Does the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL $3750 (+5.39%) has the next surprise in store for us 🤷🏻‍♂️ At least the sodium-ion battery has recently received certification in accordance with GB 38031-2025 "Safety requirements for traction batteries of electric vehicles" (referred to as the "new national standard"), making it the first sodium-ion battery in the world to receive this certification.

Hello my dear ones....now that my REHA has ended after 4 weeks and the rocky road ahead has begun, it's time to look further ahead and spend a little more time in the portfolio again...

🟢 Top 3 August

$HSBA (+1.03%) +5,40 % (+10,64%)

$3750 (+5.39%) +4,65% (+26,46%)

$RIO (-0.58%) +3,69% (-1,73%)

🔴 Flop 3 August

$1211 (+2.47%) -4,95% (-15,90%)

$VAR (-0.83%) -1,45% (+4,79%)

$PETR4 (+0.35%) +1,54% (-6,89%)

》Upgraded ✅️

$MUX (-1.13%)

$IE000MMRLY96 (+0.19%)

$VAR (-0.83%)

...measured against August, things actually went quite well, including dividends, and April has long since been put to bed, even with Trump's whims...

...YTD and overall the figures continue to fit quite well and my high-yield dividend strategy continues to work even after all the capers.

A pro po dividends, there were € 107.21 gross and € 104.67 net last month, which corresponds to an increase YTD of 29.73 %, but on the other hand also represents one of my weaker months.

Compared to my portfolio value ~23100 € but still acceptable.

This month looks better again and with ~300 € dividends a good reinvest 🫠

A small drop of bitterness: contrary to my forecast, my FSA will be torn tomorrow and from then on, unfortunately, the ailing state system will also cash in again. But shit happens, I'm getting married next year and still have enough left for the further expansion of the story with a net dividend of ~€1700 this year, in contrast, I don't have to sell anything and so I see my portfolio easily in the 6-digit range within the next 4-5 years at the latest even with the wrecking ball (better late than never) 💪🏻

Another small component of this is my forecast increase for 2025...I had planned between 23-25k at the end of the year, but since things sometimes go well and develop differently than expected, I am now raising my target to 25-28k and am thus on a very good and realizable path.

With this in mind, here's to another month...📈

China's CATL $3750 (+5.39%)the world's largest battery manufacturer, unveiled its latest generation of electric vehicle (EV) batteries for the European market here on Sunday, underlining its growing presence and commitment to the region.

The launch took place two days before the opening of IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Europe's leading trade fair for the automotive industry.

The new battery, called "Shenxing Pro", is based on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry and will be offered in two versions tailored to the European market.

One long-life model is designed for a service life of up to 12 years or 1 million km and offers a maximum range of 758 km, well above the 300 to 500 km normally offered by LFP batteries. The other version is a fast-charging model that can add a range of 478 km in just 10 minutes of charging.

Lingbo Zhu, chief technology officer of CATL's international business unit, said the product has been developed to meet European driving habits, including higher speeds on highways, longer life of leased and used vehicles, and reliable performance in colder weather.

CATL entered the European market in 2012 through a strategic partnership with German car manufacturer BMW $BMW (+0%) into the European market. The company currently operates EV production facilities in Germany and Hungary, with a third plant currently under construction in Spain in collaboration with Stellantis $STLAM (-0.08%) is under construction.

"Our global journey starts here in Europe," said Tan Libin, CATL's Chief Customer Officer, pointing out that the company now works with around 90 percent of European car manufacturers.

According to Tan, CATL has supplied batteries for more than 20 million electric vehicles worldwide.

From January to July, CATL $3750 (+5.39%) and BYD $1211 (+2.47%) continued to dominate the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, together holding more than half of the market share.

According to South Korean market research company SNE Research on September 2, a total of 590.7 GWh of batteries for electric vehicles were installed worldwide from January to July, an increase of 35.3% compared to 436.7 GWh in the same period last year.

》CATL's EV battery installations reached 221.4 GWh from January to July, an increase of 34.0% compared to 165.2 GWh in the same period last year.

The Chinese battery giant maintained its global leadership position with a market share of 37.5% in this period and remained the only supplier to achieve a global market share of over 30%.

