Options Brief - Chips stumble, TSMC to the rescue - 16 July 2026
The tape has split. AI and software mega-caps carried the index to a fresh record while semiconductors stumbled and the Nasdaq 100 slipped, and this morning TSMC delivered a record second quarter…
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