In his "investment announcement", Trump announces that chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor will invest $TSM (-0,38 %) will invest 100 billion dollars in the USA.

• 5 facilities in Arizona
• Thousands of jobs created
• TSM's total investment in the USA amounts to 165 billion US dollars
• Creates "hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity"

2025 - A stock market year that has so far been more reminiscent of rough seas. It goes uphill and the next moment it goes abruptly downhill again.

The January began with a lot of Trump euphoria on the markets, before this was halted by DeepSeek in the second half of January.

The February recovered relatively quickly from this shock before falling again in the second half of the month. The Trump euphoria has turned into a Trump shock for the time being.

Nevertheless, I will continue to hold a 75-80% USA quota with a high proportion of tea.

I can get over the fact that after 2 years of outperformance against my benchmarks, there may be an underperformance this year.

Monthly view:

In total, February was -3,2%. This corresponds to price losses of almost 10.000€.

The MSCI World (benchmark) was down -2.5% and the S&P500 -1.4%.

Winners & losers:

A look at the winners and losers nevertheless reveals a surprising picture for the top performer in February.

But first a look at the losersThe biggest loser by far is Alphabet $GOOG (-0,59 %) With losses of almost €3,000, the share price took a heavy hit in February. This is followed by a total of almost €5,000 in price losses Bitcoin
$BTC (+0,82 %) & Ethereum
$ETH (+0,46 %) . 4th & 5th place goes to Salesforce
$CRM (-0,34 %) and TSMC $TSM (-0,38 %) two more tech stocks

On the winning side are actually at the top, much to my own surprise NVIDIA
$NVDA (+0,4 %) with a price gain of almost €1,000. And this despite the fact that NVIDIA lost over 10% on the penultimate trading day in February. Nevertheless, the recovery after the DeepSeek shock in February was greater than expected.

The top 5 includes Amgen
$AMGN (+1,09 %) and Johnson & Johnson
$JNJ (+0,03 %) two stocks from the healthcare sector, a rather defensive sector. These are joined by MercadoLibre $MELI (-0,33 %) and Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-0,76 %) but also two tech stocks.

The performance-neutral movements were positive again in February at € 900, after January was clearly negative due to a property purchase.

current year:

In the YTD my portfolio is still just in the plus with +0,6%. However, the MSCI World is up +1.9% and I am currently underperforming my benchmark.

In total, my portfolio currently stands at ~288.000€. This corresponds to an absolute growth of ~€3,000 in the current year 2025. ~1.000€ of this comes from price increases, ~500€ from dividends / interest and ~1.500€ from additional investments.

Dividend:

• Dividends in February were 19% above the previous year at ~€188
• At the top of the list Procter & Gamble
  $PG (-0,12 %) with now over €50 (gross) dividend every 3 months
• In the current year, the dividends after 2 months are +24% over the first 2 months of 2025 at ~350€

Buys & sells:

• I bought in November for ~800€
• 520€ shares
• 210€ ETFs
• Here I took up a new ETF via a savings plan, an ETF that normally does not correspond to my strategy at all. This is a Covered Call ETF on the NASDAQ $JEPQ (-0,42 %) - The ETF uses a covered call strategy to aim for a distribution of ~10% p.a. and still generate price gains. I know that this doesn't make sense from a tax perspective, but what the heck: you can have fun sometimes 😉
• 100€ crypto
• sales there were none in February

YouTube:

I uploaded a few new videos to YouTube in February and I'm starting to feel less stupid talking into a microphone.

I've also uploaded my portfolio update there as a video if anyone would like to see some more information about the portfolio performance in February:

https://youtu.be/iJZ0i3EO5Hs

Here I act according to the motto: Let's see what happens - What will happen!

Goal 2025

Building a house makes it particularly difficult to formulate a goal this year.

A certain savings rate? Difficult if additional costs are suddenly added

A certain deposit value? Also difficult, as I can't really back this up with my savings rate this year and the markets are very volatile.

The current portfolio balance is ~€290,000. I would estimate additional investments at ~€15,000. This would bring me to just over €300,000. I originally assumed a market return of 7% for this year. However, after the first two months it is difficult for me to estimate how this year will go.

That's why I'm being honest: A target doesn't make sense for me this year.

The goal is to build a successful house and for the portfolio we'll just see what happens.

#dividends

#dividende

#rückblick

#depotupdate

#aktie

#stocks

#etfs

#crypto

#personalstrategy

$AMD (-0,02 %)

Insider buys shares worth 500,000 at the

It's the first time an AMD insider has bought shares since Lisa Su in 2012

As legendary investor Peter Lynch says:

"Insiders sell their shares for all sorts of reasons, but buy them for one: they think the price will go up. ✌️🚀

$NVDA (+0,4 %)
$AVGO (+0,24 %)
$QCOM (-0,23 %)
$ASML (+0,71 %)
$TSM (-0,38 %)

$INTC (-0,58 %)
$TSM (-0,38 %)

The shares of $INTC (-0,58 %) rose by 7.2 percent on Wednesday. This is due to new speculation from the supply chain that the US government could put pressure on the chip company to enter into a strategic partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM).

US government could push Intel into joint venture with TSMC

Intel has been in crisis for years. The foundry business in particular is causing problems - an area that the Group spun off into an independent subsidiary in 2024. The USA wants to strengthen domestic chip production, and as the only US manufacturer with the corresponding capacity, Intel plays a key role in this. However, the question still remains as to how the foundry business can be put on a stable footing.

Now there are rumors in the industry that the US government could push for close cooperation between Intel and TSMC. This was reported by Baird analyst Tristan Gerra, citing industry information. According to the report, TSMC could send engineers to Intel's state-of-the-art 3nm and 2nm factories to ensure their success. The factories could be spun off into a joint company in which Intel and TSMC would be involved - but operationally under the management of the Taiwanese industry leader. The joint venture could also benefit from government subsidies under the CHIPS Act.

"There is no confirmation yet, and implementation could take a long time. But the idea makes perfect sense," says Gerra.

Relief for Intel - but also risks

Such a move would have several advantages for Intel. On the one hand, the Group could conserve its financial resources and concentrate more on developing its own chips and platform solutions. Secondly, a successful foundry could attract new customers from the industry who are looking for alternative production locations outside Asia.

Despite these potential opportunities, Gerra remains cautious. Although he sees long-term potential, he has left his rating for Intel shares at "Neutral" with a target price of USD 20.

It remains to be seen whether the rumors will come true. What is clear, however, is that Intel is in a tight spot - and a partnership with TSMC could be one of the few options for catching up in the semiconductor industry.

https://de.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/roundupaktien-new-york-schluss-dow-gibt-nach--inflation-hoher-als-erwartet-2873884

...and hello $EQAC (+0,38 %) .

This leaves the remaining individual stocks in my portfolio:

$TSM (-0,38 %)

$GOOG (-0,59 %)

$ALV (+0,69 %)

Although I now only hold ETFs, I will probably keep these three and simply stop investing. They're doing quite well as it is. 🥳