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Why Does Focus Investing Performs Better than Market-Cap ETF than High-Dividend ETF than Bond ETF | 10-Year Empirical Study | Long-term Investing

Excluding short-term speculation akin to gambling, our study today focuses on a 10-year long-term investment perspective. We found that individual stock investments (focus investing) outperform market-cap ETFs, market-cap ETFs outperform high-dividend ETFs, and high-dividend ETFs outperform bond ETFs.

Assuming an investor allocated $100,000 to each of these four strategies 10 years ago:
– focus investing (represented by Apple, AAPL) grew to $884,000.
– Market-cap ETF (represented by Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, VOO) grew to $342,000.
– High-dividend ETF (represented by Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, VIG) grew to $302,000.
– Bond ETF (represented by Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF, BND) grew to $116,000.

How can investors choose a strategy that aligns with their risk tolerance and personality, allowing them to achieve the best returns while still enjoying peace of mind?

In the following sections, we’ll explore each strategy in detail, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses to help you make an informed choice.

TSMC and Intel Net Income Comparison 2024Q2

TSMC and Intel Net Income Comparison 2001 Q1 to 2024 Q2 | TSMC (Net Income 8.2 billion) dominates Intel (Net Income – 1.6 billion) in the semiconductor foundry market.

We compared the quarterly net profits of the two leading semiconductor foundries in the world, TSMC and Intel, covering the period from the first quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2024. It can be seen that for most of the time before 2020, Intel’s net profit was greater than TSMC’s. However, starting in the second quarter of 2022, TSMC’s net profit surpassed Intel’s, thanks to its technological advantage in semiconductor foundry services. Over the past two years, Intel has even experienced losses in the first two quarters of 2024, while TSMC has consistently maintained profitability every quarter for more than 23 years, which is quite impressive. We also analyzed the significance behind this shift in profitability, including Intel’s decision in 2021 to re-enter the foundry market and the competition and challenges it has faced since then.