

Shares of semiconductor giant Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have more than doubled this year. The stock, one of the bellwethers in the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor space, traded higher last week following the company's Advance AI event.

Confirming a prominent perch of its own in the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor space, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is up more than 90% this year and has more than quadrupled in value over of the past year. As the company's latest quarterly earnings update confirms, AI compute demand is through the roof.

Semiconductor stocks haven't been immune to retrenchment in the artificial intelligence (AI) trade and sector rotation. Just look at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which is off more than 7% since the start of the year.

Direxion Daily AMD Bull 2X Shares (NASDAQ: AMUU - Get Free Report) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 165,117 shares, a decrease of 16.0% from the February 12th total of 196,625 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 143,144 shares,

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) delivered strong results last week while telling investors it expects 2026 sales to surge 30%, confirming the theme of artificial intelligence (AI) spending is alive and well. The world's largest semiconductor foundry operator also signaled robust margin expansion.

Direxion Daily AMD Bull 2X Shares (NASDAQ: AMUU - Get Free Report) was the target of a large drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,657 shares, a drop of 79.8% from the December 15th total of 127,011 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 81,820

Micron smashed its fiscal Q4 earnings with beats across the board and positive guidance on Tuesday, which should gives bulls more room to run. However, its largest peer in the semiconductor space, Nvidia, could be heading in the opposite direction.

Nvidia has been sitting pretty atop the list of largest companies. After its fiscal year 2026 Q2 earnings, it sent a message that it plans to remain there.
SEC filings for AMUU aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.