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Asian stocks diverged on Tuesday as South Korea's KOSPI struggled to shake off pressure on semiconductor shares while Japan's Nikkei 225 recovered, leaving the region's two most AI-sensitive markets moving in opposite directions ahead of key US and Japanese rate decisions. The KOSPI fell as much as 0.76% in early Seoul trading before paring most of the decline, extending a difficult stretch after Monday's sharp…

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) was launched on December 20, 2011, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Technology - Semiconductors segment of the equity market.

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A smaller, cheaper semiconductor ETF has quietly left the industry's most popular chip fund in the dust this year, and the reason comes down to one name that SMH owns a lot of and its rival barely touches.

Semiconductor ETFs are riding AI-driven demand and rising chip investment, with four funds offering diversified exposure to the industry's next growth phase.