Baichuan Li
Baichuan Li
United Kingdom
Hi All After a few years, patience is finally paying off in our investment in $INTC. It is up 368% in the past 12 months, and 153% YTD, making it the 2nd best performer in the S&P500 in 2026. Investors are finally recognising the unique value Intel brings to the table as an “all-in-one” indigenous package from foundry to a CPU/packaging/GPU manufacturer. Intel’s stock breakout did not come from nothing overnight, it is the culmination of years of catching-up work which is now finally bearing fruit and allowing the company to capitalise on growth in AI and datacentre. On a side note, it is a slight shame that I sold $WDC (Western Digital Corporation) after holding it for several years which subsequently spun off its flash memory business as SanDisk and these two stocks have been the best and third best performer in S&P this year. Hindsight is 20/20 of course, the rationale for my decision at the time was a very high debt-equity ratio, which made it seem prudent that I kept the less leveraged Micron and sell Western Digital, rather than keep both stocks in the portfolio. Two months ago I trimmed my $MU (Micron Technology, Inc.) holdings by around 33% as the stock was already up 700%. I will be looking to trim this position further and look for more value stocks to invest in should it go up significantly more. One could argue that cyclic stocks in the semiconductor space are perhaps now overvalued despite how much momentum there is behind them.
Not investment advice. The author may have financial interests in the mentioned instruments.
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