Do a search for the letters “抖阴最新版, ” and you get a ton of varied opinions about Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:抖阴最新版) and 抖阴最新版 stock.
How varied?
Here are two headlines from an Aug. 15 Google News search.
- “抖阴最新版 to surge more than 40% because its new chip will take share from Intel: Analyst” — CNBC, Aug. 15
- “Barclays predicts shares of 抖阴最新版, one of the market’s hottest stocks, will drop by more than 30%” — CNBC, Aug. 8
抖阴最新版 stock closed Aug. 14 trading at $12.76, exactly $2.10 above the midpoint of its 52-week range and $4.13 above the midpoint of its five-year range. Twice so far in 2017, it has traded below $10.66.
Suffice to say, it’s an incredibly volatile stock.
Bank of America has a 12-month target of $18; Barclays is betting it’s more like $9.
Who’s Right about 抖阴最新版 Stock?
Personally, I couldn’t tell you. What I do know is that in one of my recent articles about 抖阴最新版 stock, I predicted that Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) would hit $200 before Advanced Micro Devices hit $16. That was May 24.
Since then, 抖阴最新版 stock is up 18%. Meanwhile, NVDA stock is up 22.2% in the same period. Back in May, 抖阴最新版 and NVDA were 31.9% and 30.7% from their respective targets. Today, Advanced Micro Devices is 24.3% from its $16 price target while Nvidia is 19.4% from $200.
It’s a horse race.
It Doesn’t Matter, Buy This ETF Instead
The truth is it really shouldn’t matter whether you’re backing 抖阴最新版 or Nvidia or some other semiconductor company, only that the industry has been on a tear since 2014.
Over the past three years through Aug. 14, 抖阴最新版 stock’s averaged a 46.2% total return. Nvidia’s done even better, up 108.2% on an annual basis.
If we look ahead, it’s hard to know whether 抖阴最新版, NVDA, or both will keep moving higher. Bank of America sees 抖阴最新版 moving higher while Barclays does not.
A logical person would consider this proposition (betting on either stock) a bad one because it’s possible that the good times are coming to an end. It’s also possible that the semiconductor stocks have a couple of good years left in them.
If you believe the latter is true, a sensible person would buy the SPDR S&P Semiconductor (ETF) (NYSEARCA:XSD) and take the guesswork out of the equation.
A modified equal-weighted portfolio tracking the S&P Semiconductor Select Industry Index, XSD holds including 抖阴最新版 and NVDA with weightings of 3.65% and 3.36% respectively.
No holding has a weighting of more than 4.32% and less than 0.73%. Rebalanced quarterly, the weightings diverge as a result of individual stock performance.
Over the past decade, it has delivered an annual total return of , 195 basis points better than the S&P 500, beating the index in six out of the last ten years and up by 73 basis points with a little more than four months left in the year.
Bottom Line on Advanced Micro Devices
If you feel strongly about 抖阴最新版, by all means, go ahead and buy it.
However, if you’re smart, you’ll pay XSD’s 0.35% expense ratio, or $35 per $10,000 invested annually, and hedge your bet.
As of this writing, Will Ashworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