》BYD's EV battery installations reached 105.0 GWh in January-July, an increase of 52.4% compared to 68.9 GWh in the same period last year.

The company ranked second with a 17.8% share in January-July, up from 15.8% in January-July 2024 and unchanged from January-June 2025.

》The battery installations of LG Energy Solution $373220 reached 56.1 GWh in the January-July period, an increase of 9.0% compared to the previous year.

The South Korean company maintained its third place with a market share of 9.5% from January to July, down from 11.8% in the same period last year, but up from 9.4% in the first half of 2025.

》The Chinese company CALB $3931 took fourth place with a share of 4.4%, the South Korean company SK On came fifth with 4.2% and the Japanese company Panasonic $6752 (+0.18%) in sixth place with 3.6 percent.

》The Chinese company Gotion High-tech $002074the South Korean company Samsung SDI $006400 the Chinese company Eve Energy $CNFDSHIX6285 and Svolt Energy took seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth place with market shares of 3.6%, 3.0%, 2.9% and 2.6% respectively in the period from January to July.

What does he want now? Well, anyone who has looked at my profile knows my goal. To turn €3,000 into €100,000 in 10 years without, and this is the decisive factor, making larger deposits.

This means that I need an annual increase in value of at least 45%. I therefore base all my investment decisions on this.

As the capital is still relatively limited, I have to make decisions more often and sell companies whose long-term potential I am convinced of in order to have capital for new investments that I believe will develop more quickly. So yesterday $3750 (+5.39%) with a not-so-high profit to make room for something new. I will come to this later in other posts.

After my first post on humanoid robots received a lot of positive feedback, I went into more detail. I have subsequently added my favorites in each sector.

Extended analysis of the value chain including shovel manufacturers and potential hidden champions

New categorySecondary key sectors (sales, marketing, financing)

AdditionallyTop 25 companies worldwide, as well as Top 10 Europe and Top 10 Asia

I have also added a video link for beginners. This will give you an idea of how far the development of humanoid robotics has already progressed.

https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/humanoider-roboter---wie-reagiert-er-auf-beleidigungen--35996156.html

Thank you for your attention and your support 🙏

🌐 1. value chain of humanoid robots (with hidden champions)

1. research & chip design

$ARM (+0%) ARM (UK) - CPU-IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (+0.36%) Synopsys (US) - EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (-0.39%) Cadence (US) - EDA & Simulation

$PTC PTC (US) - Engineering Software, CAD/PLM

$DSY (+0.31%) Dassault Systèmes (FR) - 3D Design & Digital Twin

$SIE (-0.74%) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Software & Lifecycle Mgmt

$ADBE (+3.58%) Adobe (US) - Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) - multiphysical simulation - acquisition by Synopsis

Altair (US) - CAE, simulation, digital twin - acquisition by Siemens

$HXGBY (+0.75%)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology & Simulation

$AWE (-1.28%) Alphawave IP Group (UK) - High-speed chip IP for AI/robotics

1.Synopsis, 2.Siemens and 3.Adobe are my top 3 in this sector

2. manufacturing technology & equipment

$ASML (-0.31%) ASML (NL) - Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (+3.31%) Applied Materials (US) - Semiconductor equipment

$8035 (+4.24%) Tokyo Electron (JP) - wafer fabrication

$KEYS (+0.66%) Keysight Technologies (US) - Metrology

$6857 (-2.18%) Advantest (JP) - Chip test systems

$TER (+0.52%) Teradyne (US) - test systems + cobots

$6954 (-1.1%) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (+2.56%) Caterpillar (US) - autonomous machines

$KU2G KUKA (DE) - industrial robots

Comau (IT) - automation - not listed on the stock exchange

$ROK Rockwell Automation (US) - industrial automation

$JBL (+0.49%) Jabil (US) - contract manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (-3.33%) Kitron (NO) - European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (+3.07%) Aixtron (DE) - deposition equipment for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (+1.4%)
Lam Research (US) - Etch/deposition systems

$MKSI (+1.56%)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (+0.17%)
ASM International (NL) - Deposition systems

1.ASML, 2.Keysight Technologies, 3.Fanuc are my top 3 in this sector

3. chip manufacturing (foundries)

