Chip equipment stocks and geopolitical risk: what each crisis does to them
We model 7 crises. For each, the model gives a typical holding in every sector a move in three cases, from calm to severe. Here is chip equipment in each, next to the odds of that case and how sure we are of the number.
What each crisis does to chip equipment stocks
Taiwan Strait / Semiconductor Chokepoint UNPRICED
| Case | Odds | Chip equipmentmodelled move |
|---|---|---|
| Calm caseGray-Zone Pressure | about 6 in 10 (likely) | ▼ −1.0% |
| Middle caseQuarantine / Blockade | about 1 in 4 (unlikely) | ▼ −47.6% |
| Severe caseInvasion / Fab Denial | about 1 in 8 (very unlikely) | ▼ −57.8% |
No Taiwan blockade has ever happened, so these are reasoned estimates anchored to Bloomberg Economics — a map, not a forecast.
No figure for chip equipment in: Strait of Hormuz / Iran Conflict, Red Sea / Bab el-Mandeb, Panama Canal drought, Korean Peninsula conflict, US tariff shock, Russia–Ukraine war. We give the sector no number there. That is not the same as saying it does not move.
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DELAX describes exposure. It is not investment advice. The modelled moves are a map of exposure, not price forecasts.