Is the Ai Stock Surge Over? The 12 MunAiMarkets Ai-Focused Stock Portfolios Were Down 6%, On Average, In February

Introduction

MunAiMarkets tracks the performances of 7 categories (Cannabis, Ai Hardware, Ai Software, Gold/Silver, Cryptocurrencies, Low PEG and Select ETFs) consisting of 89 constituents (77 stocks; 12 ETFs) in  34 portfolios. On average, the 12 portfolios tracking 61 Ai stocks, were DOWN 6.1% in February and are now DOWN 0.95% so far in 2025.

To understand why the Ai sector is down go HERE and ask “Why did x stock change price so much this week?”

The 7 Ai Hardware Stock Portfolios

There are 4 steps in the development and production of computer chips and those companies are detailed  in the first 4 Portfolios, Portfolio #5 consists of companies that outsource the fabrication of chips to specialized foundries while designing and selling the chips themselves, Portfolio #6 consists of companies that do everything themselves, i.e. are not pure-play, to control the entire production process, and Portfolio #7 consists of companies involved exclusively in the research and development of quantum computers. The details of each are as follows:

1. The MunAiMarkets EDA Software Chip Design Stocks Portfolio: 
   • Focus: its constituents are involved exclusively (i.e. pure-play) in the custom design of complex semiconductor chips using sophisticated electronic design automation (EDA) software.
   • Constituents: its 2 constituents are as follows: Synopsys (SNPS) and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS).
2. The MunAiMarkets Pure-Play Semiconductor Supplier Stocks Portfolio:
   • Focus: its constituents provide essential equipment for manufacturing chips such as lithography machines, etching, test and packaging equipment, automation and inspection systems and production materials such as chemicals, gases, wafers and packaging.
   • Constituents: its 5 constituents in the portfolio are as follows: KLAC Corp. (KLAC); Lam Research (LRCX); Applied Materials (AMAT); ASML Holding (ASML); and Entegris (ENTG).
3. The MunAiMarkets Pure-Play Semiconductor Foundries Portfolio: 
   • Focus: it consist of factories (called foundries in semiconductor jargon) that concentrate all their efforts in the manufacture of chips based on the designs provided by other semiconductor companies.
   • Constituents: its 4 constituents performed as follows: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM); GlobalFoundries (GFS): Tower Semiconductor (TSEM); and United Microelectronics (UMC).
4. The MunAiMarkets Pure-Play Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test Stocks Portfolio:
   • Focus: it consists of companies that assemble chips into finished semiconductor components, tests for defects and do the very specialized packaging of the chips for shipping.
   • Constituents: its 2 constituents perform as follows: ASE Technology (ASX); and Amkor Technology (AMKR).
5. The MunAiMarkets Pure-Play Fabless Semiconductor Stocks Portfolio:
   • Focus: it consists of companies that outsource the fabrication (or fab) of chips to specialized foundries while designing and selling the chips themselves.
   • Constituents: its 6 constituents are as follows: Qualcomm (QCOM); Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR); Marvell (MRVL); Broadcom (AVGO); Nvidia (NVDA); and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
6. The MunAiMarkets Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDM) Portfolio:
   • Focus: it consists of 8 companies that do everything themselves, i.e. are not pure-play, to control the entire production process.
   • Constituents: its constituents are as follows: Micron Technology (MU); Infineon Technologies (IFNNY); NXP Semiconductors (NXPI); Analog Devices (ADI);  Texas Instruments (TXN); Intel Corp. (INTC); Microchip Technology (MCHP); and STMicroelectronics (STM).
7. The MunAiMarkets Pure-Play Quantum Computing Stocks Portfolio:
   • Focus: it consists of companies involved exclusively in the research and development of quantum computers.
   • Constituents: its 4 constituents are as follows: IonQ (IONQ); Rigetti Computing (RGTI); D-Wave Computing (QBTS); and Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT).

In total, the above 7 Portfolios cover 31 AI hardware stocks. Go HERE for 1D, 5D, 1M, 6M, YTD and 1Y percentage changes in Stock Price, type in Stock or ETF Symbol, and Click on Time Period.

The 5 Generative Ai Software Stock Portfolios

1. The MunAiMarkets Ai-focused Drug Discovery Stocks Portfolio: 
   • Focus: highlights those pure-play clinical stage biotech stocks that are embracing AI to streamline drug discovery and development.
   • Constituents: its 5 constituents are: Absci Corporation  (ABSI); Schrödinger (SDGR); Relay Therapeutics (RLAY); AbCellera Biologics (ABCL); and Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX).
2. The MunAiMarkets Pure-play CyberSecurity Software Stocks Portfolio: 
   • Focus: consists of companies that train their models with data from previous attacks to create autonomous systems that can detect if an attack is ongoing based on certain readings allowing them more time to prepare mitigation and response strategies.
   • Constituents: its 5 largest pure-play constituents are: CrowdStrike (CRWD); Zscaler (ZS); Fortinet (FTNT); Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP); and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).
3. The MunAiMarkets Pure-play Cloud Computing SaaS Stocks Portfolio: 
   • Focus: consists of 7 companies that provide the storage, processing and managing of data on a network of remote computers hosted on the internet.
   • Constituents: its 7 constituents are: Cloudflare (NET); Atlassian (TEAM); MongoDB (MDB);  HubSpot (HUBS); Workday (WDAY); Datadog (DDOG); and ServiceNow (NOW).
4. The MunAiMarkets Mega-Cap Ai Stocks Portfolio:
   • Focus: highlights those tech companies with market capitalizations in excess of $1Trillion.
   • Constituents: its 7 non-pure play constituents are: Broadcom (AVGO); Meta Platforms (META); Amazon (AMZN); Alphabet (GOOGL); Apple (AAPL); Microsoft (MSFT); Tesla (TSLA); and Nvidia (NVDA).
5. The MunAiMarkets Small/Large Cap Ai Stocks Portfolio:   
   • Focus: consists of 6 generative artificial intelligence software stocks with market capitalizations between $500M and $5B..
   • Constituents: its 6 constituents are Evolv Technologies (EVLV); Digimarc Corporation (DMRC); BigBear.ai (BBAI);  Innodata (INOD); Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI); and SoundHound AI (SOUN).

In total, the above 5 Portfolios cover 30 AI software stocks. Go HERE for 1D, 5D, 1M, 6M, YTD and 1Y percentage changes in Stock Price, type in Stock or ETF Symbol, and Click on Time Period.