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New 52-Week High: Semiconductor HOLDRs (SMH, INTC, AMD, TXN, AMAT)

Stock Tickers: SMH, INTC, AMD, TXN, AMAT

Investors are probably thinking about the old "Sell in May and Go Away" mantra, particularly in tech stocks, with a different mindset than in other years.  Amazingly enough, the Semiconductor HOLDRs (SMH) are actually on a new 52-week high.  The truth is that an Intel (INTC) upgrade last week probably brought on more attention making Intel the top performing DJIA component last week.  This week’s report out of DRAMeXchange showed that anti-smuggling efforts out of China were leading to more spot-market buying of DRAm chips.

The Semiconductor HOLDRs top 3 holdings are Intel (INTC), Texas Instruments (TXN), and Applied Materials (AMAT) and they make up more than 50% of the weighting out of the ETF’s 20-ish positions.

The prior high for the last year was $38.56, and shares are up 2.4% at $38.70 today. Not all chip stocks are on highs new highs:
Intel (INTC) $24.17, (+$0.23); previous year high $24.45.
AMD (AMD) $14.39 (+$0.75); previous high, so high holders don’t want to know.
Applied Materials (AMAT) $20.21 (+$0.58); previous year high $20.78.
Texas Instruments (TXN) $37.43 (+$0.68); previous year high $38.41.

Jon C. Ogg
June 21, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in any of the companies he covers.

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