U.S. Stock Giants Deep Dive: TSMC— Nvidia Earnings Meet Surging Treasury Yields: An Industry-Chain and Technical View
2026/08/19 08:16By:
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Weekly Focus
TSMC’s biggest story this week is the sharp disconnect between fundamentals and price action. July revenue continued to grow at a rapid pace, yet the ADR fell 4% in the latest semiconductor selloff. The market still believes in AI demand. The key question now is how long higher rates will suppress valuation, and whether NVIDIA’s earnings next week can reconfirm demand for advanced nodes and CoWoS.
Rate Pressure
The latest tech selloff was driven mainly by rising long-term Treasury yields and higher oil prices. The 30-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since 2007, while the 10-year yield reached its highest since January 2025. Brent crude also moved back above $90, reviving concerns over inflation and capital costs.
For TSMC, higher rates create two pressures: they compress valuation multiples for high-growth semiconductor stocks and raise financing costs for downstream data-center expansion. The market has already priced in strong AI demand, while persistently higher long-term funding costs remain a fresh constraint on valuation.
AI Capacity
TSMC reported Q2 revenue of $40.2 billion, with gross margin at 67.7% and net profit rising 77% year over year to NT$706.6 billion. Q3 revenue guidance stands at $44.6–$45.8 billion. July revenue reached NT$467.58 billion, up 44.7% year over year.
The company raised 2026 capex guidance to $60–$64 billion, while HPC accounted for 66% of Q2 revenue and N2 continues to ramp rapidly. Upstream, TSMC relies on equipment suppliers including ASML, with rising equipment costs also contributing to higher capex. Downstream, customers include NVIDIA, AMD, Google and Amazon across GPUs and custom ASICs, while advanced nodes and CoWoS connect directly into the HBM ecosystem.
Samsung and Intel Foundry continue to pursue share, but TSMC still leads through process technology, yield and customer breadth. NVIDIA’s earnings next week will be an important read-through for Blackwell demand, the Rubin roadmap and overall AI capital-spending intensity.
Sharp Pullback
TSM closed at
$413.41 yesterday, down
4.07%, with an intraday low of
$410.77 and volume rising to roughly 14 million shares.
The
$410–$413 area is the first support zone. A break below that would put
$398–$405 in focus. On the upside,
$425–$431 is the first resistance area, followed by stronger resistance around
$435–$436.
A sustained move back above $436 could open the way toward
$450. If $410 breaks and a rebound fails to reclaim that level, the correction could extend toward the $400 area.
Two-Way Strategy
The primary bias remains bullish, but the setup is better suited to event-driven two-way trading.
For bulls, consider building positions if TSM stabilizes around
$410–$413, with a stop below
$405. The first target is
$425–$431, followed by
$435–$440. If NVIDIA delivers strong earnings and TSM breaks above $436 on volume, the next target shifts to
$450.
For bears, wait for a confirmed break below
$410 and a failed rebound back above $413 before entering. A stop can be placed above
$418, with the first target at
$
400
–$405.
For swing trades, leverage should preferably remain within
5x–10x. Leverage above 20x is better reserved for tightly controlled short-term trades. The key trading window is the next five sessions through one to two days after NVIDIA’s earnings.
Main Risks
The two main risks are further increases in long-term Treasury yields and oil prices, which could compress semiconductor valuations further, and an NVIDIA report or outlook that fails to meet elevated expectations and drags down sentiment across the AI hardware chain.
TSMC’s fundamentals remain strong. In the near term, the key signals are whether
$410 support holds and whether NVIDIA’s earnings reconfirm the strength of the broader AI demand cycle.
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