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EXCLUSIVE: AI Bubble Risk Is Low, but SMH Faces a Bigger Threat Than QQQ, Expert Warns

Reviewed by ClearTape · Source: Benzinga

Key takeaways

  • SMH’s heavy Nvidia concentration makes it the most exposed AI‑themed
    ETF

    Exchange-traded fund — a basket of stocks or bonds you can buy like a single share.

    , and a slowdown in AI spending could hit it harder than the broader market indices.
  • SMH top ten holdings 69% of assets
  • Nvidia 21% of SMH
  • AIQ top ten 33% of assets

What happened

The AI Bubble Pop Index, released by Ai Funds, rates the overall AI market risk at 3 out of 20 as of Oct. 2, but the index does not assess individual sectors. Tal Schwartz warns that the VanEck Semiconductor

ETF

Exchange-traded fund — a basket of stocks or bonds you can buy like a single share.

(SMH) is especially vulnerable because Nvidia makes up about 21% of its holdings and the top ten stocks account for 69% of the fund. A 20% cut in hyperscaler AI spending could hurt chip equipment makers, memory makers, AI accelerators and networking suppliers, whose high fixed costs…

Why it matters

SMH’s concentration means a slowdown in AI spending could wipe out a large chunk of its portfolio, dragging the

ETF

Exchange-traded fund — a basket of stocks or bonds you can buy like a single share.

’s price down sharply. The broader market may look safe, but sector‑specific exposure can create outsized losses for investors who are not diversified. The same concentration risk exists in the big…

Short-term and longer-term

Short-term. Over the next few weeks, watch for any signs of reduced AI capex from Microsoft, Amazon, Google or Meta, as that could trigger a sell‑off in SMH, QQQ and SPY.

Longer-term. Diversifying into a more evenly weighted semiconductor

ETF

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like SOXX or an equal‑weight index such as RSP could reduce exposure to a single supplier’s performance.

Words on this card

AI Bubble Pop Index
An index that measures the risk of an artificial intelligence market bubble bursting.
Capex
Capital expenditures, the money companies spend on equipment and infrastructure.
Hyperscaler
Large cloud companies that run massive data centers and spend heavily on AI infrastructure.
Fixed costs
Costs that do not change with the level of production or sales, such as equipment and plant expenses.
Equal‑weight ETF
An exchange‑traded fund that gives each holding the same weight, rather than weighting by market cap.
ETF Learn
Exchange-traded fund — a basket of stocks or bonds you can buy like a single share.

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