$TSM (+0.34%) TSMC (TW) - leading foundry

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - foundry + memory

$GFS (+0.94%) GlobalFoundries (US) - specialty chips

$INTC (-0.82%)
Intel Foundry Services (US) - new western foundry player

$981
SMIC (CN) - largest Chinese foundry

$UMC
UMC (TW) - Power/RF/Embedded chips

1.TSMC, 2.Intel, 3.Samsung Electronics are my top 3 in this sector

4. computing & control unit ("brain")

$NVDA (-2.06%) Nvidia (US) - GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (-0.82%) Intel (US) - CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (-0.34%) AMD (US) - CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (+4.04%) Marvell (US) - network chips

$MU (+1.64%) Micron (US) - Memory

$DELL (+2.42%) Dell Technologies (US) - Edge & Infrastructure

Graphcore (UK) - AI chips (IPU) - not a listed company

Cerebras (US) - Wafer-scale engine - not a listed company

SiPearl (FR) - European HPC chip - not a listed company

1.Nvidia, 2.Marvell, 3.Micron are my top 3 in this sector

5. sensors ("senses")

$6758 (+1.21%) Sony (JP) - image sensors

$6861 (-1.03%) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors

$STM (+0%) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) - Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) - optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (-0.05%) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision

$HON (+0.19%) Honeywell (US) - sensor technology, security

ANYbotics (CH) - autonomous sensor fusion - not a listed company

$AMBA (+1.2%) Ambarella (US) - video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

$OUST
Velodyne Lidar (US) - Lidar sensors - acquisition by Ouster

$AMS (-1.07%)
-OSRAM (AT/DE) - optical sensors

1.Teledyne, 2.Keyence, 3.Ouster are my top 3 in this sector

6. actuators & power electronics ("muscles")

$IFX (+0.59%) Infineon (DE) - Power Electronics

$ON (+1.89%) onsemi (US) - Power & Sensors

$TXN (+1.59%) Texas Instruments (US) - Mixed-Signal Chips

$ADI (+0.04%) Analog Devices (US) - Signal Processing

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) - Hydraulics/Pneumatics

$MP (+2.15%) MP Materials (US) - Magnets

$APH (+0.06%) Amphenol (US) - Connectors

$6481 (+0.43%) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (+5.35%)
Harmonic Drive (JP) - Precision gears & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (-0.03%)
Nidec (JP) - Electric motors

$6506 (-0.18%)
Yaskawa (JP) - Drives & Robotics

$SU (-0.35%)
Schneider Electric (FR) - Energy & control solutions

$ZIL2 (-0.27%)
ElringKlinger (DE) - Battery & fuel cell technology, lightweight construction

1.Parker-Hannifin, 2.MP Materials, 3.Infinion are my top 3 in this sector

7. communication & networking ("nerves")

$QCOM (+0.96%) Qualcomm (US) - mobile communications, edge AI

$ANET (+0.85%) Arista Networks (US) - Networks

$CSCO (+1.53%) Cisco (US) - Networks, Security

$EQIX (+0.53%) Equinix (US) - Data centers

NTT Docomo (JP) - 5G/6G carrier - not a listed company

$VZ Verizon (US) - Telecommunications

$SFTBY SoftBank (JP) - Carrier + Robotics

$ERIC B (+0.33%)
Ericsson (SE) - 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (+1.55%)
Nokia (FI) - 5G/6G for industry

$HPE (+1.55%)
Juniper Networks (US) - Network technology - acquisition by HP

1.Arista Networks, 2.SoftBank, 3.Cisco are my top 3 in this sector

8. energy supply

$3750 (+5.39%) CATL (CN) - Batteries

$6752 (+0.18%) Panasonic (JP) - Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) - Batteries

$ALB (-0.36%) Albemarle (US) - Lithium

$LYC (+0.97%) Lynas (AU) - Rare earths

$UMICY (-1.27%) Umicore (BE) - recycling

WiTricity (US) - inductive charging - not a listed company

$ABBN (-1.28%) Charging (CH) - charging infrastructure

$SLDP
Solid Power (US) - Solid state batteries

Northvolt (SE) - European batteries - not a listed company

$PLUG
Plug Power (US) - fuel cells

$KULR (+1.31%)
KULR Technology (US) - Thermal management & battery safety for mobile systems

