MunAiMarkets Has ALL 11 Ai-Related Stock Segments Covered – From Chip Design and Fabrication to Software Application – Take A Look

Introduction

MunAiMarkets tracks the performances of 56 AI stocks in 11 model portfolios and, on average, they were DOWN 3.8% week/ending March 28th, DOWN 10.2% MTD, but remain UP 0.5% YTD. as follows:

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The 7 Ai Hardware Stock Model Portfolios

• There are 4 steps in the development and production of computer chips and those companies are detailed  in the first 4 model Portfolios;
• Companies that outsource the fabrication of chips to specialized foundries while designing and selling the chips themselves are detailed in Portfolio #5;
• Companies that do everything themselves in house to control the entire production process are detailed in Portfolio #6; and
• Model Portfolio #7 consists of companies involved exclusively in the research and development of quantum computers.

1. The Pure-Play EDA Software Chip Design Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 2.3% w/e March 28th; DOWN 1.9% MTD, DOWN 11.6% YTD 
   • 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 Pure-Play Semiconductor Foundries Model Portfolio: DOWN 6.2% w/e March 28th; DOWN 9.0% MTD, DOWN 18.2% YTD 
   • 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 are as follows: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM); GlobalFoundries (GFS): Tower Semiconductor (TSEM); and United Microelectronics (UMC).
3. The Pure-Play Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 7.1% w/e March 28th; DOWN 13.2% MTD, DOWN 24.2% YTD 
   • 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 are as follows: ASE Technology (ASX); and Amkor Technology (AMKR).
4. The Pure-Play Semiconductor Supplier Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 5.3% w/e March 28th; DOWN 5.7% MTD, DOWN 0.2% YTD 
   • 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 are as follows: KLAC Corp. (KLAC); Lam Research (LRCX);  Applied Materials (AMAT); ASML Holding (ASML); and Entegris (ENTG).
5. The Pure-Play Fabless Semiconductor Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 4.6% w/e March 28th; DOWN 8.4% MTD, DOWN 12.3% YTD 
   • 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 Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 3.8% w/e March 28th; DOWN 10.6% MTD, DOWN 5.2% YTD 
   • 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 Pure-Play Quantum Computing Stocks Model Portfolio: No Change w/e March 28th; UP 5.5% MTD, DOWN 42.6% YTD 
   • 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).

On average, the 7 Ai Hardware Model Stock Portfolios were DOWN 4.4% w/e March 28th and are DOWN 6.9% MTD and DOWN 8.0% YTD

The 4 Generative Ai Software Stock Model Portfolios

1. The Pure-Play CyberSecurity Software Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 1.3% w/e March 28th; DOWN 3.9% MTD, UP 7.7% YTD  
   • 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 constituents are: CrowdStrike (CRWD); Zscaler (ZS); Fortinet (FTNT); Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP); and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).
2. The Pure-Play Cloud Computing SaaS Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 4.2% w/e March 28th; DOWN 18.3% MTD, DOWN 18.6% YTD 
   • Focus: consists of 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).
3. The Mega-Cap Ai Stocks Portfolio: DOWN 2.9% w/e March 28th; DOWN 10.6% MTD, DOWN 15.3% YTD  
   • Focus: highlights those tech companies with market capitalizations in excess of $1Trillion.
   • Constituents: its 8 non pure-play constituents are: Broadcom (AVGO); Meta Platforms (META);  Amazon (AMZN); Alphabet (GOOGL); Apple (AAPL); Microsoft (MSFT); Tesla (TSLA); and Nvidia (NVDA)
4. The Pure-Play Ai-focused Drug Discovery Stocks Model Portfolio: DOWN 9.4% w/e March 28th; DOWN 15.6% MTD, DOWN 6.2% YTD  
   • 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).

On average, the 4 Generative Ai Software Model Stock Portfolios were DOWN 3.2% w/e March 28th, are DOWN 12.3% MTD and are DOWN 13.1% YTD

Summary

As mentioned in the opening paragraph, the 56 stocks tracked in the above 11 Ai category portfolios were DOWN 3.6% week/ending March 28th and are DOWN 10.2% MTD. and are marginally UP 0.5% YTD.