Nov 9, 2026 · 8 min
TSMC and Chinese robots lift markets as AI spending wobbles
TSMC Pops, UBTech Boosted, Softbank Falls
The episode maps how semiconductor bets, robotics optimism, and doubts about US data-center spending are reshaping technology stocks.
- 1TSMC-linked memory and advanced-packaging prospects help drive a rebound in Taiwan technology shares.
- 2Chinese humanoid-robot makers gain as industrial applications and a potential Unitree joint venture fuel optimism.
- 3US data-center uncertainty and scrutiny of Jensen Huang pressure AI, power-equipment, and related technology stocks.
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The episode’s sharpest turn comes when Nvidia-linked optimism in Taiwan gives way to scrutiny of Jensen Huang and doubts about US AI infrastructure spending.
The brief
Taiwan’s market rebounds after stabilization measures and short-selling restrictions, with Nvidia’s advanced-packaging investment and potential memory work with TSMC driving technology shares higher.
Anthony Stevens helps frame the Taiwan move as a bet on semiconductor capacity, with TSMC and MediaTek among the technology names benefiting from renewed confidence.
Chinese humanoid-robot stocks attract fresh optimism as reports point to a potential state-owned oil company joint venture with Unitree and growing industrial applications.
The mood turns cautious in the US, where uncertain data-center investment and political scrutiny of Jensen Huang weigh on AI semiconductors, power equipment, electricity exporters, and batteries.
The closing technology report finds Chinese automakers restoring buttons and knobs, alongside a similar move by Mercedes-Benz, as regulators respond to safety concerns over overly digital controls.
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