1.Albemarle, 2.CATL, 3.Panasonic are my top 3 in this sector

9. cloud & infrastructure

$AMZN (-0.49%) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud, AI

$MSFT (+0.37%) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI

$GOOG (-0.15%) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) - Cloud, ML

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data center infrastructure (UPS, cooling, edge)

$ORCL (-1.8%)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP + Cloud

$IBM (+1.12%)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid cloud + AI

$OVH (+1.76%)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

1.Alphabet, 2.Microsoft, 3.Oracle are my top 3 in this sector

10. software & data platforms

$PLTR (-0.66%) Palantir (US) - Data integration

$DDOG (+0.04%) Datadog (US) - Monitoring

$SNOW (+1.42%) Snowflake (US) - Data Cloud

$ORCL (-1.8%) Oracle (US) - Databases, ERP

$SAP (+3.09%) SAP (DE) - ERP systems

$SPGI S&P Global (US) - financial/market data

ROS2 Foundation - robotics middleware - not listed on the stock exchange

$NVDA (-2.06%) NVIDIA Isaac (US) - robotics development - part of Nvidia

$INOD (+1.53%) Innodata (US) - data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (+2.76%)
UiPath (RO/US) - Robotic process automation

$AI (-0.78%)
C3.ai (US) - AI platform

$ESTC (+0.93%)
(NL/US) - Search & data analysis

1.S&P Global, 2.Palantir, 3.Datadog are my top 3 in this sector

11. end applications / robots

$ABBN (-1.28%) ABB (CH/SE) - Industrial Robots

$6954 (-1.1%) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots

$TSLA (+1.37%) Tesla Optimus (US) - humanoid robot

$9618 (+1.77%) JD.com (CN) - logistics robot

$AAPL (+0.98%) Apple (US) - Platform & UX

$700 (+2.33%) Tencent (CN) - Platform & AI

$9988 (+3.46%) Alibaba (CN) - logistics & platform

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

$TER (+0.52%) Universal Robots (DK) - cobots - belongs to the Teradyne Corporation

Engineered Arts (UK) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

$ISRG (+0.56%) Intuitive Surgical (US) - surgical robotics

$GMED (-2.46%)
Globus Medical (US) - surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (-2.31%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (+0.81%) Coupang (KR) - Logistics end user

$IRBT (+1.93%)
iRobot (US) - consumer robotics (e.g. Roomba), non-humanoid, but navigation/sensor fusion

Boston Dynamics (US) - humanoid & mobile robots-no listed company

Hanson Robotics (HK) - humanoid robots (Sophia) - not a listed company

Agility Robotics (US) - humanoid robot "Digit" - not a listed company

1.Apple, 2.Tencent, 3.Alibaba are my top 3 in this sector

🛠 2. cross enablers (shovel manufacturers) - with hidden champions

Raw materials & battery materials

Albemarle - Lynas - Umicore

$SQM
SQM (CL) - Lithium

$ILU (+0.76%)
Iluka Resources (AU) - Rare earths

$ARR (+1.6%)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) - New supply chains

my number 1 in the sector is Albemarle

manufacturing technology

ASML - Applied Materials - Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (+1.4%)
Lam Research (US) - Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (+0.17%)
ASM International (NL) - ALD equipment

$MKSI (+1.56%)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Quality assurance

Keysight - Advantest - Teradyne

$EMR (+1.31%)
National Instruments (US) - Measurement technology - from Emerson Electric adopted

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) - test systems

$FORM (+0.37%)
FormFactor (US) - Wafer probing

my number 1 in the sector is Keysight

Motion & Drive

Parker-Hannifin

Festo (DE) - Pneumatics, Soft Robotics - not a listed company

Bosch Rexroth (DE) - Drives, Controls - not a listed company

$6481 (+0.43%)
THK (JP) - Linear guides

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (+0.75%) Basler (DE) - Industrial cameras

FLIR (US) - Thermal imaging sensors - acquisition by Teledyne

ISRA Vision (DE) - Machine Vision - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Teledyne

