Wall Street’s Biggest Funds Are Dumping Broadcom and Adding Taiwan Semiconductor. Time to Follow the ‘Smart Money?’

Wall Street’s Biggest Funds Are Dumping Broadcom and Adding Taiwan Semiconductor. Time to Follow the ‘Smart Money?’

By Eric Bleeker
Publication Date: 2026-08-16 22:13:00

Quick Read

  • Three major hedge funds piled into TSM while dumping AVGO, with TSM gaining 41% YTD versus AVGO’s 8% single-week drop.

  • Druckenmiller exited Intel and Micron while opening new positions in LRCX, AMD, and Entegris, signaling selective bets on process equipment over legacy chips.

  • Despite AVGO posting 48% revenue growth with AI sales up 143%, funds sold over six-customer concentration risk and 230 basis-point margin compression.

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Second-quarter 13F filings, disclosed late last week for positions held as of June 30, tell a clear story inside the semiconductor trade: the biggest hedge funds rotated out of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and into Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM). Let’s…