I have been eyeing ASML for sometimes now. I understand they are the leading manufacturer of the most advanced chip making machines to be installed in Chip Foundries.
I watch in other videos they are the only the manufactures of machines capable of producing 5nm chips.
They are generating Free cash flow increasing year after year. Not to mention the current shortage in chips supply. It look at least two years to add or built new chip foundry, current condition in Taiwan the largest advanced chips manufacturer in the world. Sense of urgency, the wake up call for national security putting pressure for each individual country to focus on building their own chip manufacturing at home. Example recent 2022 chip act in the US
I really like them. Have stopped buying AMAT, although still hold a position which is 1.9% of my portfolio, and I am currently buying ASML and Lam Research instead. They are 0.6% and 0.7% of my portfolio.
Been quite on this part of the forum?
So investment trusts and some reits. Average discount on investment trusts is now 13%. pre covid 2.5% post covid 1%
Big in reits but not as big as they may appear.
This is meant as an example.
REITs and Infrastructure are where investors go when they consider government bonds aren’t paying enough. These type of investors like reliable income and real assets.
So the dividend they pay has to rise proportionally.
Well maybe not exactly.
So if a reit was paying 5% and gilt was paying 1% and gilt returns go up to 4% then reit will have to pay 8%. That can only be achieved by the share price falling until the dividend is equal to 8%. Offset to a degree by higher dividends due to inflation linked rent.
Now property values are obviously based on the resale value and they will fall as nobody is going buy an asset on 5% yeild anymore.
Nothing above is meant as a linear statement. Specially as some reits are suffering from separate problems. Namely those in the social housing area.
The question therefore is are the falls overdone?
Or alternative views is this the bottom?
Good luck in working it out!!