Magnets & Materials

MP Materials

$6501 (-1.04%)
Hitachi Metals (JP) - Magnetic materials

VacuumSchmelze (DE) - Magnetic materials - not a listed company

$4063 (+1.25%)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) - Specialty materials

my number 1 in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys - Cadence - ARM

$SIE (-0.74%)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)-Mentor Graphics-strategic business unit of Siemens AG

Imagination Tech (UK) - GPU-IP - not a listed company

$CEVA (+2.44%)
CEVA (IL) - Signal Processor IP

my number 1 in the sector is Synopsys

Engineering & Lifecycle

PTC - Dassault - Siemens

Altair (US) - Simulation - no longer a listed company

$HXGBY (+0.75%)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology

$SNPS (+0.36%)
ANSYS (US) - Simulation - takeover by Synopsys

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista - Cisco - Equinix

$HPE (+1.55%)
Juniper (US) - Networks - Acquisition of HPE

$DTE (-0.36%)
T-Systems (DE) - Industry cloud

$OVH (+1.76%)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Arista

Cloud infrastructure

AWS - Azure - Google Cloud

$ORCL (-1.8%)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP & databases

$IBM (+1.12%)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (+3.46%)
Alibaba Cloud (CN) - Asian Cloud

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Cloud/Infra

my number 1 in the sector is Alphabet (Google)

finance/information infra

S&P Global

$MCO
Moody's (US) - Ratings

$MSCI (+2.28%)
MSCI (US) - Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) - Investment Research

my number 1 in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infra

Adobe

$ADSK (+1.11%)
Autodesk (US) - CAD & Design

$U
Unity (US) - 3D/AR simulation

Epic Games (US) - Unreal Engine - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Adobe

Platform & Ecosystem

Apple - Tencent - Alibaba

$META (+0.1%)
Meta (US) - AR/VR, Social Robotics

ByteDance (CN) - AI & platforms - not a listed company

$9888 (+11.66%)
Baidu (CN) - AI & Cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (+1.55%)
HPE (US) - Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) - AI servers

$6702 (-0.42%)
Fujitsu (JP) - Edge & HPC

my number 1 in the sector is Dell

storage solutions

Micron

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$285A (-8.03%)
Kioxia (JP) - NAND

$WDC
Western Digital (US) - Storage solutions

my number 1 in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. secondary key sectors with hidden champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (+1.4%) Goldman Sachs (US) - investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

$MS Morgan Stanley (US) - investment bank; tech banking, capital markets

$BLK (+1.76%) BlackRock (US) - asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (-1.82%) SoftBank Vision Fund (JP) - mega VC; growth equity in robotics/AI

Sequoia Capital (US) - venture capital; early/growth in AI/robotics - this is a classic venture capital fund

DARPA (US) - government R&D funding (robotics/defense) - independent research and development agency

EU Horizon (EU) - research funding/grants for DeepTech - Innovative Europe pillar

China State Funds (CN) - state industry/technology fund

Lux Capital (US) - VC for DeepTech - Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance

DCVC (US) - Robotics & AI focus - investing exclusively via VC fund investments

Speedinvest (AT) - EU VC for robotics - access to investment only via fund investments

my number 1 in the sector is Softbank

Maintenance & Service

$SIE (-0.74%) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Service, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (-1.28%) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics Service, Spare Parts, Field Support

$GEHC (-0.35%) GE Healthcare (US) - Medtech service incl. robotic systems

Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance - not a listed company

Augury (US/IL) - condition monitoring, condition diagnostics - not a listed company

$KU2 KUKA Service (DE) - Robotics maintenance

$6954 (-1.1%) Fanuc Service (JP) - global service network

Boston Dynamics AI Institute (US) - Robotics longevity - funded by Hyundai Motor Group

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Marketing & Advertising

$WPP (+0.45%) WPP (UK) - global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) - marketing/PR network

$PUB (+0.55%) Publicis (FR) - communications/advertising group

$META (+0.1%) Meta (US) - Digital Ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (-0.15%) Google Ads (US) - search & display advertising

