconductor's Next-Gen Super-Chip Nvidia is the sole customer for Taiwan Semiconductor's upcoming A16 process node, which promises faster and more efficient chips for AI. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
15 (8) South Korea October exports post surprise gain on strong demand for chips and ships South Korea October exports post surprise gain on strong demand for chips and ships (https://www.investing.com/) Sat. Nov 1, 2025
 
16 (7) Trump could give automakers relief from Nexperia chip shortage with China deal The White House and the Chinese government have reached an agreement to resume chip shipments from semiconductor company Nexperia, according to the Wall Street Journal. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
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22 (-5) Nexperia cuts wafer supplies to Chinese plant, ratcheting up chip disruptions Dutch chipmaker Nexperia suspended supplies of wafers to its Chinese assembly plant, according to a letter to its customers reviewed by Reuters. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
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33 (-2) Big Tech keeps splurging on AI. The pressure is ramping up to show why Silicon Valley’s mega AI spending spree isn’t slowing down anytime soon. But Wall Street’s patience to see a return might be wearing a little thin. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
34 (7) Amazon’s Cloud Acceleration Calms Investor Fears of AI Bubble In the third quarter, Amazon Web Services generated $33 billion in revenue, a 20% increase from a year earlier, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The results reinforce the logic that major technology companies such as Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have been using to justify record spending levels on data center construction — that demand for AI is outstripping the supply of global computing capacity. Amazon’s results came a day after investors punished Meta Platforms Inc. for projecting even greater spending in 2026. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
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37 (8) Jensen Huang spreads Nvidia magic to fried-chicken stocks Partnerships with Nvidia have boosted stocks of companies ranging from Intel to Nokia as the maker of AI chips transforms into a venture-capital giant. On his visit to South Korea timed for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nvidia’s NVDA Jensen Huang boosted another sector: the fried chicken industry. (https://www.barrons.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
38 (8) Here’s how Nvidia’s Jensen Huang answers the AI bubble question Jensen Huang thinks AI is now useful to people and companies , and it’s profitable and so corporates will want to invest more. (https://www.barrons.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
39 (8) Samsung building facility with 50,000 Nvidia GPUs to automate chip manufacturing Samsung is the latest company to announce a deal with Nvidia, whose chips remain essential for building and deploying advanced artificial intelligence. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
40 (8) Goldman Sachs raises Nvidia price target ahead of AI giant's next earnings report The bank maintained its buy rating and lifted its price target on Nvidia heading into the chipmaker's next earnings release, slated for Nov. 19. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
 
41 (4) Nvidia's Huang downplays concerns over selling AI chips to Beijing: It has 'plenty' of its own "It's in the best interest of America to serve that China market. It's in the best interest of China to have the American technology," the Nvidia CEO said. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
42 (8) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI is in a 'virtuous cycle.' Here's what he means "The virtual cycle of AI has been designed, and this is ... the reason why you're seeing the world's capex going so fast," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
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45 (8) Google is finding answers to its AI questions The search giant's first $100 billion quarter suggests cannibalization isn't the right frame for Google's AI transition. Augmentation is more like it. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
 
46 (8) Here’s how Nvidia’s Jensen Huang answers the AI bubble question Jensen Huang thinks AI is now useful to people and companies , and it’s profitable and so corporates will want to invest more. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025
47 (6) AI might not take your job — if you can use it to be even more productive Venture capitalist Hemant Taneja: AI won’t just build on the internet boom — it will be bigger, (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Fri. Oct 31, 2025


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