The iShares Semiconductor ETF has comfortably beaten the broader market over the past year, with a 53% gain.
Semiconductors remain a red hot field of technology. Market analyst Charlie Bilello pointed out in a recent blog post that the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SOXX) has outperformed every other industry group over the last decade, rising 10x. The Invesco QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index is up 4.3x in the last 10 years, while leading gold and energy ETFs have each increased 1.5x. Bilello calls the move higher in semiconductors relative to the broader market “parabolic.” Cl
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