TikTok / ByteDance (CN) - social ads & distribution - not a listed company

$AAPL (+0.98%) Apple (US) - Branding/UX; Acceptance & Platform Marketing

$WPP (+0.45%)
AKQA (UK/US) - Tech branding - Since 2012 majority owned by the WPP Groupbut continues to operate as an autonomous operating unit

R/GA (US) - Innovation marketing - not a listed company

Serviceplan (DE) - largest independent EU agency - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Meta

Law, Regulation & Ethics

ISO (CH) - international standards, robotics standards

TÜV (DE) - certification & safety tests

UL (US) - safety/conformity testing

EU AI Act (EU) - legal framework for AI & robotics

UNESCO AI Ethics (UN) - global ethics guidelines

Fraunhofer IPA (DE) - Robotics safety standards

ANSI (US) - standards

IEC (CH) - Electrical engineering standards

Training & Talent

MIT (US) - Robotics/AI Research & Education

ETH Zurich (CH) - autonomous systems & robotics

Stanford (US) - AI/Robotics labs & spin-offs

Tsinghua University (CN) - Robotics/AI in Asia

CMU (US) - Robotics Institute

EPFL (CH) - Robotics research

TU Munich (DE) - humanoid robot "Roboy"

🌍 Top 25 companies for humanoid robotics

These companies are central to the development & production of humanoid robotsbecause without them, crucial parts of the chain would be missing:

Chips & computing power (brain of the robots)

$NVDA (-2.06%) Nvidia (US) - AI GPUs & Isaac platform, foundation for robotic AI

$2330 TSMC (TW) - world's most important foundry, produces the AI chips

$ASML (-0.31%) ASML (NL) - EUV lithography, indispensable for chip production

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - memory, logic, foundry

$000660 SK Hynix (KR) - DRAM & NAND memory for AI

$MU (+1.64%) Micron (US) - Memory solutions for AI workloads

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Sensors & perception (senses of robots)

$SONY Sony (JP) - image sensors, market leader

$6861 (-1.03%) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors & vision systems

$CGNX (-0.05%) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision, precise image processing

my number 1 in the sector is Keyence

Actuators & motion (muscles of robots)

$IFX (+0.59%) Infineon (DE) - power electronics, motor control

$6594 (-0.03%) Nidec (JP) - World market leader for electric motors

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) - hydraulics/pneumatics, motion technology

$6481 (+0.43%) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communication, cloud & infrastructure (nerves & data flow)

$QCOM (+0.96%) Qualcomm (US) - Mobile & Edge Chips

$AMZN (-0.49%) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (+0.37%) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (+1.53%) Cisco (US) - Networks & Security

$VRT Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data Center Infrastructure

my number 1 in the sector is Microsoft

End Applications & Platforms (robots themselves)

$TSLA (+1.37%) Tesla (US) - humanoid robot Optimus

$ABBN (-1.28%) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics & Automation

$6954 (-1.1%) Fanuc (JP) - industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (-2.31%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo) - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

Universal Robots (DK) - cobots

my number 1 in the sector is Tesla

🇪🇺 Top 10 European key companies for humanoid robotics

$ASML (-0.31%)
ASML (NL)

World market leader in EUV lithography - no modern chips for AI & robotics without ASML.

$IFX (+0.59%) Infineon (DE)

Leading in power electronics & motor control - crucial for actuators of humanoid robots.

$STM (+0%)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

Sensors, microcontrollers & power chips - the basis for control & perception.

$SAP (+3.09%)
SAP (DE)

ERP & data platforms, important for integrating humanoid robots into industrial processes.

$SIE (-0.74%)
Siemens (DE)

Industrial software, automation, digital twin - key for engineering & lifecycle management.

$KU2 KUKA (EN)

Robotics pioneer, industrial robots & automation - know-how for humanoid motion mechanics.

PAL Robotics (ES) - not a listed company

Specialist for humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo), internationally used in research & service.

Neura Robotics (DE) - Not a listed company

Young high-tech company, develops cognitive humanoid robots with advanced AI (4NE-1).

Universal Robots (DK) - Not a listed company

Market leader for cobots - platform for safe human-robot collaboration.

