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8 articles on this site analyse SMH — 2 of them head-on.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-06-30SMH reports 26 positions, but the weights make it behave like about 13.9 equally weighted ones. Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing — see what this measure does not tell you and the full table.
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Minimum Variance vs Maximum Diversification: Two Optimizers, Two Very Different Portfolios
Minimum variance and maximum diversification start from the same covariance matrix but optimize different things — one minimizes portfolio volatility, the...
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XBI vs IBB: Equal-Weight vs Cap-Weight Biotech — Two Very Different Risk Profiles
XBI weights biotech names roughly equally, tilting hard toward small- and mid-cap clinical-stage companies; IBB is cap-weighted and dominated by a handful...
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KWEB vs FXI vs MCHI: Three Very Different Ways to Own China
These three funds share a "China" label but are not three flavors of the same trade: KWEB is an internet-sector fund, FXI is a state-heavy large-cap fund,...
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Memory, Logic, and Equipment: What's Actually Inside a Semiconductor ETF
A semiconductor ETF is not one bet — it is a weighted basket of four different businesses (memory, logic/design, foundry, equipment) that peak and trough on...
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The 2026 Semiconductor Selloff, Part 2 — SOXX vs SMH vs SOXQ: Which Chip ETF Actually Fits a Long-Term Portfolio
The three funds look nearly identical on realized volatility and five-year max drawdown, but SMH's 5Y CAGR beat SOXX by roughly 4.9 percentage points a year...
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The 2026 Semiconductor Selloff: How the Most Crowded Trade Cracked, and Why Korea Fell Harder Than U.S. Chips
From their June 2026 peaks, the two large U.S. semiconductor ETFs fell hard — SOXX −15.6% and SMH −12.7% — but their long-term uptrends stayed intact, which...
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XLV vs VHT: Two Ways to Own Healthcare — Concentration, Fees, and Defensive Behavior
XLV holds roughly 60 large-cap S&P 500 healthcare names; VHT holds around 400 across the full U.S. cap spectrum — the same sector, two different portfolios....
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SMH vs SOXX: Two Semiconductor ETFs, Two Very Different Concentration Profiles
SMH and SOXX both track US-listed semiconductor equity, but SMH runs a far more concentrated book — the return gap over five years is mostly a concentration...
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