Engineered Arts (UK) - not a listed company

Develops humanoid robots such as Amecaknown for realistic facial expressions & gestures - important for HRI (Human-Robot Interaction)

🌏 Top 10 Asian key companies for humanoid robotics

$2330
TSMC (Taiwan)

World's largest semiconductor foundry, produces high-end chips (e.g. Nvidia, AMD, Apple) - no AI hardware without TSMC.

$005930
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)

Foundry, memory, logic chips, image sensors - extremely broadly positioned in robotics components.

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$SONY
Sony (Japan)

Market leader in CMOS image sensors, essential for robotic vision & perception.

$6861 (-1.03%)
Keyence (Japan)

Sensor technology & machine vision for industrial automation, widely used in robotics.

$6954 (-1.1%)
Fanuc (Japan)

Industrial robots & CNC systems, one of the most important manufacturers of robotics hardware worldwide.

$6506 (-0.18%)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

Drives, motion control & robot arms - relevant for humanoid motion control.

$6594 (-0.03%)
Nidec (Japan)

World market leader for electric motors (from mini motors to high-performance drives).

$7012 (-2.31%)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - Industrial robots

$9618 (+1.77%)
JD.com (China)

Driver for robotics in e-commerce & logistics, invests in humanoid robotics applications

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Hexagon $HEXA B (+0.12%)

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This morning I'm not posting the derivatives trade of the day. Today I'm announcing a few purchases that I made yesterday for my medium/long-term equity portfolio.

I am in

$ALDR (+0.71%)

$KIT (-3.33%)

$3750 (+5.39%)

entered. As I'm already very financially oriented in this portfolio, I've provided a bit more diversification. When selecting stocks, it is not so important to me whether they are buy and hold stocks, but whether they offer me a good price opportunity in the medium term.

$3750 (+5.39%) has moved into my focus. How do you see an entry at this point in time and what do you think of a savings plan?

...remember exactly when I took this beautiful and motivating screenshot of my portfolio on May 31, 2024.

At that time, I had been investing in equities for exactly 12 months and, after the first 1-2 months of dreaming big about penny stocks 🫣 and after some training, I had defined my new personal strategy and goals, but more importantly, I had also consistently implemented them since then.

I then reached the first milestone I had set myself with a portfolio value of €10,000 on time in 08/2024 and also the second milestone, dividend >= €500, on time at the end of 2024.

Since then, my new chosen milestones 3 and 4 have been: portfolio value €20,000 by 08/2025 and dividends >= €1000 by 12/2025.

Since Friday, milestone 3 has even been reached almost 2 months earlier than planned...

...and milestone 4 is also in sight early on with ~€500 in dividends received so far and ~€1000 still to be expected and is probably only a matter of time 🤗

If the question now arises that these are only gross dividends, I would like to point out that of €136.35 in May dividends, €125.90 remained net and that's how it actually looks in relation to each dividend month.

I generally have very little withholding tax to pay and the two ETFs also have a 30% tax exemption, so the €1000 FSA becomes a little more net of gross in percentage terms. In addition, with $VICI (-0.11%) I currently only have one pure US share in my portfolio and the remaining US share is in the two ETFs.

Another target for dividends, i.e. milestone 6, is >= €2000 for 2026, so the FSA would also be fully utilized after the marriage and not a single cent would be given away 😉

Even if May turned out a little poorer...

...new additions:

$1211 (+2.47%)

$3750 (+5.39%)

Stocked up:

$HAUTO (+0.03%)

Liquidated:

$QYLE (+0.32%)

...everything is on target for the long term...

...even if we are only looking at a boring dividend and not a highflyer portfolio, it has been beating since the beginning (well 2 months of penny stocks deducted) for 2 years and I am quite satisfied with my performance since my strategy change 08/2023...

And so I will continue to stick to my current strategy and expand it within the scope of my possibilities.

The attentive reader will certainly have noticed that milestone 5 is still missing, but unlike 6, I won't set it until the end of the year and my target plan until then would be 25k+ and then we'll see...

...in the meantime, the last IHK exam (tax law) on the way to becoming a financial accountant is also coming up and who knows, maybe I can then increase my monthly savings rate of €550-700 a little more 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, until the next water level report, I wish us all a good hand on the path of at least 6 figures and stay true to your resolutions ✌🏻